Undergraduates/medical schools

Aotearoa New Zealand medical schools

Medical schools offering primary medical training (MBChB) in New Zealand are:

• University of Auckland
• University of Otago

Final year medical students have access to aspects of ePort – the electronic portfolio for prevocational medical training.

Accreditation standards and the status of Aotearoa New Zealand medical schools

It is the Council’s role to accredit and monitor Aotearoa New Zealand medical schools to ensure that the training that they provide is of a high standard. Council jointly assesses medical schools with the Australian Medical Council .

The medical schools are assessed against the following standards:

• Current Standards (in effect from 1 January 2024): Standards for Assessment and Accreditation of Primary Medical Programs 2023
• 2012 Standards:  Standards for Assessment and Accreditation of Primary Medical Programs by the Australian Medical Council 2012

Council has accredited the following Aotearoa New Zealand medical schools:

Australian medical schools

As part of Gazetted requirements, Council must publish the names of Australian university medical schools approved by Council for the purposes of registration in New Zealand. A link to Council-approved Australian medical schools is provided below.

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency - Approved Programs of Study (ahpra.gov.au)