9 September 2022
By email:
[FYI request #20326 email]
Dear Alice
I refer to your information request dated 24 August 2022 made under the Official Information Act
1982. You have requested information in relation to entry to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
programme via the Health Sciences First Year (HSFY) Rural Origins sub-category.
Please see below our response to your request.
The number of people that were accepted via the New Zealand Rural Origins sub-category
into Dentistry (HSFY category only) for the past 3 years (2020 – 2022)?
Please see the below table which shows the number of applicants to receive offers and the number
of applicants to accept their offers to enter the 2020 – 2022 BDS programmes via the HSFY Rural
Origins sub-category.
Number of applicants to receive offers
Number of applicants to accept offers
(BDS, HSFY Rural Origins sub-category)
(BDS, HSFY Rural Origins sub-category)
2020
10
1
2021
11
4
2022
10
2
I trust you will find this information helpful.
Yours sincerely
Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar