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University of Otago
Cambridge University coat of arms
Motto	Sapere aude "Have courage to be wise."
Established	1869
Chancellor	Mr Lindsay Brown
Vice-Chancellor	Dr Graeme Fogelberg
Location	Dunedin, New Zealand
Students	19,000 total
Homepage	http://www.otago.ac.nz

The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university and the world's most southerly. It is the South Island's largest employer and claims to have the world's longest-established annual Capping Show and New Zealand's oldest ballet company.

The university was founded in 1869, and opened in July 1871. Its motto is "Sapere aude" ("Dare to be wise").

Until 1961 the University of Otago was affiliated with the University of New Zealand, and issued degrees in its name. However, as a full university in itself, it retained degree-granting powers, but chose not to exercise them. The dissolution of the University of New Zealand saw these degree-granting powers re-instated.

Some of its many diverse buildings appear in the following panorama:

180° view of Dunedin shot from the hills on the west. (Enlarge!)

The University clocktower viewed from Castle Street.

It began teaching medicine in 1875, and is one of the two medical schools in New Zealand.

Many Fellowships add to the diversity of the people associated with "Otago". They include:

Burns Fellowship
Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance
Charles Hercus Fellowship
Claude McCarthy Fellowship
Foxley Fellowship
Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
Henry Lang Fellowship
Hocken Fellowship
James Cook Fellowship
THB Symons Fellowship
William Evans Visiting Fellowship

In 1998, the physics department gained some fame for making the first Bose-Einstein condensate in the southern hemisphere.

The 2004 Government investigation into research quality (to be used for future funding) put Otago in fourth place in New Zealand.

Colleges and halls

These Colleges and halls are not as significant in the academic life of the University compared with colleges of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

College	Founded
Selwyn	1893	Website
Knox	1909	Website
St Margaret's	1911	Website
Studholme Hall	1915	Website
Arana Hall	1943	Website
Aquinas	1952	Website
University College	1969	Website
Salmond Hall	1981	Website
Hayward Hall	1992	Website
City College	2000	Website
Carrington Hall	?	Website
Cumberland Hall	?	Website
Toroa House	?	Website

Official list

Notable alumni and alumnae

External links

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+|colspan="2" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"|University of Otago
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+|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[Image:Otago_sh.png|128px|Cambridge University coat of arms]]
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+|style="font-weight:bold"|Motto
+|''Sapere aude''<br/>"Have courage to be wise."
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+|style="font-weight:bold"|Established
+|[[1869]]
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+|style="font-weight:bold"|Chancellor
+|Mr Lindsay Brown
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+|style="font-weight:bold"|Vice-Chancellor
+|Dr Graeme Fogelberg
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+|style="font-weight:bold"|Location
+|[[Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]]
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+|style="font-weight:bold"|Students
+|19,000 total
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+|style="font-weight:bold"|Homepage
+|http://www.otago.ac.nz
+|}
 The '''University of Otago''' in [[Dunedin, New Zealand|Dunedin]] is [[New Zealand]]'s oldest [[university]] and the world's most southerly. It is the [[South Island]]'s largest employer and claims to have the world's longest-established annual Capping Show and New Zealand's oldest [[ballet]] company.