Colleges of the University of Otago

These colleges provide food, accommodation, social and welfare services, as well as some degree of additional academic support,[1] particularly for the largest papers.

The colleges, many of which were formerly known as Halls of Residence, have a long-standing presence within the Dunedin academic society; the earliest was founded in 1893, only 24 years after the university's establishment.

The Chris Burks Memorial Bursary is awarded to a second year student resident at Carrington College.

Four colleges continue to be owned by churches and are governed entirely independently from the University.

An intercollegiate basketball competition was held over August/September and the respective champions were Arana (mixed), Cumberland (girls) & Aquinas College (boys).

As such, the residential colleges represent a wide range of buildings, compositions and ethoses.

[19] The college had a range of facilities developed for the hotel/motel previously occupying the complex, such as a swimming pool and sauna.

[21] The first Head of College was Gretchen Kivell (February 2008 – June 2013) followed by Dr Charles Tustin (July 2013 to November 2016).