If you have already enrolled at 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.
Postgraduate study
Our postgraduate qualifications, certificates to PhDs, build on your skills and professional experience.
- Postgraduate Office
- Find out more about postgraduate study options
- PhD opportunities
- Scholarships
- How to apply
- International students
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 785KB]
- Health services (UOC)
- International Office (UOC)
- Insurance (Studentsafe) (UOC)
- PhD opportunities (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)
- Graduation (UOC)
- Handbook (UO)
- Health services
- Inclusion of material from a research candidate's publications in their thesis (UO)
- Peer support (UO)
- Research opportunities database (UOC)
- SafeAssign in Blackboard (select GRS_MST)
- Scholarships (UOC)
- Submission of a thesis (UOC)
- Thesis Guidelines (UO)
- Thesis style guide (UOC) (PDF format, 447 KB)
- Title page (sample title page for Master's thesis) WORD (DOCX 12 KB), PDF (PDF 28 KB)
- 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)
- 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 (PDF format, 84 KB) (UO), Student-Supervisor Agreement (WORD format, 76KB) (UO)
- Submission (UOC)
- Thesis style guide (UOC) (PDF format 447 KB)
- Title page (sample title page for PhD thesis) (DOCX format, 12 KB)
- Travel overseas during the PhD (UOC)
- Travel Overseas Research and Safety Plan (UO)
- 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)
- Med Moodle
- Scholarships (UO)
Other links
- Academic transcripts My eQuals (UO)
- Accommodation (UOC)
- Binding options (UOC)
- Chaplains (UOC)
- Citation guides (UC)
- Biostatistics consultancy (UOC)
- Distance Learning (UO)
- Distance Learning Guide (UO) (Including a guide to the Library) (PDF format, 1.7MB)
- Email - StudentMail login (UO)
- Email - StudentMail FAQs (UO)
- Email - StudentMail forwarding (UO)
- Emergency services (Christchurch)
- Endnote Licence Application (UO) (PDF format, 74 KB)
- Endnote training : contact librarycml.uoc@otago.ac.nz
- Enrolment process (UO)
- GPA calculations (UO)
- 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)
