22 May 2023
By email:
[FYI request #22557 email]
Kia ora Pio
I refer to your information request dated 25 April 2023 made under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act). You have requested:
“I would like to be provided with the admission statistics for your MBChB and BDS programmes
offered at the University.
Could you please provide the following information:
1) The amount of total applicants who applied to the relevant programmes
2) A breakdown of the number applicants who applied across the different admission
categories - HSFY, Alternative and Graduate - to the relevant programmes
3) The total number of accepted applicants into programme and the accepted number of
applicants under each admission categories
4) The percentage of accepted applicants into the programme overall and with each
admission category”.
Your subsequent email on the same day clarified that the above information should be provided for
the years 2021 to 2023.
Subject to the following comment, please see below the information you have requested.
• This information is correct as at 18 April 2023.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
Number of Applications to MBChB
Admission Category
2021
2022
2023
Alternative
131
125
127
Graduate
380
363
377
HSFY
584
516
422
Total
1095
1004
926
Number of Enrolments in MBChB
Admission Category
2021
2022
2023
Alternative
16
18
20
Graduate
64
72
67
HSFY
202
193
197
Total
282
283
284
Percentage of MBChB Applicants who Enrolled
Admission Category
2021
2022
2023
Alternative
12%
14%
16%
Graduate
17%
20%
18%
HSFY
35%
37%
47%
Total
26%
28%
31%
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
Number of Applications to BDS
Admission Category
2021
2022
2023
Alternative
31
38
51
Graduate
223
170
205
HSFY
382
321
337
Total
636
529
593
Number of Enrolments in BDS
Admission Category
2021
2022
2023
Alternative
6
5
6
Graduate
13
12
12
HSFY
41
45
42
Total
60
62
60
Percentage of BDS Applicants who Enrolled
Admission Category
2021
2022
2023
Alternative
19%
13%
12%
Graduate
6%
7%
6%
HSFY
11%
14%
12%
Total
9%
12%
10%
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I trust that this information will be helpful.
Ngā mihi
Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar
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