Notice Type
General Notices
Approved Medical Schools and Universities This notice replaces the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette on 30 May 1996. Pursuant to section 4 of the Medical Practitioners Act 1995, with effect from 1 July 1998 the following institutions have been approved by the Medical Council of New Zealand as universities whose graduates in medicine will be entitled to apply for registration in the categories indicated. The universities and the relevant primary medical qualification are set out below, alphabetically by country. A TEMPORARY, PROBATIONARY, GENERAL REGISTRATION (WITHOUT EXAMINATION) Institution Qualification Abbreviation of Qualification[el]as shown in the Medical Register AUSTRALIA University of Adelaide Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBBS Adelaide Flinders University of South Australia Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery BMBS Flinders University of Melbourne Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBBS Melbourne Monash University, Victoria Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBBS Monash University of Newcastle, New South Wales Bachelor of Medicine B Med Newcastle University of New South Wales Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery MBBS New South Wales University of Queensland Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBBS Queensland University of Sydney Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBBS Sydney University of Tasmania Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBBS Tasmania University of Western Australia Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBBS Western Australia B TEMPORARY REGISTRATION WITHOUT EXAMINATION (1 JULY 1998 TO 30 JUNE 2001 ONLY). PROBATIONARY AND GENERAL REGISTRATION SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION OR ASSESSMENT AS DETERMINED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND. Institution Qualification Abbreviation of Qualification[el]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 MDCM 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 Universit de Montral 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 MBChB Cape Town Medical University of Southern Africa Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBChB MEDUNSA University of Natal Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBChB Natal University of Orange Free State Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBChB Orange Free State University of Pretoria Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBChB Pretoria University of Stellenbosch Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBChB Stellenbosch University of Witwatersrand Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBBCh Witwatersrand 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 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 Newscastle 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 StAnd* Queen's University of Belfast Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery, and Bachelor of Obstetrics MB BChB Belf MB BCh BAO *Degree no longer granted [rs1] REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (EIRE) University of Dublin Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MB BCh U Dubl National University of Ireland Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MB BCh NUI 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 Provided they are listed in the World Health Organisation World Directory of Medical Schools, the Medical Council of New Zealand has approved all university medical schools in countries other than those listed above, so that their graduates are eligible to apply for entry to 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 1998 to 30 June 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 23rd day of June 1998. GEORGINA A. JONES, Registrar, Medical Council of New Zealand.
Publication Date
25 Jun 1998

Notice Number

1998-gn4404

Page Number

1962