The Waikato district has many primary and secondary schools in rural and urban areas. Hamilton offers two tertiary institutions, The University of Waikato and Wintec (the Waikato Institute of Technology).
Waikato University offers a broad range of study options. The rapidly growing university campus is able to offer its 12,000 local and international students all of the traditional academic subjects and disciplines.
Wintec, an employment-oriented tertiary institute,has hundreds of course from certificate to degree level.