Overview
The Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours (BMedSc(Hons)) degree is available to students who have satisfactorily completed three or more years of study towards a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) degree. Most students enrol for the BMedSc(Hons) degree after their third year, but a few do so after their fifth year, prior to their trainee internship.
The degree involves a full-time year of research in a field of medical science (including a thesis) and stands graduates in good stead for a future career involving research or academic medicine.
Further information and regulations for BMedSc(Hons)
Intercalated PhD / MB ChB
It is possible in exceptional circumstances for a medical student to upgrade from a BMedSc(Hons) into the intercalated (combined) MB ChB / PhD. This involves taking further time out of the MB ChB programme to complete a higher level research degree interspersed within the undergraduate medical qualification. This is a highly demanding course of individual study available only to the most motivated students.
Approval to enrol for this option is granted on a case-by-case basis. For further information or to make an appointment to discuss the possibility of undertaking an intercalated PhD, please email otagomedicalschool@otago.ac.nz.
Please note: this PhD should not be confused with postgraduate doctoral degrees, the PhD and MD, which are managed by the Graduate Research School.
Further information on postgraduate degrees
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Regulations on this page are taken from the 2017 Calendar and supplementary material.