There, Seymour enrolled at Queen Mary College, University of London, for a postgraduate degree in English literature, but she did not complete it, citing "personal reasons".
Seymour's interests shifted from English literature, and in 1973 she graduated Master of Social Sciences with first-class honours from the University of Waikato.
She was awarded a DPhil in 1981 for her doctoral thesis entitled Women at stake: ideological cross-currents in misogyny and philogyny[3] Her interest in feminist topics led to her active participation in the development of a women's studies course promoting feminist scholarship and activism at the University of Waikato.
She secured funds to engage a Fulbright scholar, Jenrose Fehnley (or Fernley) who worked for six months to catalogue the material.
The Rosemary Seymour Collection of 220 boxes of her papers is focused on women's studies interpreted in its widest sense.