Nelson College is a boys-only state secondary school in Nelson, New Zealand. In addition to the secondary school it runs a Prepatory School for year 7 and 8 boys,^* and it also hosts boarding students.

A team from Nelson College took part in the first game of rugby played in New Zealand, against the Nelson Rugby Football Club on May 14, 1870 at what is now known as the Botanic Reserve, Nelson.

Its rugby team plays against Christ's College, Wanganui Collegiate School and Wellington College in a "Quadrangular" rubgy tournament, which began in 1925.

Notable alumni

• Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (Nobel Prize, Chemistry)
• Sir Wallace (Bill) Rowling (Prime Minister of New Zealand)
• Sir Geoffrey Palmer (Prime Minister of New Zealand)
• Don McKinnon (Deputy Prime Minister, now Commonwealth Secretary-General)

Secondary schools in New Zealand | Nelson, New Zealand