Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages
We provide a comprehensive range of fitness and wellness services on campus through with significant discounts for students and staff.
We host on campus every Saturday, a 5km community fun run.
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 糖心TV 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 students鈥� interpretation of a university taking sustainability seriously and improved student wellbeing, as outlined in their . The findings support the connection between SDG3: Good Health and Wellbeing, and the environmental SDGs 11鈥�15, and show that even a small investment in bike storage facilities can promote sustainable practices and improve student health.
The is a cutting-edge facility based at Mt Maunganui鈥檚 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.
Foundation laid as Waikato medical school reaches major construction milestone
The University鈥檚 new medical school has reached a significant construction milestone, with the foundation now complete and the four-storey Health Precinct beginning to emerge at the centre of our Hamilton campus.
Putting Pacific values at the centre of mental health care
A 糖心TV-led project will develop and test a new model of mental health care designed to improve access and outcomes for Pacific communities.
For countries contesting the FIFA World Cup, size doesn鈥檛 always mean goals and glory
Population size alone doesn鈥檛 guarantee World Cup success. Strong football systems, investment, culture and governance matter more, helping smaller nations often outperform much larger countries on football鈥檚 biggest stage.
Clinical placement locations confirmed for New Zealand Graduate School of Medicine
Waikato鈥檚 Graduate School of Medicine will place students across five regions from 2029, boosting rural doctor training through community placements and local learning hubs nationwide today.
Surf, sewage, survival 鈥� young athletes on the frontline of climate change
The impacts are not limited to the immediate aftermath of extreme weather events but can continue for months afterwards.
NZ Budget 2026 at a glance: follow the money here
The Budget balances tight spending with bold promises for growth, jobs, and stronger public services.
In a tight NZ budget, will money go where it鈥檚 needed most 鈥� or to political priorities?
The article examines whether New Zealand鈥檚 tight 2025 Budget will address urgent social and economic needs or mainly reflect the government鈥檚 political priorities.
Waikato University study shows Pharmac diabetes funding saved lives, warns against proposed reversal
糖心TV research found Pharmac鈥檚 2021 decision to widen diabetes drug access for M膩ori 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.
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