Open entry programmes
Don’t let entry requirements hold you back.
If you didn't get NCEA or you haven't studied before, here at MIT we have a place for everyone.
We have a range of open entry programmes that you can apply for now.
We can work with you to come up with a study plan that gets you from where you are, to where you want to be.
The following areas have open entry programmes:
Baking, culinary and hospitality
- New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service (Level 3) with strands in Café Service and Function Services
- New Zealand Certificate in Baking (Generalist) (Level 4)
- New Zealand Certificate in Cookery (Level 4)
- New Zealand Certificate in Food and Beverage Service (Level 4) (Restaurant Service strand)
- New Zealand Diploma in Baking (Level 5)
Business
- New Zealand Certificate in Foundation Skills (Level 2) Industry Cadetship
- New Zealand Certificate in Business (Administration and Technology) (Level 3)
- New Zealand Certificate in Business (Accounting Support Services) (Level 4)
- New Zealand Certificate in Business (Administration and Technology) (Level 4)
- New Zealand Certificate in Digital Media and Design (Level 4)
Digital technologies
Engineering
Floristry
Foundation and bridging studies
- New Zealand Certificate in Skills for Living for Supported Learners (Level 1)
- New Zealand Certificate in Foundation Skills (Level 2) Industry Cadetship
- New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 3) Education and Social Work
- New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 3) Nursing and Health Studies
- New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 3) Police Studies
- New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 3) Pre Diploma Engineering
- New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 4) Education and Social Sciences
Health and counselling
Languages
- New Zealand Certificate in Te Reo Māori (Rumaki, Reo Rua) (Level 2)
- New Zealand Certificate in Pacific Language (Cook Islands Māori) (Level 3)
- New Zealand Certificate in Pacific Language (Niue) (Level 3)
- New Zealand Certificate in Pacific Language (Samoa) (Level 3)
- New Zealand Certificate in Pacific Language (Tonga) (Level 3)
- New Zealand Certificate in Pacific Language (Cook Islands Māori) (Level 4)
- New Zealand Certificate in Pacific Language (Samoa) (Level 4)
- New Zealand Certificate in Pacific Language (Tonga) (Level 4)
Maritime
- New Zealand Certificate in Domestic Maritime Crewing (Level 3)
- New Zealand Certificate in Maritime Crewing (Level 3) Superyacht Crewing
- New Zealand Certificate in Domestic Maritime Operations (Coastal and Offshore) (Level 4)
- New Zealand Certificate in Domestic Maritime Operations (Skipper Restricted Limits) (Level 4)
- New Zealand Certificate in Marine Engineering Class 6 (Level 4) with optional strand in Marine Engineering Class 5
- New Zealand Certificate in Maritime Crewing (Level 4) with a strand in Deck Crew
- New Zealand Certificate in Maritime Crewing (Level 4) with a strand in Electro-technology
- New Zealand Certificate in Maritime Crewing (Level 4) with a strand in Engineering
- New Zealand Certificate Maritime Operations with Strands in Fishing and Watchkeeping (Level 4)
- New Zealand Certificate in Maritime Operations (Level 5)
- New Zealand Diploma in Marine Engineering (Level 6)
- New Zealand Diploma in Nautical Science (Level 6)
- New Zealand Diploma in Yacht Operations (Level 6) optional strand in Master Yacht
Nursing
Social work
Sport, recreation and exercise science
- New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 3) Police Studies
- New Zealand Certificate in Exercise (Level 4)
- New Zealand Certificate in Outdoor and Adventure Education (Multi-skilled) (Level 4)
- New Zealand Certificate in Sport and Recreation (Programme Delivery) (Level 4)
- New Zealand Diploma in Sport, Recreation and Exercise (Multi-sector) (Level 5)
- New Zealand Diploma in Sport, Recreation and Exercise (Multi-sector) (Level 6)
Supported learning (inclusive education)
Trades
- New Zealand Certificate in Automotive Engineering (Level 3)
- New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) (Scaffolding or Brick and Block Laying)
- New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3) with a strand in Carpentry
- New Zealand Certificate in Horticulture (Level 3) with a strand in Arboriculture
- New Zealand Certificate in Horticulture (Level 3) with a strand in Landscape Construction
- New Zealand Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Level 3)
- New Zealand Certificate in Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying (Level 3) (Pre-Apprenticeship)
- New Zealand Certificate in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Trades Assistant) (Level 3)
- New Zealand Certificate in Carpentry (Level 4)
