Established in Hamilton in 1924, Wintec is now one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary education institutes educating more than 20,000 students each year on-shore, and delivering multiple programmes off-shore with international partners. Successful global alliances and partnerships have been established and vocational programmes and assistance delivered across Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East and Europe. Our current NZ-based student cohort comprises 1000 international students from 53 countries. International partnerships with higher education Institutions include student recruitment, staff/student exchanges, teaching/learning resource development, joint research, articulated pathways, training, offshore delivery, campus management and a range of core consultancy and Technical Assistance.

Wintec provides hands-on, applied training and customized programmes to meet the changing needs of communities and their economies. The primary principles underlying Wintec approaches to teaching and learning are:

- Student-centred teaching to promote authentic learning

- Inquiry-based learning and teaching which ensures learner engagement

- Flexible learning which provides learners with choices regarding their learning experiences in terms of when, where and how learning occurs, and the types of assessment and pathways used

Wintec's mission is to build stronger communities through education, research and career development. Mā te mātauranga, te rangahau, me te whai mahi e ora ai te iwi