Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, established in 1946, stands as the country's leading distance education institution. Functioning as a unique blend of a polytechnic and a university, it plays a pivotal role in providing flexible and accessible education to a diverse range of learners. Headquartered in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, the Open Polytechnic reaches students nationwide and beyond through its innovative online learning platform. It caters to a wide array of fields, offering programs in areas such as business, technology, humanities, social sciences, and more.

Being a distance learning education institution, the institute offers to learn through online resources. It caters education at a national level to more than 40,000 students every year. The students can access online textbooks via email. The institute offers undergraduate programmes, certificate programmes and diploma level programmes.