The Dunedin School of Medicine (DSM) is a division of Health Sciences within the University of Otago.

Founded in 1877, the University of Otago’s Medical School is the oldest in New Zealand. The School expanded from its Dunedin base in the 1970s when two clinical Schools of Medicine were established at Christchurch (1972) and Wellington (1977). In the mid-1990s, the University of Otago Medical School became the Faculty of Medicine comprising the School of Medical Sciences, which contributes to courses in medical, health science and pure science programmes, and the Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington Schools of Medicine, which are primarily clinical schools. In 2001 there was a further restructuring and renaming and now staff of the Otago School of Medical Sciences, the Dunedin School of Medicine, and the Christchurch and Wellington Schools of Medicine & Health Sciences make up the Faculty of Medicine.