Maritime careers are well-paid, domestic, and international careers where you can work throughout New Zealand, around the globe, or close to home. From superyachts, cruise liners, charters, ferries, fishing or container vessels, we have options for you, whether you're new to the industry or you're ready to upskill.
If you're looking for a career locally our domestic maritime programmes have options for you.
If you want an international career on a superyacht, aspire to navigating the ocean or maintaining engine rooms on large vessels, our superyacht, nautical foreign-going or marine engineering programmes have you covered.
Need to get recertified? Check out the range of STCW short courses we offer.
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The workplace is changing and new skills are needed. Future-proof your career with skills that are in hot demand. At MIT you’ll get the practical skills and knowledge employers want. With free study options there’s no better time to start. The workplace is changing and new skills are needed. Future-proof your career with skills that are in hot demand. At MIT you’ll get the practical skills and knowledge employers want. With free study options there’s no better time to start
Joseph Cross, NZ Maritime School alumni
"It is important that you enjoy what you study. At times, you do need to push through some hard grafting as with all tertiary studies. Enjoying the little things really help to keep the drive and motivation high to succeed and throughout the hard grafting, whether I showed it or not, I was actually enjoying it.
Without my qualification, I wouldn't be eligible for the job. I qualified as a second mate and went back for the mates masters course as soon as possible. Now I have my chief mates licence."
Matthew Hope-Johnson, NZ Maritime School alumni
"Working on a cruise line, we get the opportunity to visit amazing places. I've been to Alaska, Canada, down the east and west coasts of America, through the Panama Canal, around Asia. All our travel is paid for, so it's a great way to see the world.
As part of our training, we have to do six months of sea time, which gives you real-world work experience. Our lecturers are all from the industry – we learn subjects like maths and physics, but they make it relevant to marine engineering, so it means you get the knowledge you need for the real world.
I couldn't think of anything better to do."
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