Based in Otago, New Zealand, the University of Otago is a most popular public, research collegiate university. Established in 1869, it is one of the oldest universities in New Zealand. The university is known for providing vibrant life to students through amazing amenities. The accompanying gardens led to the architectural grandeur of the university making it the world’s most appealing university to study which has been clarified by the American online news website The Huffington Post and the British Newspaper The Daily Telegraph. The University of Otago holds the position of number one for its educational performance and ranks in 206th place according to the QS World University Rankings.

Top Courses:

Master of Business Administration INR 28,05,000 yr

Bachelor of Commerce Accounting  INR 9,04,000 yr

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery  INR 48,03,000 yr 

Master of Science in Microbiology  INR 22,04,000 yr  

Campus Life

The University of Otago has 5 main campuses spread throughout New Zealand. Dunedin is the main campus of the university and Auckland, Invercargill, Christchurch and Wellington are the other four satellite campuses of the university. 

The Dunedin Campus: It is the main campus of the university located in Dunedin. This campus hosts the Central Administration and the divisions of Humanities, Health School, Sciences and Business School. This campus offers a range of facilities and entertainment to the students with a student-friendly safe environment.

The Christchurch Campus: This campus mainly houses the teaching of bachelor’s medical students, master’s research students, and master’s health science students. The Christchurch Campus offers a collaborative environment to students. A wide range of research groups are based on this campus that includes the Christchurch Free Radical Research Group, Christchurch Health and Development Study, Carney Centre for Pharmacogenomics and more.

The Wellington Campus: This campus is part of the Health Science Division of the university. The Wellington Campus houses the teaching of undergraduate radiation therapy, medicine and other health-based research programs of the university.

The Invercargill Campus: It comprises the College of Education and Health Southland Study Hub of the university. The College of Education Invercargill Campus provides education in Primary, Secondary and Early Childhood. The Health Science Study Hub of this campus supports university students and staff based at Southern Hospital in Invercargill.

The Auckland Campus: This campus is a resource and information center for prospective and current university students. This campus mainly hosts a variety of Distance Learning Programs of the university, an annual public Winter Lecture series, general information sessions and a selection of Summer School papers in January/February throughout the year.

Hostel and Facilities

The University of Otago is well-known for providing excellent residential facilities to students in diverse colleges. All the residential colleges of the university have music facilities, a gym, laundry, parking, linen, disabled facilities, study rooms and more. Some of the popular colleges are given below:

192 Castle College: It is located centrally between the campus which is the newest residential college of the university that can house 125 students.

Aquinas College: It focuses on building a unique community spirit and houses around 158 students.

Arana College: This college can house 404 strengths of students and creates a diverse environment for living.

Caroline Freeman College: It houses 300 students that are usually members of commerce, law, health science, science and teaching.

Carrington College: This residence houses around 240 students in the first year. The colorful gardens and lush greenery of the residence provide an excellent experience of college life to students.

Master of Business

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