The central city space will be shared by the University’s Computational Media Innovation Centre (CMIC) and the Wellington ICT Graduate School. CMIC was founded to foster cutting-edge research and innovation in the digital space, while the ICT Graduate School offers post-graduate training to support Wellington’s tech industry.
The new premises, located on the corner of Taranaki Street and Manners Street, are custom-designed to support collaboration, innovation, a high-quality student experience and research experience—including direct connections with industry—as well as attracting top local and international talent to the city.
Staff and students have access to a wide range of teaching and research spaces to support the research and teaching needs of different groups and projects, as well as the latest digital technologies to promote innovation. The central city location puts CMIC and the ICT Graduate School in the heart of the digital and tech industries, allowing students and staff access to the latest advances in industry practice and in turn providing a pipeline for the latest research developments to reach industry. The combination of these factors is designed to attract top talent to work and study at CMIC and the ICT Graduate School.
“We are thrilled with the location and what the new facilities will allow us to achieve,” says Professor Dale Carnegie, Dean of Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Engineering, which oversees the CMIC research centre. “Being in the heart of the city reflects our need to work more closely with industry, and our desire to harness that spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation which is so uniquely Wellington.”
Background
The Computational Media Innovation Centre is part of the Entrepreneurial Universities initiative and fosters cutting-edge research and university-led innovation and entrepreneurship. Based in the Faculty of Engineering at Victoria University of Wellington, the Centre incubates both potential start-ups and industry pipelines to strengthen New Zealand's computing and media sector, placing it at the forefront of an emerging global digital media market.
The Wellington ICT Graduate School is a partnership between Wellington’s three tertiary institutions: Victoria University of Wellington (involving the School of Engineering and Computer Science, the School of Design and the School of Information Management), Whitireia New Zealand and Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec). The School sets the standard for advanced ICT education in Wellington, ensuring an industry driven and experiential education so graduates are ready to be future leaders in this sector.