Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages
Our practical Bachelor of Nursing degree, which continues to grow from strength to strength.
Our upcoming graduate-entry Master of Pharmacy designed to meet the needs of New Zealand's health workforce.
We have embraced flexible working to ensure our staff achieve the work/life balance they need.
We provided generous support to staff and students when New Zealand was plunged into lockdown again in late 2021.
The University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance is a cutting-edge facility based at Mt Maunganui’s 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. The centre was opened in 2016 as a laboratory for sport science research, education and commercialisation.
Dr Kim Hébert-Losier, a physiotherapist and senior lecturer in Te Huataki Waiora Division of Health, led a series of events across the country to support New Zealand National Biomechanics Day in 2021. The events were focused on young women in secondary schools and celebrated the mechanics of human movement, while showcasing the opportunities for women to study and work in the field.
An app designed to help prevent postnatal depression and anxiety among expectant mothers was relaunched by the University of Waikato in 2021 to help women find the support and strategies they need for positive mental health. Dr Carrie Barber, from the University’s School of Psychology, first developed the Positively Pregnant app in 2017 and piloted it with a group of mothers. With seed funding from the University’s commercial arm, WaikatoLink, a redesigned and updated version was launched in 2021.
Glucose monitors for diabetes have finally been funded – but a chronic workforce shortage will limit the benefits
Pharmac’s decision to fund continuous glucose monitors and automated insulin delivery systems for the approximately 18,000 people who currently live with type 1 diabetes in Aotearoa New Zealand is good news.
University of Waikato partners with Bay Venues to support sports growth in the Bay
The University has partnered with Bay Venues across its sport and recreation facilities.
Access to a GP can make all the difference in surviving lung cancer – and that is a problem for Māori
New research examines the outcomes for patients who are diagnosed through their GP versus those diagnosed at the emergency department.
Seaweed to sustainable packaging: Waikato researchers secure major funding boost
The University of Waikato has achieved significant results in the latest funding round from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Endeavour Fund.
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