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Ara Institute of Canterbury

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Ara was created in 2016 when education providers CPIT and Aoraki Polytechnic combined, bringing together two well-established organisations and over 200 years of combined experience and success. We are a government owned institution with a reputation for providing high quality degree, diploma, certificate and English language programmes. Our programmes are all New Zealand Qualifications Authority quality assured and our degrees are equal in status to university degrees. Our students graduate with work-ready professional skills. Most of our degree programmes include cooperative education projects in industry leading to great employment opportunities. You can trust Ara to offer you a successful learning experience. Over 25,000 students each year can’t be wrong!

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