The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university and the world's most southerly.
The university was founded in 1869, and opened in July 1871. 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:
It began teaching medicine in 1875, and is one of the two medical schools in New Zealand.
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. |
