Latest international student news
01 Oct 2026
From dental crowns to diamond-encrusted business crowns
With the Otago MBA 50th Anniversary Celebration drawing near (12 – 14 November 2026) we thought we’d check in with Assoc...
24 Sep 2026
Dentistry team wins for novel e-learning tool
A Faculty of Dentistry research team has won the 2026 University of Otago Research Group award for developing state-of-t...
07 Sep 2026
From microbes to Mrs India Worldwide
Competing in an international beauty pageant is about as far away from working a microbiology research lab in Dunedin as...
03 Sep 2026
Finding connection across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
For Sammi Ammar, the opportunity to travel to Rapa Nui came at the perfect moment.
27 Aug 2026
Six-day exchange leaves lasting impact
A brief exchange to China has left University of Otago staff and students feeling empowered by the networking opportunit...
25 Aug 2026
Taking steps towards antibiotic equity
Austria and New Zealand might seem worlds apart, but an international student’s research into antibiotic equity proves t...
11 Aug 2026
Commerce graduate gains life lessons in Tanzania
There’s a large and irretrievable portion of Maddie Newman’s heart sitting in a village in Tanzania, East Africa.
16 Jul 2026
From Otago FIFA thesis to California FIFA job
The prospect of keeping a crowd of 70,000 excitable humans flowing safely during a much-hyped global tournament would br...
17 May 2026
Dream professor spurs move from Delhi downunder
As the first person in her family to undertake a PhD, Navdeep Kaur’s ideas about what her supervisor should be like came...
16 May 2026
The passionate plastics purger
Pham Van Hau knows that when his name is called out during today’s graduation ceremony, some audience members may find t...
15 May 2026
Graduate from Thailand now a 'Kiwi at heart'
The lack of academic work connecting Thailand and New Zealand – beyond topics like trade, dairy, or business – was a key...
12 May 2026
Connection to homeland gives graduate purpose
While Ravneel Chand was missed at graduation celebrations here in Ōtepoti Dunedin, it seems fitting he celebrated in the...