New Zealand Management Academies

PROFILE NEW ZEALAND MANAGEMENT ACADEMIES

locationNew Zealand

Established in 1985

Year of Establishment

New Zealand Management Academies (NZMA) is a private training establishment in New Zealand that offers vocational certificates and diplomas for international students in areas such as hospitality, cookery, health and wellbeing, early childhood education, trades and construction, sport and pharmacy. NZMA provides industry based training with work placements or internships included in several programmes, and it promotes smaller class sizes and tutor support to help students become work ready. NZMA has multiple campuses across New Zealand, giving international students options to study in major centres like Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Hamilton

ACHIEVEMENTS

NZMA is an NZQA registered Private Training Establishment and is described as an NZQA Category One provider, and it delivers NZQA level 3 to level 6 qualifications for international students. NZMA offers practical learning that includes internships or work placement components in several programmes, and it also states that students may be eligible for scholarships up to 25 percent of tuition fees, with selected programmes offering scholarships up to NZD 14,000

  1. NZQA Category One Private Training Establishment provider status stated in published NZMA international fees information.
  2. Scholarships stated for international students, including up to 25 percent tuition scholarship and up to NZD 14,000 for selected programmes.
  3. Work placement or internship components are listed in multiple international programmes in NZMA’s published international fees table.

FACILITIES

NZMA states its facilities go beyond standard classrooms and include purpose built training spaces for hands on learning. It mentions commercial training kitchens and student run cafés, plus gyms, resource rooms, computer labs, gaming studios and barista training areas. It also describes large outdoor areas at its Auckland trades campuses for practical projects.

  1. Commercial training kitchens, in various campuses
  2. Student run cafés, in most campuses
  3. Gyms, in various campuses
  4. Resource rooms, in various campuses
  5. Computer labs, in various campuses
  6. Gaming studios, in various campuses
  7. Barista training areas, in various campuses
  8. Large outdoor project areas, in Trades South and other Auckland trades campuses

LOCATION

INTAKE & PROGRAMMED OFFERED

Intake

PRE UNIVERSITY

January February March April May June July August September October November December

IELTS: 6.0

UNDERGRADUATE

January February March April May June July August September October November December

IELTS: NA

POST GRADUATE

January February March April May June July August September October November December

IELTS: NA

Programmes

List of all diploma programmes

  1. New Zealand Diploma in Cookery (Advanced) (Level 5) Cookery Strand
  2. New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management (Level 5)
  3. New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management (Level 6)
  4. New Zealand Diploma in Hospitality Management (Level 5) plus Level 6 package
  5. New Zealand Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 5)
  6. Diploma in Construction (Construction Management or Quantity Surveying) (Level 6)
  7. New Zealand Diploma in Sport, Recreation and Exercise (Multi Sector) (Level 5)
  8. New Zealand Diploma in Sport, Recreation and Exercise (Multi Sector) (Level 6)

List of all certificate programmes

  1. New Zealand Certificate in Baking (Generalist) (Level 4)
  2. New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4)
  3. New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service (Level 4) with strand in Restaurant Service
  4. New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Support Work) (Level 3)
  5. New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Social and Community Services) (Level 4)
  6. New Zealand Certificate in Early Childhood and Care (Level 4)
  7. New Zealand Certificate in Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying (Pre-apprenticeship) (Level 3)
  8. New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) with strand Allied Trades
  9. New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) Carpentry strand
  10. New Zealand Certificate in Electrical Pre-Trade (Level 3)
  11. New Zealand Certificate in Pharmacy (Introduction to Pharmacy Practice) (Level 3)
  12. New Zealand Certificate in Pharmacy (Pharmacy Technician Core) (Level 4) plus New Zealand Certificate in Pharmacy (Pharmacy Technician) (Level 5) package

TUITION FEE & LIVING COST

TUITION FEE

APPLICATION FEE

NA

PRE UNIVERSITY

UNDER GRADUATE

POSTGRADUATE

NZD 9,975 to NZD 23,100 per year for tuition fees

NA

NA

Living Cost

Approximately NZD 1,667 per month (including accommodation)

ACCOMODATION

off-campus
Homestay arranged via UP Education and Host Families NZ

This homestay option places students with vetted host families and is recommended as a supportive way to settle into New Zealand life. Pricing is weekly and varies by central versus non central location and by the homestay type

  1. Placement fee (one off): NZD 350
  2. Standard Homestay: NZD 300 per week (non central) or NZD 330 per week (central)
  3. Homestay Plus: NZD 330 per week (non central) or NZD 360 per week (central)
  4. Replacement fee may apply in certain cases: NZD 200 (one off)