List of top medical schools in New Zealand:

University of Otago
- The University of Otago's Medical School is the oldest in the country, founded in 1877. The Faculty of Medicine comprises the Otago School of Medical Sciences (Departments of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Physiology) and the Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington Schools of Medicine.
- All Otago University Medical Students undertake their second and third years in Dunedin before choosing between the Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington Schools of Medicine for their clinical training.
- University of Otago is ranked 57th globally for Life Sciences and Medicine (QS World University Rankings 2010).

University of Auckland
- The University's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences is a large and dynamic faculty. It is rated in the top 1% of biomedical universities in the world.
- The Faculty offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, as well as a variety of health-practitioner focused courses for continuing education.
- The Faculty has the following schools: School of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, School of Population Health. The School of Medicine delivers the undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) degree.
- University of Auckland is ranked 47th among the world's top 50 Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health Universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-2011.

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