Learn the English language at Wintec to feel at home, find a job, or study further in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our English language programmes are ideal for migrants and refugees who wish to improve their skills with lots of support in all of our classes.
Students enter the programmes at a level that best matches them and can move all the way through the New Zealand Certificates in English Language. Following completion, you can continue on to study at Wintec across a large range of programmes.
Wintec is an authorised International English language testing centre, and our students have the opportunity to take both academic and general IELTS, including OSR and OET exams.
Explore our courses below and find more information about our English classes, IELTS centre, and exam dates for IELTS and OET.
IELTS assesses all English skills including reading, writing, listening and speaking, and is designed to reflect how students will use English at study, at work, and at play, in their new life abroad.
Wintec is a testing location for the IELTS test in Hamilton. We offer both computer and paper-based options with speaking, listening, reading and writing tests all in one day. We also offer OSR (One Skill Retake) allowing you to retake any one component of the test without redoing all four sections.
Find information and test dates here or by clicking the yellow below.
Wintec is an official testing venue for the Occupational English Test (OET). OET is the leading English language test specifically designed for healthcare professionals.
The OET test:
To register for the test visit occupationalenglishtest.org.
Do you need some support working out where your interests could take you? At Career Choices Day, we will help you to discover careers that match your strengths and the study pathway options at Wintec that can take you there.
Do you need some support working out where your interests could take you? At Career Choices Day, we will help you to discover careers that match your strengths and the study pathway options at Wintec that can take you there.
To check what you need to gain entry to a course, review the entry criteria available on each programme page. These assist you in understanding what qualifications or experience are typically required to gain entry. You can contact our team at info@wintec.ac.nz or 0800 2 Wintec at any time for further guidance.
The Centre for Languages provides English programmes at all levels for students with English as a second or other language.
Permanent residents, new migrants, and international students from a number of different countries, and spanning the ages of 16 to 80, take part in our English classes.
A priority for the centre has been to facilitate access to learning by making programmes as flexible as possible. This flexibility includes:
The Wintec Prospectus (otherwise known as a course guide) outlines everything you need to know about Wintec. It contains information about the Wintec campuses, student life, and the programmes that are on offer.
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The Wintec Prospectus (course guide) is available by downloading the file - click on a document below to access the file. Alternatively, to request a copy via email or the post, please complete the form below.
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