Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Phone +64 7 837 9472
The University of Waikato
www.waikato.ac.nz
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton 3240
New Zealand
26 Oc
tober 2023
G R Hilliar
By ema
il [FYI request #24258 email]
Dear G R Hilliar,
Official Information request – NZ Graduate Medical School
I refer to your request for official information of 27 September 2023 in which you have requested
the following:
1. Please advise if entrance requirements have been established for students to enter the NZ
Graduate Medical School that the University of Waikato is current working on.
If said requirements have been established could you please provide them.
2. If a student wishing the enter does not hold a traditional undergraduate degree, but holds a
Master of Business Administration Degree issued by the University of Waikato, alongside
numerous professional qualifications could this student be granted special admission?
Under the Official Information Act 1982 (Act) the University of Waikato (University) has given due
consideration to your request and responds as follows.
Please have a look at the attached link where you will see that the creation of a Graduate Entry
Medical School
https://www.waikato.ac.nz/major-projects/medical-school is a proposal at this
stage. It has not been established. As the information doesn’t exist the University refuses your
request for information under section 18(e) of the Act.
The University regularly updates the content of its website so please keep an eye out for any
updates on the proposal.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Jim Mercer
Chief Operating Officer