Melbourne Polytechnic, formerly NMIT, is an institute of higher education and vocational education (TAFE) located in Melbourne, Australia that has been operating since around 1910.
Graduands and Academic staff of Melbourne Polytechnic at the 2015 Graduation Ceremony at Melbourne Town Hall
Academic staff of Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) on the stage at the 2009 Graduation Ceremony, with CEO Brian MacDonald speaking
Collingwood Campus of NMIT
Preston Campus building B housing NMIT Administration.
Vocational education is education that prepares people for a skilled craft as an artisan, trade as a tradesperson, or work as a technician. Vocational education can also be seen as that type of education given to an individual to prepare that individual to be gainfully employed or self employed with requisite skill. Vocational education is known by a variety of names, depending on the country concerned, including career and technical education, or acronyms such as TVET and TAFE.
The John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute is an institution of vocational learning in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, considered one of the first in the country.
Oregon Agricultural College vocational education exhibit at the Oregon State Fair, 1922
