The University of Otago currently enrolls about 1,200 international students from 45 countries. Due to its location in the center of Dunedin, located on the southeastern coast of South Island, one of the two main islands that make up New Zealand, students have the opportunity to live in a city in which education has always been an important focus. For more information on travel and the health situation in New Zealand, check the homepages for the State Department and the Center for Disease Control. Flats can be pre-arranged prior to arrival on campus through the International Accommodation Advisor. Students must also complete an accommodation application form that is supplied in the acceptance packet sent to the student after a formal admission offer is made.
Flats are self-catering, which means that students cook on their own.
Students who change accommodation will be responsible for these charges. Students must submit the UR Program Application Form. Each student should have two reference letters from faculty members. One of the letters should be from a professor in the student's major. All documents including a recent UR transcript are to be submitted to the Office of International Education, by the stated deadline.