Approved ITE Programmes leading to Teacher Registration
The list of all approved initial teacher education programmes leading to teacher registration in Aotearoa New Zealand.
This is a list of all approved ITE programmes leading to Teacher Registration in New Zealand. ITE providers are fully accredited to offer these qualifications.
The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Teaching Council, have released an ITE programme finder tool filterable by several criteria (location, entry requirements, te reo Māori or English delivery, work while study, etc).
For more information such as entry criteria, study dates and applications, please contact the relevant ITE provider. Please refer to the Education Workforce website for information about how to get financial support while training as a teacher, scholarships, and studying while employed as a trainee teacher.
Provider |
Programme Title |
Ako Mātātupu - Teach First NZ |
Postgraduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching |
Auckland University of Technology |
Bachelor of Education [Primary Teaching] Bachelor of Education [Early Childhood Teaching] Bachelor of Education [Pacific Primary Teaching] Bachelor of Education [Pacific Early Childhood Teaching] Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching [GradDip Sec] Master of Teaching and Learning Primary Master of Teaching and Learning Early Childhood Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning Primary Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning Early Childhood |
Bethlehem Tertiary Institute |
Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Primary Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Early Childhood Education Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) |
Eastern Institute of Technology |
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) |
ICL Graduate Diploma Teaching (ECE) Programme |
Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education) |
Laidlaw College |
Bachelor of Education (Primary) Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) |
Manukau Institute of Technology |
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching) Bachelor of Education (Primary, Pasifika) |
Massey University |
Te Aho Tatairangi Bachelor of Teaching and Learning Kura kaupapa Maori Te Aho Paerewa Postgraduate Diploma Teaching and Learning in Māori Medium Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching (ECE) Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching (Primary) Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching (Secondary) |
New Zealand Graduate School of Education |
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary) Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) |
NZTC |
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education) |
Open Polytechnic |
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) Bachelor of Teaching (Primary Education) Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education) Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary Education) Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary Education) Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary Technology Education) |
Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand |
Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) Tohu Paetahi Whakaakoranga (ECE) Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) Tohu Paetahi Whakaakoranga (Primary) Graduate Diploma of Teaching (ECE) Te Poutama ki te Pakaritanga (ECE) Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary) Pōkairua paetahi (Kura tuatahi) |
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa |
He Korowai Ākonga: Bachelor of Education (Primary Teaching) |
Te Wānanga o Raukawa |
Poutuarongo Whakaakoranga (PW) Bachelor of Teaching (Māori Medium) Bachelors Degree Poutuarongo Te Rangakura Kaiwhakaako (PTRK) Bachelor of Teaching (Bilingual) Poutāhu Whakaakoranga Akorau (PtWA) Postgraduate Diploma of Blended Teaching & Learning Level 8 Primary (Māori Medium) Poutuarongo Whakaakoranga Wharekura (PWW) (Taumata 7 Rumaki Māori EBITE) Bachelors Degree in Secondary School Teaching Poutuarongo Whakaakoranga Kōhungahunga (PWK) (Taumata 7 Rumaki Māori Early Childhood) Bachelor of Teaching Early Childhood |
Te Wānanga Takiura o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa |
Bachelor of Teaching Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Tohu Paetahi Ako Manukura ā Iwi |
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi |
Te Tohu Paetahi Ako – Bachelor of Education (Teaching) |
The Teachers’ Institute |
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary, School-based) |
Toi-Ohomai |
Te Tohu Paetahi Whakaako Kohungahunga: Bachelor of Teaching Early Childhood Education Tohu Paerua o te Whakaako i te Matauranga Kohungahunga: Master of Teaching Early Childhood Education |
UCOL |
Te Tohu Paetahi Akoranga: Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) |
UNITEC Institute of Technology |
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) |
University of Auckland |
Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Primary Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Primary Huarahi Maori Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Early Childhood Education Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education) Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary) |
University of Canterbury |
Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Primary Education) Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood) Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Mātauranga Maori) Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood) Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Primary Education) Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Secondary Education) Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Primary Education) Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (Secondary Education) Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary Education) Master of Teaching and Learning (Secondary Education) |
University of Otago |
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education); BTchg(ECE) Bachelor of Teaching (Primary Education); BTchg (Primary) Bachelor of Teaching Te Pōkai Mātauranga o te Ao Rua (Primary Bicultural Education); BTchg (Primary Bicultural) Master of Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood Education); MTchgLn (ECE) Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary Education); MTchgLn (Primary) Master of Teaching and Learning (Secondary Education); MTchgLn (Secondary) |
University of Waikato |
Bachelor of Teaching (BTchg) ECE Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) Graduate Diploma in Teaching (ECE) Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary) Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (PGDipTchg) ECE Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Primary) Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) Master of Teaching and Learning (MTchgLn) ECE Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary) Master of Teaching and Learning (Secondary) Te Ara Hou Ahikāroa (TA) graduate diploma Te Ara Poutama Toitū Te Reo Kōhungahunga (TTR) undergraduate bachelor degree ECE Te Ara Poutama Toitū Te Reo Kura Tuatahi (TTR) undergraduate bachelor degree primary Te Ara Poutama Toitū Te Reo Kura Tuatahi Kaupapa Motuhake (TTR/APXX) – undergraduate bachelor degree/specialism subject primary Te Ara Poutama Toitū Te Reo Wharekura Kaupapa Motuhake (TTR/APXX) – undergraduate bachelor degree/specialism subject secondary |
Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington |
Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Early Childhood Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood) Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary) Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) Master of Teaching and Learning (Primary) Master of Teaching and Learning (Secondary) |
Waikato Institute of Technology |
Te Paetahi Akoranga Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) |
WINTEC |
Te Paetahi Akoranga - Bachelor of Teaching Early Childhood Education |