Blended Learning/Online - Undergraduate programs

Students undertaking the Blended Learning or Online mode of study, which includes all ECE qualifications apart from our postgraduate ECE qualifications, are able to start on any Monday during the year except when the Monday falls in the Christmas holiday break of the college. These students will be provided with program start and finish dates when their program start date has been determined. Program start dates for Blended Learning or Online students can only be determined when the student has met the conditions of their enrolment which includes Approval in Principle for their visa to study where applicable.

Blended Learning and Online students will not be provided with vacation breaks unless their study falls over the Christmas break period when NZTC cannot fully support their study. NZTC does not issue vacation periods after study has been completed.

Please be aware that the last intake for undergraduate programs will be a date in November that will allow students to complete one course before the college closes in the third week of December. Offshore international students, whose program requires field experience, will need to enter New Zealand with enough time to attain Police Vetting based on their New Zealand address. New Zealand Police vetting will take a minimum of 20 working days.

The last course in 2023 will start 6 November 2023.
Offshore international students for programs that require field experience - the NZ Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 5), the NZ Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 6), the Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) and the Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education) - will need an address in New Zealand by 9 October 2023 in order for NZTC to apply for police vetting for the 6 November 2023 start date.

The first intake date in 2024 will start 15 January 2024.

The last course in 2024 will start 4 November 2024.
International students applying from outside New Zealand for programs that require field experience - the NZ Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 5), the NZ Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 6), the Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) and the Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education) - will need an address in New Zealand by 7 October 2024 in order for NZTC to apply for police vetting for the 4 November 2024 start date.

Blended Learning/Online - Postgraduate programs

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management)
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood Education)
Master of Early Childhood Education
Master of Education (Early Childhood Education)