Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB)

The Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) degree is commonly referred to as the “medical degree”. University of Otago medical students graduate as doctors committed to high-quality, patient-centred, evidence-based medical care. School leavers enrol at Otago for the common Health Sciences First Year course and then apply for admission to second year medicine. Graduates, or those with relevant academic or professional experience, can also apply for admission at second year. If accepted to second year medicine, students complete a further five years, then after graduation work for another year under probation in order to gain general registration. There is a wide range of specialisation available in the public and private sectors, involving research, academic medicine, public health, clinical medicine and other areas. Specialties include Cardiology, Oncology, Paediatrics, Psychological Medicine, Surgery, Pathology, Public Health, General Practice and many others. Most doctors complete postgraduate training in their chosen specialty. Medicine is a respected, rewarding, and truly international career.

You must provide scanned copies of your previous official academic transcripts (awards gained, marks, grades) with your application. If you are applying for undergraduate study you are required to provide scanned copies of your official high school or foundation transcripts with your application. International Baccalaureate: A completed IB Diploma with a minimum of 24 points. If taken in New Zealand: you must also satisfy literacy and numeracy requirements by completing English as the language at Higher or Standard level in Language A: literature, or Language A: language and literature, or at Higher level in Language B, together with any mathematics subject. Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) Advanced Levels You must obtain: a minimum of 120 points on the New Zealand Tariff at A or AS level from any syllabus groups which are broadly equivalent to those in the list of approved subjects for NCEA; and a D grade or better in syllabuses from at least three different syllabus groups (excluding Thinking Skills).