ITP Accredited Degrees
IT Professionals NZ operates the IT industry's independent degree accreditation process, recognising and endorsing degree programmes that provide good pathways into industry and supporting international portability of qualifications. Students of ITP accredited degree programmes can have confidence their degree is industry-aligned and of value to the IT industry.
ITP accredits degrees only, and does not offer degrees. Please contact the individual tertiary institution directly for more information about a particular degree programme.
Find out more about Industry accreditation of degrees
Accredited programmes
The following degree programmes have been accredited. All accredited programmes are at professional-level accreditation and NZ Qualifications Framework Level 7 and accredited when delivered at the named campuses only.
Institution | Programme | Campus | Until* |
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) |
Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences Named majors only: IT Service Science, Networks and Security, Computer Science, Software Development, Computational Intelligence, Analytics |
Auckland City; South Auckland |
2021 |
Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) | Bachelor of Computer Systems | Taradale; Gisborne | 2021 |
Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) | Bachelor of Information and Communication Technologies | Manukau | 2021 |
Massey University |
Bachelor of Information Sciences Named majors only: Computer Science, Information Technology |
Albany; Palmerston North; Distance | 2021 |
Named major: Software Engineering |
Albany; Palmerston North | ||
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) |
Bachelor of Information Technology |
Nelson | 2021 |
Victoria University of Wellington |
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Named major only: Software Engineering (SWEN) |
Wellington | 2022 |
Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) |
Bachelor of Applied Information Technology (Provisional**) |
Hamilton | 2022 |
Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) |
Bachelor of Information Technology New degree offered from 2019 |
Petone | 2023 |
Whitecliffe |
Bachelor of Applied Information Technology |
Christchurch; Wellington | 2024 |
Whitireia Community Polytechnic |
Bachelor of Information Technology Degree offered prior to 2019 |
Porirua; Auckland | 2021 |
Bachelor of Information Technology New degree offered from 2019 |
Porirua | 2023 |
* Provided all general and specific conditions of accreditation continue to be met.
** Provisional Accreditation is for new programmes before a full cohort has graduated. Once a cohort has graduated the institution must apply for full accreditation.
More information
Please contact the ITP Accreditations Team for more information about ITP Degree Accreditation.