| Queen Elizabeth College | |
| Seal Image: | File:Queen Elizabeth College, Palmerston North logo.png |
| Motto: | Scientia est Potentia Knowledge is Power |
| Type: | State |
| Gender: | Coeducational |
| Established: | 1906; years ago |
| Address: | Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | -40.3463°N 175.6051°W |
| Principal: | Chris Moller |
| Roll: | |
| Grades Label: | Years |
| Decile: | 3G[1] |
| Moe: | 201 |
| Homepage: | qec.school.nz |
Queen Elizabeth College (simply known as QEC) is a state Co-Educational secondary school for Years 7-13 in the city of Palmerston North, New Zealand.
The school is located on Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North.
Queen Elizabeth College has many facilities and resources for its students, such as:
http://www.qec.school.nz/facilities.htm
QEC is the home of ACE Night School (Adult Continuing Education)
The colours of Queen Elizabeth College are black, maroon and gold.
Queen Elizabeth College was founded in 1906 as Palmerston North Technical School. However the school was 4 years in the making, from a public meeting held in the city in 1902, gauging public interest in technical classes.https://web.archive.org/web/20061001115607/http://www.qec.school.nz/cent/history.html The first classes were held at the Palmerston North High School (which was also split into two single gender secondary schools) and also at Campbell Street School.
In 1903, the High School and the Technical School were separated.
In 1908, land was bought at Princess Street, when in 1909 a building was opened to house the school (this is now the main campus of UCOL).