Student facts and figures
| Equivalent full-time students (EFTS) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
Commerce
| 2,817 |
2,733
|
2,933
|
2,853
|
2,910
|
|
Health Sciences
| 6,557 |
6,238
|
6,180
|
6,350
|
6,554
|
|
Humanities
| 4,793 |
4,773
|
4,986
|
5,035
|
5,167
|
|
Sciences
| 4,659 |
4,678
|
4,602
|
4,688
|
4,720
|
|
Subtotal
| 18,825 |
18,422
|
18,701
|
18,926
|
19,351
|
|
Other
| 301 |
268
|
259
|
249
|
252
|
| Total | 19,126 | 18,690 | 18,960 | 19,174 | 19,603 |
* Foundation Studies merged from a subsidiary entity into the main University parent during 2021.
Note: Other includes EFTS enrolled in the Foundation and Diploma Pathway programmes.
| Enrolment by qualification type | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
PhD
| 1,281 |
1,283
|
1,340
|
1,352
|
1,397
|
|
Professional Doctorates
| 188 |
198
|
202
|
201
|
196
|
|
Master's
| 1,510 |
1,474
|
1,490
|
1,538
|
1,664
|
|
Postgraduate Diplomas
| 949 |
862
|
818
|
880
|
985
|
|
Postgraduate Certificates
| 612 |
577
|
510
|
607
|
687
|
|
Graduate Diplomas
| 141 |
141
|
131
|
164
|
192
|
|
Bachelor Honours
| 449 |
409
|
372
|
471
|
478
|
|
Bachelor's
| 14,887 |
14,695
|
15,239
|
15,493
|
15,429
|
|
Undergraduate Diplomas
| 72 |
84
|
37
|
32
|
21
|
|
Certificate of Proficiency
| 1,392 |
1,435
|
1,277
|
641
|
730
|
|
Interest Only
| 5 |
3
|
5
|
4
|
12
|
|
Foundation Studies
| 272 |
242
|
262
|
268
|
299
|
|
Other
| 0 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Total | 21,295 | 20,999 | 21,202 | 21,159 | 21,549 |
Note: Enrolments by qualification type sum to more than the total headcount as students can enrol for more than one qualification type.
| Gender of students | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
Female
| 13,005 |
12,800
|
12,890
|
12,893
|
13,094
|
|
Male
| 8,100 |
8,038
|
8,188
|
8,175
|
8,398
|
|
Gender Diverse
| 190 |
161
|
124
|
91
|
57
|
| Total | 21,295 | 20,999 | 21,202 | 21,159 | 21,549 |
| First-year and returning students | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
First year
| 4,170 |
3,790
|
3,982
|
4,244
|
4,459
|
|
Returning
| 17,125 |
17,209
|
17,220
|
16,915
|
17,090
|
| Total | 21,295 | 20,999 | 21,202 | 21,159 | 21,549 |
| Ethnicity of students | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
European / Pākehā
| 69.8% |
71.7%
|
72.8%
|
74.7%
|
74.7%
|
|
Māori
| 12.5% |
12.4%
|
12.0%
|
12.4%
|
11.7%
|
|
Asian
| 22.2% |
20.9%
|
20.0%
|
19.1%
|
19.3%
|
|
Pacific
| 7.1% |
6.8%
|
6.6%
|
6.5%
|
6.0%
|
|
Middle Eastern / Latin American / African
| 5.1% |
4.4%
|
4.2%
|
3.9%
|
3.6%
|
|
Other / unknown
| 3.1% |
3.4%
|
3.0%
|
2.0%
|
1.8%
|
Note: Students who reported more than one ethnic group are counted once in each group reported. This means that the total number of responses for all ethnic groups can be greater than the total number of students who stated their ethnicities. Therefore, totals may be greater than 100%.
| Home area of students | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
Dunedin
| 2,654 |
2,674
|
2,792
|
2,924
|
3,116
|
|
Otago / Southland
| 1,834 |
1,791
|
1,837
|
1,939
|
2,018
|
|
Remainder of South Island
| 3,563 |
3,632
|
3,683
|
3,854
|
3,901
|
|
North Island
| 10,019 |
9,982
|
10,180
|
10,486
|
10,300
|
|
Overseas (including NZ citizens overseas)
| 3,214 |
2,903
|
2,692
|
1,948
|
2,200
|
|
Unknown
| 11 |
17
|
18
|
8
|
14
|
| Total | 21,295 | 20,999 | 21,202 | 21,159 | 21,549 |
| International students | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
Undergraduate
| 1,787 |
1,581
|
1,429
|
733
|
790
|
|
Postgraduate
| 950 |
890
|
818
|
747
|
900
|
| Total | 2,737 | 2,471 | 2,247 | 1,480 | 1,690 |
Note: Australian, Tokeluan, and Cook Islands students – whether resident in their home country or New Zealand prior to commencing study – are not counted as international students, and so are not included in the above figures.
| International students by home country | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
United States of America
| 628 |
598
|
492
|
104
|
114
|
|
China
| 446 |
421
|
457
|
434
|
464
|
|
India
| 171 |
137
|
99
|
68
|
87
|
|
Kuwait
| 170 |
106
|
75
|
16
|
23
|
|
Malaysia
| 143 |
133
|
135
|
96
|
136
|
|
Canada
| 98 |
71
|
88
|
40
|
35
|
|
Indonesia
| 75 |
73
|
58
|
27
|
45
|
|
United Kingdom
| 66 |
75
|
50
|
37
|
36
|
|
Japan
| 65 |
56
|
48
|
24
|
28
|
|
Viet Nam | 59 |
39
|
43
|
37
|
55
|
|
Thailand
| 56 |
53
|
49
|
27
|
26
|
|
Germany
| 56 |
37
|
43
|
27
|
26
|
|
Singapore
| 54 |
55
|
62
|
24
|
44
|
|
Korea, Republic of
| 48 |
52
|
59
|
37
|
38
|
|
Sri Lanka
| 38 |
40
|
33
|
53
|
42
|
|
Iran, Islamic Republic of
| 33 |
29
|
36
|
43
|
40
|
| Pakistan | 33 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 31 |
|
Norway
| 32 |
30
|
29
|
2
|
2
|
|
Samoa
| 27 |
22
|
24
|
26 |
25
|
|
Oman
| 26 |
22
|
35
|
37 | 50 |
|
Fiji
| 26 |
22
|
26
| 25 |
30
|
|
Other
| 405 |
379 |
360 |
269 |
338 |
| Total | 2,737 | 2,471 | 2,328 | 1,569 | 1,790 |
Note: Australian, Tokeluan, and Cook Islands students – whether resident in their home country or New Zealand prior to commencing study – are not counted as international students, and so are not included in the above figures.
| Home area of first-year students | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
Dunedin
| 532 |
539
|
548
|
541
|
654
|
|
Otago / Southland
| 445 |
418
|
410
|
444
|
479
|
|
Remainder of South Island
| 743 |
677
|
736
|
755
|
842
|
|
North Island
| 2,159 |
1,968
|
2,029
|
2,341
|
2,329
|
|
Overseas (including NZ citizens overseas)
| 289 |
188
|
255
|
163
|
154
|
|
Unknown
| 2 |
0
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
| Total | 4,170 | 3,790 | 3,982 | 4,244 | 4,459 |
| Academic attainment | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
Number of programme completions
| | | | | |
Undergraduate diplomas and certificates | 74 |
79
|
80
|
93
|
92
|
|
Undergraduate degrees
| 3,663 |
3,760
|
3,707
|
3,381
|
3,596
|
|
Postgraduate diplomas and certificates
| 988 |
834
|
875
|
948
|
947
|
|
Postgraduate degrees including Doctorates | 1,226 |
1,175
|
1,122
|
1,243
|
1,312
|
| Total University | 5,951 | 5,848 | 5,784 | 5,665 | 5,947 |
|
Commerce graduates
| 747 |
731
|
764
|
651
|
764
|
|
Health Science graduates
| 1,930 |
1,763
|
1,757
|
1,889
|
1,831
|
|
Humanities graduates
| 1,273 |
1,318
|
1,260
|
1,229
|
1,279
|
|
Science graduates
| 1,520 |
1,546
|
1,542
|
1,507
|
1,639
|
|
Interdivisional graduates
| 481 |
490
|
461
|
389
|
434
|
| Total University | 5,951 | 5,848 | 5,784 | 5,665 | 5,947 |
Paper results
Programme admission statistics
Staff profile
| Full-time equivalent (FTE) academic staff | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
Females
| | | | | |
|
Vice-Chancellor/Senior Academic Managers
| 7 |
3
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
|
Professors
| 104 |
104
|
92
|
81
|
72
|
|
Associate Professors
| 79 |
83
|
90
|
89
|
85
|
|
Senior Lecturers
| 134 |
139
|
140
|
151
|
159
|
|
Lecturers
| 62 |
75
|
99
|
95
|
94
|
|
Research-only staff
| 204 |
205
|
213
|
211
|
176
|
|
Other Academic staff
| 240 |
257
|
226
|
226 |
191 |
| Total Females | 830 | 865 | 852 | 856 | 778 |
|
Males
| | | | | |
|
Vice Chancellor/Senior Academic Managers
| 1 |
4
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
|
Professors
| 171 |
175
|
176
|
168
|
169
|
|
Associate Professors
| 98 |
116
|
120
|
134
|
127
|
|
Senior Lecturers
| 105 |
123
|
134
|
145
|
170
|
|
Lecturers
| 36 |
44
|
46
|
51
|
58
|
|
Research-only staff
| 130 |
144
|
147
|
139
|
126
|
|
Other Academic Staff
| 122 |
119
|
127
|
128
|
117
|
| Total Males | 665 | 725 | 754 | 771 | 772 |
| Total FTE academic and research staff | 1,499 | 1,593 | 1,610 | 1,631 | 1,552 |
| Full-time equivalent (FTE) professional staff |
|---|
|
Females
| | | | | |
|
Senior Managers
| 12 |
14
|
12
|
10
|
11
|
|
Professional Services, Student and Community staff
| 1,346 |
1,279 |
1,296 |
1,285 |
1,305 |
|
Research Support staff and Technicians
| 219 |
245
|
268
|
289
|
302
|
| Total Females | 1,577 | 1,538 | 1,576 | 1,584 | 1,618 |
|
Males
| | | | | |
|
Senior Managers
| 18 |
16
|
18
|
18
|
17
|
|
Professional Services, Student and Community staff
| 732 | 708 | 709 |
698 |
691 |
|
Research Support staff and technicians
| 124 |
134
|
145
|
150
|
159
|
| Total Males | 874 | 859 | 872 | 867 | 867 |
| Total FTE professional staff | 2,476 | 2,420 | 2,467 | 2,466 | 2,493 |
| | | | | | |
| Total staff | 3,975 | 4,013 | 4,077 | 4,097 | 4,044 |
Note: Total staff includes staff who identify as neither female nor male. Total reflects non-rounded FTE data.
Research activities
| Research activities (revised for previous years) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
Research outputs produced
| | | | | |
| Total publications | 5,380 | 5,614 | 5,884 | 5,978 | 5,369 |
Land and buildings
| Land (hectares) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
Land owned by the University (other than endownment land)
| 34.0 |
34.3
|
38.5
|
38.5
|
38.5
|
|
Land in Crown title for the University
| 8.6 |
10.7
|
10.8
|
10.8
|
10.8
|
|
Endowment land
| 22,243 |
22,243
|
22,243
|
22,243
|
22,243
|
| Total Freehold Land | 22,286 | 22,288 | 22,292 | 22,292 | 22,292 |
| University of Otago net assignable space (floor space in square metres) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
| Total | 218,631 | 221,768 | 223,780 | 220,801 | 221,350 |
Note: 1. Assignable space is defined as the floor area measured from the inside face of the walls and deducting all the common-use areas (corridors, toilets, etc.) and non-inhabitable areas (lifts, stairs, service ducts, etc.). Corridors provided within 'open plan' offices are considered to be assignable space. Note: 2. Assignable space at University-owned flats andNote: Data from 2023 – 2025 includes both Christchurch and Wellington Medical Libraries. 7 m².
Library
| Library collection | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|
|
Books (volumes)
| 1,258,218 |
1,256,475
|
1,256,028
|
1,236,618
|
1,232,823
|
|
Print serials subscriptions
| 469 |
559
|
768
|
784
|
867
|
|
Hocken pictures and photographs
| 1,146,120 |
1,145,628
|
1,145,114
|
1,144,334
|
1,143,779
|
|
Hocken linear meters of archives
| 10,659 |
10,627 |
10,604
|
10,586
|
10,551
|
|
Electronic serials available
| 346,126 |
311,139
|
342,297
|
257,325
|
254,918
|
|
Electronic books and streaming media available
| 2,456,413 |
2,345,087
|
2,155,752
|
1,796,559
|
1,607,631
|
|
Seating places available
| 4,799 |
4,775
|
4,801
|
4,883
|
4,629 |
Note: Data from 2023 – 2025 includes both Christchurch and Wellington Medical Libraries.
