Future students

If you have already enrolled at the University of Otago, please visit our current students section.

Undergraduate study

The first three years of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) programme is run in Dunedin.

Students are then allocated to one of the three campuses for the remainder of their programme. These campuses are in Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington.

• Find out more about years 4 to 6 of the MB ChB in Christchurch

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Postgraduate study

Choose from over 50 postgraduate programmes to advance your health career or take you in a new direction.

• Find out more about our postgraduate study options available through our Christchurch campus

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Index of information for students (alphabetical order)

Support services for international students

• Accommodation (UOC)
• Complaints processes (UOC)
• Education (Pastoral Care of International Students) Code of Practice 2016 (UOC)
• First few days in Christchurch (UOC) (PDF)
• Health services (UOC)
• International Office (UOC)
• Insurance (Studentsafe) (UOC)
• Research opportunities database (UOC)
• Studentsafe insurance (UOC)
• Visa service (UOC)

Master’s thesis students

• Change thesis details (UOC)
• Deferral (UOC)
• Examination process (UOC)
• eVision (UO)
• GP service for full-time domestic postgrads
• Graduation (UOC)
• Handbook (UO)
• Health services
• Inclusion of material from a research candidate's publications in their thesis (UO)
• Peer support (UO) (PDF)
• Research opportunities database (UOC)
• Scholarships (UOC)
• Submission of a thesis (UOC)
• Thesis Guidelines (UO)
• Thesis style guide (UOC) (PDF)
• Title page (sample title page for Master's thesis) WORD (DOCX), PDF (PDF)
• Travel Overseas Research and Safety Plan (UO)
• Turnitin in Blackboard (UOC) (select GRS_MST)
• Wellbeing for Postgraduate Students (UOC)
• Withdrawal (UOC)

PhD students

• Binding options (UOC)
• Change of thesis details (UOC)
• Deferral (UOC)
• Examination process (UOC)
• eVision (UO)
• GP service for full-time domestic postgrads
• Graduate Research School (UOC)
• Graduation (UOC)
• Handbook (UO)
• Health services (UOC)
• International students (UOC) (new students)
• Domestic students (UOC) (new students)
• Progress Reporting (UOC)
• Publishing Bursaries (UOC)
• Re-enrolment (UO)
• Research opportunities database (UOC)
• SafeAssign in Blackboard (UOC) (select GRS_PHD)
• Scholarships (UO)
• Student-Supervisor Agreement (UO) (PDF), Student-Supervisor Agreement (UO) (DOC) 
• Submission (UOC)
• Thesis style guide (UOC) (PDF)
• Title page (sample title page for PhD thesis) (DOCX)
• Travel overseas during the PhD (UOC)
• Travel Overseas Research and Safety Plan (UO) (PDF)
• Turnitin in Blackboard (UOC) (select GRS_PHD)
• Wellbeing for Postgraduate Students (UOC)
• Withdrawal (UOC)

Undergraduate students

• Counselling services for medical students (UOC)
• General Practitioner service (UOC)
• Handbooks (UOC)
• Medical student electives (UOC)
• Medical Student Affairs (UOC)
• MedMoodle 
• Scholarships (UO)

Other links

• Academic transcripts My eQuals (UO)
• Accommodation (UOC)
• Binding options (UOC)
• Citation guides (UC)
• Biostatistics consultancy (UOC)
• Distance Learning (UO)
• Email - StudentMail login (UO)
• Email - StudentMail FAQs (UO)
• Emergency services (Christchurch)
• Endnote Licence Application (UO) (PDF)
• Endnote training : contact librarycml.uoc@otago.ac.nz
• Enrolment process (UO)
• GPA calculations (UO)
• GP service for full-time domestic postgrads
• Grading scale (UO)
• Health services (UOC)
• IT helpline 0800 479 888
• IT email studentit@otago.ac.nz
• IT Handouts and Tip Sheets for Students (UO)
• Library (Canterbury Medical Library)
• Māori student support services (Dunedin campus)
• My eQuals (UO)
• Office 365 student license (UO)
• Otago University Students' Association (UOC)
• Pacific Island Student Support Services (Dunedin campus)
• Password (UO) (changing your student password)
• Pastoral support (UOC)
• Prayer Space on Campus (UOC)
• PSOC: The Association for Postgraduate Students of Otago, Christchurch (web)
• Referencing guides (UC)
• Research opportunities database (UOC)
• Scholarships (UO)
• Student desktop (UO)
• Student ID form (UO)
• Student ID apply online (UO) (for returning students)
• Student Learning Centre (UO)
• Summer studentship programme (UOC)
• Transcripts My eQuals (UO) 
• Wellbeing for Postgraduate Students (UOC)
• Workshops (UOC)