Postgraduate Students
Liz Day, Postgraduate student via Distance Education
Studying at New Zealand's top-ranked university for research quality is a great career move. As a postgraduate at Otago you'll be surrounded by leaders in academia and have access to support and facilities unrivalled in New Zealand. And with more than 200 scholarships available, there is financial assistance to help you concentrate on your studies.
But most importantly, your Otago postgraduate experience will equip you with the skills and knowledge to be successful anywhere in the world.
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Reasons to Study at Otago
1. The University of Otago is New Zealand's top-ranked university for research.
(*Tertiary Education Commission. PBRF Quality Evaluation 2006 . (Wellington, 2007))
2. Students here are taught and supported by quality academic staff: the latest PBRF assessment identified more than 50 per cent of Otago staff as internationally or nationally distinguished.
3. Otago offers more than 110 postgraduate programmes across all disciplines, from one-year postgraduate diplomas to extended research degrees.
4. Each year, the University of Otago offers more than 220 postgraduate scholarships, worth a total of almost $12.5 million. Many other special scholarships are also available.
5. Otago has a strong postgraduate community: more than 4,000 of its 20,000 students are studying at the postgraduate level. Otago also has the highest proportion of postgraduate research students of any New Zealand university.
6. Otago recognises and supports the diverse interests and circumstances of postgraduate students: our students are treated as people, not numbers.
7. Postgraduate students have access to an extensive range of services and facilities on campus, from careers advice and health care, to state-of-the-art library services.
8. Otago's Abbey College is New Zealand's first and only residential college for postgraduate students.
9. Students come to Otago from all over the world. The University has exchange agreements with some 90 prestigious institutions in 33 countries.
10. The student-supervisor relationship is regarded as very important: more than 75 per cent of Otago's supervisors are rated among the top 20 per cent in New Zealand.
11. Otago has ongoing success in attracting highly-competitive funding for research.
12. Through its Strategic Direction, the University of Otago is committed to expanding its postgraduate activities and providing the facilities to make this happen.
13. Otago has a nationwide presence.
