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Welcome
Whatever your life goals, the University of Otago’s Business School can
help you reach them — whether you are a school leaver, a budding
corporate leader, a senior executive, or an enthusiastic entrepreneur.
The School offers a broad range of options
at all levels, with the Bachelor of Commerce
(BCom) available in eight major subjects, a
comprehensive set of core papers designed to
ensure all of our graduates have a thorough
grounding in business when they head into the
world. If you haven’t studied business at school,
that is no disadvantage. As long as you have
excellent English and maths skills you should be
able to pick up all of our courses.
At postgraduate level there are research based
degrees, the Master of Commerce (MCom)
and the PhD available in all subjects; and for
those who would prefer a mixture of taught and
research study, the Master of Entrepreneurship
(MEntr), Master of Business (MBus) and
Master of Tourism (MTour) are available. If
you are thinking about returning to study
after some time in business, the Otago MBA is
highly regarded; and there is now a part-time
option. Busy executives who still want to keep
on learning can consider the options offered by
our Executive Education programmes. Most
of our qualifications are taught in Dunedin,
but there is an option to study for the MEntr in
Queenstown.
This publication gives you an outline of the
options available at Otago, and also paints a
picture of the additional programmes available
to ensure that our graduates have the best
exposure to the world of business before they
leave us. Our full-time internship programme
(available in year three) is unique in New
Zealand; semesters studying abroad at partner
business schools open up a whole new world;
and the case competitions and Audacious
business challenge give students a taste of reallife
business development and strategy.
Align all of that with the unique Otago
residential campus experience and the well
regarded, well rounded graduates we produce
and you are on the way to finding your place in
the world.
We look forward to helping you with any
inquiries and hopefully to welcoming you to
Otago in the near future.
Ask friends or family about their Otago
experiences, visit our website, contact us by
phone, or take a personally guided tour of
Otago’s wonderful campus. You won’t be
disappointed.
I am committed to ensuring students leave
Otago as motivated, well-informed graduates,
with a sense of social responsibility and an
understanding of sustainability as well as a
high ethical values. Our graduates therefore are
sought after employees and have the ability to
develop their own ventures.
Professor George L Benwell
Dean, Otago Business School
Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Division of Commerce
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