Otago Business

Business at Otago University

The University of Otago School of Business based in Dunedin, New Zealand is committed to delivering internationally respected research-based teaching to our undergraduate, postgraduate and executive students. We aim to enrich the commercial, economic, cultural and social development of New Zealand and its wider international community.

Bachelor of Commerce

The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree programme enables each student to develop his or her own interests in business and related subjects. Students are able to create individualised courses using a range of papers offered across teaching departments in the School of Business and University as a whole. Students have the flexibility within the BCom degree to combine two specialisations and graduate with a double major.

For a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree you must major in at least one of the following subjects:

• Accounting
• Economics
• Finance
• Information Science
• International Business
• Management
• Marketing Management
• Tourism

Master of Business

The Master of Business (MBus) degree is a professionally-oriented specialist qualification designed to meet the needs of both employers and students. It consists of two semesters of papers and a nine-month thesis. To be eligible to undertake this programme you must be a graduate in commerce, business studies or an equivalent area, or possess appropriate experience. The MBus degree provides advanced study including an applied research topic. The thesis reports on an applied research project based on contemporary theory from the academic literature.

Doctor of Philosophy

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is awarded on the basis of the submission of a thesis. The thesis should give evidence of the candidate's ability to carry out research, that the candidate has shown originality and independence, and that the candidate has made a significant contribution to knowledge in the particular field. It is expected that some of the work in the thesis would be worthy of publication. The research should be of a kind which a diligent and competent student might reasonably be expected to complete within three years of full-time study.

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