The Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is predicting another enrolment increase this year after a number of its courses filled up quickly.
Enrolments at the polytechnic increased by about 10 per cent last year, with close to 10,000 students opting to study there.

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic students on their first day of term one.

Polytechnic spokesperson Meg Jones says the most popular programmes this year include the Diploma in Business, Diploma in Environmental Management and Diploma in Marine Studies.
'We definitely had a number of programmes that filled up fast.”
She says the exact enrolment figures will not be known until about two weeks after the polytechnic's official start date.