Otago has a range of services to support graduate research students
Completing a PhD, professional doctorate, or research master's thesis requires hard work, dedication and motivation – fortunately the University of Otago has a range of services in place to support you.
Candidate Mentoring/Development
The Graduate Research School offers confidential, one-on-one Graduate Research Candidate Mentoring/Development sessions.
Resources on Blackboard
Doctoral and master's thesis candidates have Blackboard websites that host a range of workshop material and online resources to support all parts of the research journey.
Statistics and Research
Postgraduate students carrying out quantitative research are encouraged to consider enrolling in a suitable statistics paper, such as INFO 420 (for those with a 100-level background in statistics) or STAT 401 (for those with some 200-level statistics). You can explore your options by contacting the Director for Postgraduate Studies in Statistics.
Email postgrad.statistics@otago.ac.nz
If your research has a health science focus, consider HASC 413 Biostatistics and HASC 415 Regression Methods: Health Sciences Applications.
- Find out more about HASC 413 and HASC 415 on the Biostatistics Centre website.
Writing for Publication in the Social Sciences
Postgraduate students in the Social Sciences should consider enrolling for the paper EDUC 464 Writing Journal Articles for Publication.
Get guidance and feedback through the stages of writing a journal article - which will be ready for submission at the end.
Activity Passport
The Graduate Research School knows it's really important to get out of your office or lab and discover all that Dunedin and the wider Otago region has to offer, so we've designed this passport full of places to go and things to see.
Download an Activity Passport or come to the Graduate Research School to get a copy.
Māori and Indigenous Pacific Peoples Conference Funding
Information on funding which is available to assist graduate research candidates of Māori or indigenous Pacific descent attend domestic and international conferences.
Scholarships
There are many scholarships available to postgraduates at Otago.
Committees
The Graduate Research Committee has oversight of graduate research processes and policies. The Graduate Research Student Liaison Committee provides an official forum for students to discuss issues relating to graduate research at Otago.
We are usually seeking representatives, so please consider joining!