Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages
Our practical Bachelor of Nursing degree continues to grow from strength to strength and our graduate-entry Master of Pharmacy Practice launched in 2025.
In 2024, 378 of our graduates (9.9% of the total) were in health professions.
All University of Waikato campuses are smoke-free and vape-free.
Smoking is also prohibited in any University vehicle.
In 2024, 9.9% of our graduates began working in health professions.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Proportion of graduates in health professions | 9.5% | 10.1% | 9.9% |
To meet New Zealand's health workforce needs, we're establishing New Zealand's third medical school, with entry pathways that will attract people who want to become primary care doctors in rural and regional communities.
We're partnering with the University of Wollongong to help shape the curriculum, and using expert advice from our Medical Advisory Board to guide the establishment of the School.
Waikato psychologists report a connection between studentsâ interpretation of a university taking sustainability seriously and improved student wellbeing, as outlined in their study on sustainability and student health. The findings support the connection between SDG3: Good Health and Wellbeing, and the environmental SDGs 11â15, and show that even a small investment in bike storage facilities can promote sustainable practices and improve student health.
The University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance is a cutting-edge facility based at Mt Maunganuiâs Blake Park, equipped with the latest in sports science and research capability. It is a valuable resource for many of our biomechanists and other academics working with elite sportspeople from around the country.
In a tight NZ budget, will money go where itâs needed most â or to political priorities?
The article examines whether New Zealandâs tight 2025 Budget will address urgent social and economic needs or mainly reflect the governmentâs political priorities.
Waikato University study shows Pharmac diabetes funding saved lives, warns against proposed reversal
University of Waikato research found Pharmacâs 2021 decision to widen diabetes drug access for MÄori and Pacific people saved lives, amid plans to reverse the policy.
Waikato University nurses backed with Southern Cross scholarship boost
Nine Bachelor of Nursing students have received up to $30,000 per student to help with study and clinical placement costs.
NZ is overdue for a population strategy â but there is only so much governments can do
New research argues that New Zealand needs a long-term population strategy to address ageing, migration, housing and workforce pressures while supporting sustainable economic and social planning.
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