The rebuild project group and the university are reticent on the matter.
Southern Partnership Group chairman Andrew Blair, the Government’s appointee to oversee the project, would only say it "depends on the extent" of involvement the university wants in the new facility.
• Hospital's facilities 'crumbling'
In July, the rebuild group released a report that pointedly criticised the relationship between Dunedin Hospital and the Dunedin School of Medicine, suggesting the latter was a financial burden.
The financial burden concern is dealt with in a more muted fashion in the strategic assessment released yesterday.
In a statement yesterday, health sciences pro-vice-chancellor Prof Peter Crampton said the university was deciding what space and facilities it would like to see in the new hospital.
"Once we have clarity about our needs we will work with the DHB, the Southern Partnership Group and the architect to explore the practical aspects.
"Future discussions about a funding contribution from the university to the rebuild project will be based around our specific requirements," Prof Crampton said.
The Southern District Health Board will not be contributing capital to the rebuild, but is likely to have to pay interest charges on the capital.
Mr Blair said the financial model of the redevelopment had not been decided.
He pointed out the university had contributed to the cost of Dunedin Hospital buildings in the past.
"The extent to which they seek to be and can be accommodated in any redevelopment may or may not drive the extent of any contribution that [the university makes].
"It depends on the extent that they want to be involved in the redevelopment," Mr Blair said.