Otago Polytechnic
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| Established | 1870 Dunedin School of Art, 1889 Dunedin Technical College, 1966 |
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477.3 FTES 2008 |
| Students | 3,787 EFTS (2012) |
| Address | Forth St, Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Campus | Dunedin,Auckland, Cromwell |
| Affiliations | Public Tertiary Education Institution |
| Website | https://www.op.ac.nz |
Otago Polytechnic is a public New Zealand tertiary education institute, centred in Dunedin with additional campuses in Cromwell and Auckland.
Otago Polytechnic provides career-focused education and training, offering a range of New Zealand accredited postgraduate qualifications, degrees, diplomas and certificates at levels 2-9. However Otago Polytechnic has accreditation to run programmes from levels 1-10.
Otago Polytechnic traces its ancestry back to the Dunedin Technical School, which was established in 1889 to provide evening classes for working people. In 1909 it expanded to offer day classes for secondary school pupils. In 1914 the name was changed to the King Edward Technical College.
In 1921 the college took over the Dunedin School of Art, which was New Zealand's first art school established in 1870. The college expanded further by taking on the evening and day time education of apprentices, technicians and professionals. In 1966 the college was split into a secondary school (later renamed Logan Park High School) and Otago Polytechnic, which opened on 1 February 1966.
Otago Polytechnic is spread over a large geographical area with campuses in Dunedin and Central Otago, as well as a campus for international students in Auckland. The Polytechnic also carries out distance-based learning in areas ranging from Veterinary Nursing to Midwifery, and work-based learning for mature students through Capable NZ.
The Dunedin Campus is situated on Forth Street, Union Street, Riego Street and Anzac Avenue in Dunedin North.
The Forth Street campus buildings are situated between University of Otago campus and the Forsyth Barr Stadium, close to the edge of Logan Park. The Schools of Architecture, Building and Engineering and Natural Sciences are located on the old Rehabilitation League site on Anzac Avenue, and the prestigious Dunedin School of Art is located on Riego Street. Otago Polytechnic's library is the Robertson Library on Union Street, which it shares with the University of Otago College of Education.
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