A list of helpful academic acronyms used at MIT and Te Pūkenga.
| Abbreviations | Elaboration |
| RoVE | reform of vocational education |
| CoVE | Centre of Vocational Excellence |
| TITO | Transitioning Industry Training Organisation (soon to be disestablished) |
| NZQA | New Zealand qualifications authority |
| NZQF | New Zealand qualifications framework |
| AKO Network | AKO refers to learning (a network of common learning) |
| WDC | Workforce Development Council |
| UFS | Unitary Funding Scheme |
| SAER | self assessment evaluation review |
| PER | programme evaluation review |
| PC | programme committee |
| PTE | private training establishment |
| ITO | industry training organisation |
| PIT | programme industry training |
| POS | programme of study |
| FIS | first impression survey |
| ALQ | academic lead quality |
| ALC | academic lead curriculum |
| ALR | academic lead research |
| ALS | academic lead student |
| MPTT | moderation plan and tracking tool |
| NZSCED | New Zealand standard classification of education |
| TEO | teritary education organisation |
| HoS | head of school |
| AQA | Academic Quality Agency for NZ Universities |
| ACE | adult and community education |
| DFO | directly-funded organisations |
| DFS | direct funding scheme |
| ITF | industry training fund |
| GTS | group training scheme |
| HAFL | hardship fund for learners |
| ESOL | english for speakers of other languages |
| ITP | Institute of Technology and Polytechnic |
| ITI | industry training institution |
| ITR | industry training register |
| LNAAT | literacy and numeracy for adults assessment tool |
| MoE | Ministry of Education |
| NCEA | national certificate of educational achievement |
| NZA | New Zealand apprenticeship |
| PIF | performance improvement framework |
| SMS | student management system |
| TEI | tertiary education institution |