Pursuant to section 4 of the Medical Practitioners Act 1995, the Medical Council of New Zealand approves the following institutions as universities conferring primary medical degrees recognised for medical registration in the categories indicated.
This notice comes into force on and from 1 May 2002.
The Approved Medical Schools and Universities notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 5 July 2001, No. 69, page 1644, is revoked.
The universities and the relevant primary medical qualification are set out below, alphabetically by country.
A. TEMPORARY, PROBATIONARY, GENERAL REGISTRATION (WITHOUT EXAMINATION).
Institution Qualifications Abbreviation of Qualifications
as shown in the Medical Register
AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MB BS Adelaide
Flinders University of South Australia Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery BM BS Flinders
University of Melbourne Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MB BS Melbourne
Monash University, Victoria Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MB BS Monash
University of Newcastle, New South Wales Bachelor of Medicine B Med Newcastle
University of New South Wales Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MB BS New South Wales
University of Queensland Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MB BS Queensland
University of Sydney Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MB BS Sydney
University of Tasmania Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MB BS Tasmania
University of Western Australia Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MB BS Western Australia
UNITED KINGDOM
University of Birmingham Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Birm
University of Bristol Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Brist
University of Cambridge Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB BChir Camb
University of Durham Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB BS Durh*
University of Leeds Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Leeds
University of Leicester Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Leic
University of Liverpool Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Lpool
University of London Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB BS Lond
University of Manchester Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Manc
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB BS Ncle
University of Nottingham Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery BM BS Nottn
University of Oxford Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery BM BCh Oxfd
University of Sheffield Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Sheff
University of Southhampton Bachelor of Medicine BM Soton
University of Wales Bachelor in Medicine and
Bachelor in Surgery MB BCh Wales
University of Aberdeen Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Aberd
University of Dundee Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Dund
University of Edinburgh Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Edin
University of Glasgow Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Glasg
University of St Andrews Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB St And*
Queen's University of Belfast Bachelor of Medicine,
Bachelor of Surgery and
Bachelor of Obstetrics MB BCh BAO Belf
*Degree no longer granted
B. TEMPORARY REGISTRATION WITHOUT EXAMINATION (EFFECTIVE FROM 1 July 2001). PROBATIONARY AND GENERAL REGISTRATION SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION OR ASSESSMENT AS DETERMINED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND.
Institution Qualifications Abbreviation of Qualifications
as shown in the Medical Register
CANADA
University of Alberta Doctor of Medicine MD Alberta
University of British Columbia Doctor of Medicine MD British Columbia
University of Calgary Doctor of Medicine MD Calgary
Dalhousie University Doctor of Medicine MD Dalhousie
Laval University Doctor of Medicine MD Laval
McGill University Doctor of Medicine MD McGill
McMaster University Doctor of Medicine MD McMaster
University of Manitoba Doctor of Medicine MD Manitoba
Memorial University of Newfoundland Doctor of Medicine MD Memorial
Université de Montréal Doctor of Medicine MD Montreal
University of Ottawa Doctor of Medicine MD Ottawa
Queen's University Doctor of Medicine MD Queens
University of Saskatchewan Doctor of Medicine MD Saskatchewan
University of Sherbrooke Doctor of Medicine MD Sherbrooke
University of Toronto Doctor of Medicine MD Toronto
University of Western Ontario Doctor of Medicine MD Western Ontario
SOUTH AFRICA
University of Cape Town Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Cape Town
Medical University of Southern Africa Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB MEDUNSA
University of Natal Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Natal
University of Orange Free State Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Orange Free State
University of Pretoria Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Pretoria
University of Stellenbosch Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB ChB Stellenbosch
University of Witwatersrand Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB BCh Witwatersrand
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (EIRE)
University of Dublin Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB BCh Dubl
National University of Ireland Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery MB BCh NU Irel
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State Institution Name Abbreviation of Qualifications
Alabama University of Alabama Doctor of Medicine MD Alabama
University of South Alabama Doctor of Medicine MD South Alabama
Arizona University of Arizona Doctor of Medicine MD Arizona
Arkansas University of Arkansas Doctor of Medicine MD Arkansas
California Loma Linda University Doctor of Medicine MD Loma Linda
Stanford University Doctor of Medicine MD Stanford
University of California, Davis Doctor of Medicine MD California (Davis)
University of California, Irvine Doctor of Medicine MD California (Irvine)
UCLA Doctor of Medicine MD UCLA
University of California, San Diego Doctor of Medicine MD California (San Diego)
University of California, San Francisco Doctor of Medicine MD California (San Francisco)
University of Southern California Doctor of Medicine MD Southern California
Colorado University of Colorado Doctor of Medicine MD Colorado
Connecticut University of Connecticut Doctor of Medicine MD Connecticut
Yale University Doctor of Medicine MD Yale
District of Columbia Georgetown University Doctor of Medicine MD Georgetown
George Washington University Doctor of Medicine MD George Washington
Howard University Doctor of Medicine MD Howard
Florida University of Florida Doctor of Medicine MD Florida
University of Miami Doctor of Medicine MD Miami
University of South Florida Doctor of Medicine MD South Florida
Georgia Emory University Doctor of Medicine MD Emory
Medical College of Georgia Doctor of Medicine MD Georgia
Mercer University Doctor of Medicine MD Mercer
Morehouse School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine MD Morehouse
Hawaii University of Hawaii Doctor of Medicine MD Hawaii
Illinois Loyola University of Chicago Doctor of Medicine MD Loyola
Northwestern University Doctor of Medicine MD Northwestern
Rush University Doctor of Medicine MD Rush
Southern Illinois University Doctor of Medicine MD Southern Illinois
University of Chicago Doctor of Medicine MD Chicago
Finch University of Health Sciences Doctor of Medicine MD Finch
University of Illinois Doctor of Medicine MD Illinois
Indiana Indiana University Doctor of Medicine MD Indiana
Iowa University of Iowa Doctor of Medicine MD Iowa
Kansas University of Kansas Doctor of Medicine MD Kansas
Kentucky University of Kentucky Doctor of Medicine MD Kentucky
University of Louisville Doctor of Medicine MD Louisville
Louisiana Louisiana State University, New Orleans Doctor of Medicine MD New Orleans
Louisiana State University, Shreveport Doctor of Medicine MD Shreveport
Tulane University Doctor of Medicine MD Tulane
Maryland John Hopkins University Doctor of Medicine MD John Hopkins
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Doctor of Medicine MD Uniformed Services
University of Maryland Doctor of Medicine MD Maryland
Massachusetts Boston University Doctor of Medicine MD Boston
Harvard Medical School Doctor of Medicine MD Harvard
Tufts University Doctor of Medicine MD Tufts
University of Massachusetts Doctor of Medicine MD Massachusetts
Michigan Michigan State of University Doctor of Medicine MD Michigan State
University of Michigan Doctor of Medicine MD Michigan
Wayne State University Doctor of Medicine MD Wayne
Minnesota Mayo Medical School Doctor of Medicine MD Mayo
University of Minnesota, Duluth Doctor of Medicine MD Minnesota (Duluth)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Doctor of Medicine MD Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Mississippi University of Mississippi Doctor of Medicine MD Mississippi
Missouri St. Louis University Doctor of Medicine MD St Louis
University of Missouri - Columbia Doctor of Medicine MD Missouri (Columbia)
University of Missouri - Kansas City Doctor of Medicine MD Missouri (Kansas City)
Washington University Doctor of Medicine MD Washington
Nebraska Creighton University Doctor of Medicine MD Creighton
University of Nebraska Doctor of Medicine MD Nebraska
Nevada University of Nevada Doctor of Medicine MD Nevada
New Hampshire Dartmouth Medical School Doctor of Medicine MD Dartmouth
New Jersey University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Doctor of Medicine MD UMDNJ (New Jersey)
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Doctor of Medicine MD UMDNJ (Robert Wood Johnson)
New Mexico University of New Mexico Doctor of Medicine MD New Mexico
New York Albany Medical College Doctor of Medicine MD Albany
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Doctor of Medicine MD Yeshiva
Columbia Univ. College of Physicians
& Surgeons Doctor of Medicine MD Columbia
Cornell University Doctor of Medicine MD Cornell
Mt Sinai School of Medicine of the CUNY Doctor of Medicine MD CUNY
New York Medical College Doctor of Medicine MD New York Medical College
New York University Doctor of Medicine MD New York
University of Rochester Doctor of Medicine MD Rochester
State University of New York, Brooklyn (SUNY) Doctor of Medicine MD Brooklyn SUNY
State University of New York, Buffalo (SUNY) Doctor of Medicine MD Buffalo SUNY
State University of New York, Stony Brooke (SUNY) Doctor of Medicine MD Stony Brooke SUNY
State University of New York, Syracuse (SUNY) Doctor of Medicine MD Syracuse SUNY
North Carolina Wake Forrest University Doctor of Medicine MD Wake Forrest
Duke University Doctor of Medicine MD Duke
East Carolina University Doctor of Medicine MD East Carolina
University of North Carolina Doctor of Medicine MD North Carolina
North Dakota University of North Dakota Doctor of Medicine MD North Dakota
Ohio Case Western Reserve University Doctor of Medicine MD Case Western Reserve
University of Cincinnati Doctor of Medicine MD Cincinnati
Medical College of Ohio Doctor of Medicine MD Ohio
Northeastern Ohio Universities Doctor of Medicine MD Northeastern Ohio
Ohio State University Doctor of Medicine MD Ohio State
Wright State University Doctor of Medicine MD Wright
Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Doctor of Medicine MD Oklahoma
Oregon Oregon Health Science University Doctor of Medicine MD Oregon
Pennsylvania Allegheny University of the Health Sciences Doctor of Medicine MD Allegheny
Thomas Jefferson University Doctor of Medicine MD Thomas Jefferson
Pennsylvania State University Doctor of Medicine MD Pennsylvania State
University of Pennsylvania Doctor of Medicine MD Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh Doctor of Medicine MD Pittsburgh
Temple University Doctor of Medicine MD Temple
Rhode Island Brown University Doctor of Medicine MD Brown
South Carolina Medical University of South Carolina Doctor of Medicine MD South Carolina (Charleston)
University of South Carolina Doctor of Medicine MD South Carolina (Columbia)
South Dakota University of South Dakota Doctor of Medicine MD South Dakota
Tennessee Meharry Medical College Doctor of Medicine MD Meharry
East Tennessee State University Doctor of Medicine MD East Tennessee
University of Tennessee Doctor of Medicine MD Tennessee
Vanderbilt University Doctor of Medicine MD Vanderbilt
Texas Baylor College of Medicine Doctor of Medicine MD Baylor
Texas A & M University Doctor of Medicine MD Texas A & M
Texas Technical University Doctor of Medicine MD Texas Technical
University of Texas, Dallas Doctor of Medicine MD Texas (Dallas)
University of Texas, Galveston Doctor of Medicine MD Texas (Galveston)
University of Texas, Houston Doctor of Medicine MD Texas (Houston)
University of Texas, San Antonio Doctor of Medicine MD Texas (San Antonio)
Utah University of Utah Doctor of Medicine MD Utah
Vermont University of Vermont Doctor of Medicine MD Vermont
Virginia Eastern Virginia Medical School Doctor of Medicine MD Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University Doctor of Medicine MD Virginia Commonwealth
University of Virginia Doctor of Medicine MD Virginia
Washington University of Washington Doctor of Medicine MD Washington
West Virginia Marshall University Doctor of Medicine MD Marshall
West Virginia University Doctor of Medicine MD West Virginia
Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin Doctor of Medicine MD Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
University of Wisconsin Doctor of Medicine MD Wisconsin (Madison)
C. INSTITUTIONS IN COUNTRIES NOT LISTED ABOVE.
All university medical schools listed in the seventh edition of the World Health Organisation's World Directory of Medical Schools (other than those listed above) are approved, so that their graduates are eligible to apply for entry to the New Zealand Registration Examination (NZREX) or assessment of eligibility for vocational registration.
D. NOTES.
1. A graduate of any of the institutions listed in paragraphs A, B or C who is visiting New Zealand, may be entitled to temporary registration without examination for the purpose of:
(i) giving postgraduate instruction in medicine; or
(ii) obtaining postgraduate training or postgraduate experience, or carrying out research in medicine, in a hospital or other place approved by Council; or
(iii) for any other purpose approved by the Council.
Council policy effective from 1 July 2001 applies to temporary registration and can be obtained from the Council office.
2. Pursuant to section 151 of the Act, the medical schools of the University of Auckland and the University of Otago were deemed to be approved institutions with effect from 1 July 1996, and the qualifications MB ChB Auckland and MB ChB Otago accepted for probationary and general registration.
Dated at Wellington this 11th day of March 2002.
SUE INESON, Chief Executive Officer/Registrar, Medical Council of New Zealand.