28 March 2023
By email:
[FYI request #21550 email]
Kia ora P
I refer to your request for information dated 11 January 2023 made under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act). You have requested information in relation to entry to the 2023 Bachelor of
Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programmes at
the University of Otago via the Graduate General category.
Further to our email of 13 February 2023, please see below our response to the remaining parts of
your request.
1. The grade statistics for the General (excluding Māori/minority, Rural entry, etc) Graduate
entry including the mean, median, upper quartile, lower quartile, maximum and minimum
(weighted) GPA
Please see the below table which shows the weighted GPA statistics you have requested for entry to
the 2023 MB ChB and BDS programme via the Graduate General category:
Weighted GPA score to receive an offer to the 2023 MB ChB
and BDS programmes via the Graduate General category
MB ChB
BDS
Mean
9.10
9.11
Median
9.03
9.03
Upper Quartile
9.35
9.20
Lower Quartile
8.93
8.98
Highest
9.91
9.91
Minimum
8.43
8.63
4. The number of offers being given out for General Graduate entry
The number of applicants to receive offers to enter the 2023 MB ChB programme via the Graduate
General category was 37.
The number of applicants to receive offers to enter the 2023 BDS programme via the Graduate
General category was 16.
I trust that this information will be helpful.
Ngā mihi
Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar