University of Otago, Wellington

All University of Otago medical students who gain entry after a competitive Health Sciences First Year programme, or who gain graduate entry, spend their second and third years studying in Dunedin in a programme called Early Learning in Medicine (ELM), which is jointly taught by the Otago Medical School and the School of Biomedical Sciences.

From the early 1920s, University of Otago students could complete their last year of training at hospitals in either Auckland, Christchurch, or Wellington as well as Dunedin.

[1][2][3] With the opening of the Academic block in Mein St in 1977 the clinical school was the forerunner to the University of Otago, Wellington.

[1] In 2021 the campus building, adjacent to Wellington Regional Hospital, was closed due to earthquake concerns, requiring the staff to work from home or at other locations.

[5][6] The University of Otago, Wellington is structured into nine academic departments:[7] The Wellington Medical and Health Sciences Library provides library services to staff and students of the University and staff of Te Whatu Ora Capital Coast and Hutt Valley (formerly Capital & Coast District Health Board).