Options for studying the Health Sciences
Otago offers New Zealand’s widest range of health and biomedical degrees. Explore the study pathways below and begin your journey towards an in-demand career.
Health Sciences First Year study pathway
Health Sciences First Year (HSFY) is the essential first step into five of Otago's health professional programmes.
What can you do after you have completed Health Sciences First Year course?
If you have completed Health Sciences First Year, you can apply for admission into one of the eight Health Sciences professional programmes:
- Dental Technology* (HSFY not required)
- Dentistry
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Medicine
- Oral Health* (HSFY not required)
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Radiation Therapy* (HSFY not required)
* Although HSFY is not required for this programme, HSFY can be used as an entry point.
Other Health Sciences study pathways
Do you want to explore the biological sciences?
You can study for a Bachelor of Science (BSc) with one of the following health-related majors:
Are you interested in the science that unlocks improvements to human health?
You can undertake a Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (BBiomedSc) with one of the following majors:
- Drugs and Human Health
- Functional Human Biology
- Infection and Immunity
- Molecular Basis of Health and Disease
- Nutrition and Metabolism in Human Health
- Reproduction, Genetics and Development
More info about Biomedical Sciences
Do you wish to work in a health-related area?
You can undertake a Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHealSc) with one of the following majors:
Are you interested in the science and development of drugs and medicines?
You can undertake a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science (BPharmSc), the first year of which has a similar structure to the Otago Health Sciences First Year programme.