Auckland Institute of Studies
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Former name | AIS St Helens |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 8 March 1990 |
Academic affiliation | CRIE |
| Chairman | Yin-Sheng Hsieh |
| President | Richard Goodall |
| CEO | John Wood |
| Location | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Campus | Multiple |
| Colours | Red and White |
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| Website |
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Auckland Institute of Studies (AIS) (formerly AIS St Helens; Māori: Te Whare Wānanga ki Hato Herena) is the largest privately owned tertiary institute in Auckland, New Zealand.
The institute has two campuses in Mt Albert, Auckland: St Helens Campus, located at 28a Linwood Ave and Asquith Campus, located at 120 Asquith Ave.
AIS offers bachelor and masters level degree programmes in business, information technology, tourism, and hospitality. The institute's own English Language Centre offers a range of English language courses including English teacher training (CertTESOL).
The institute is closely affiliated with the Centre for Research in International Education (CRIE).
Courses
Study areas
- Accounting and Finance
- Business administration
- Computer Networks
- E-Business
- English Language
- Hospitality Management
- Information Systems
- Information Technology
- International Business
- International Trade
- Management and Marketing
- Operations and Logistics
- Software Development
- Teacher Training
- Tourism Management
Qualifications
- 1 masters degree
- 6 postgraduate and graduate diplomas and certificates
- 4 bachelors degree programmes
- 9 diploma and certificate programmes
Educational and Industry Links
AIS has strategic alliances and articulation agreements (see MOU) with the following education institutions in New Zealand and overseas:
New Zealand
- Auckland University of Technology
- Best Pacific Institute of Education
- ICL Education Group
- Institute of Applied Learning
- International College of Auckland
- Linguis International Institute
- Martin Hautus The Pacific People's Learning Institute
- Mount Albert Grammar School
- National Tertiary Education Consortium
- New Zealand Institute of Education
- North Shore International Academy
- Queens Academic Group
- Unitec Institute of Technology
International
- Baekseok University, Korea
- Beijing International Education Institute, China
- Changwon Moonsung College, Korea
- Chihlee Institute of Technology, Taiwan
- Chinese Service Centre for Scholarly Exchange, China
- Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
- Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality, United Kingdom
- Foundation College of China Scholarship Council, China
- Fujian Medical University, China
- Guangdong Agriculture Industry Business Polytechnic College of China
- Harvest Education Technical College, Australia
- Huangang Normal University, China
- Informatics Education, Singapore
- International Institute of Management Sciences, India
- International Management Institute Switzerland Ltd
- Manav Rachna International University, India
- Ningxia Finance Vocational and Technical College, China
- Our Lady of Providence Girls' High School, Taiwan
- Scottish Qualification Authority, United Kingdom
- Shih Chien University, Taiwan
- Silicon Lake Vocational and Technology College, China
- South East University, Bangladesh
- Stanford University, Bangladesh
- Sunlin College University, Korea
- Telfort Education Group, China
- Tianjin Normal University Jingu College, China
- Tonga Institute of Higher Education, Tonga
- Xiangnan University, China
- Xuzhou Institute of Technology, China
- Yulin Normal University, China
Industry Links
The institute has strong links within the hospitality industry which facilitates internship and job placement opportunities for hospitality students. The majority of these links have been set up by Hamish Small, Academic Head of Hospitality Management, who joined AIS in January 2013.
Internships
AIS offers internship opportunities in various industries to graduates and current students via a specialist organisation Intern NZ. Internship placements are coordinated via the institute's Student Job Search Centre (SJSC).