International Pacific College
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| Motto | Go Global at IPU New Zealand |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1990 |
| President | Wayne Edwards |
| CEO | Hiroshi Ohashi |
| Students | 2,652 |
| Location | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.ipu.ac.nz |
Institute of the Pacific United is a Japanese and New Zealand tertiary educational institution based in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Another network of the institute is International Pacific University, which was established in 2007 in Okayama, Japan. Students of IPU New Zealand are from 24 different countries around the world.
IPU New Zealand mainly offers tertiary education of business (including accounting, finance, marketing and management), international relations, linguistics, environmental studies and tourism.
Despite the fact that the institution had been known as International Pacific College (IPC) for 25 years, its name was officially changed to Institute of the Pacific United (IPU New Zealand) on September 26, 2015.
IPU requires students from New Zealand to gain different levels of University Entrance through NCEA to enter different programmes offered by them.
International students are required to take Foundation Education and English Programmes if they do not gain particular qualifications below:
Unlike other Manawatu-regional campuses such as Massey University and Universal College of Learning, IPU is built with the style of Japanese architecture with 20.5 hectare campus with 12 main buildings, located at Aokautere Drive, Palmerston North.
Main buildings
Seminar Blocks
Single-room hostels:
Guest apartment:
Twin-room hostels:
On May 24, 2013, the Manawatu Standard broke an article detailing the difficulties the reporter had getting information from the management staff as to the organizational restructure that was taking place. Sources, including previous and current employees, had revealed to the newspaper, under the condition of anonymity, that more than 10% of the work force had been "laid off, left or were "forced out" since the start of the year." Sources also revealed the extent of the institutions use of service as opposed to permanent employment contracts, and that "Management were reluctant to be upfront about the restructure because of cultural differences and the need to "save face."
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