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Universidad de otago
Maorí : Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou
University of Otago Registry Building2.jpg
Torre del reloj de la universidad
LemaLatín : Sapere aude
Lema en inglésSe atreven a ser prudente
TipoPúblico
Establecido1869
CancillerDr Royden Somerville QC
VicecancillerProfesora Helen Nicholson (en funciones) [1]
Personal docente1.744 (2019) [2]
Personal administrativo2.246 (2019) [2]
Estudiantes21.240 (2019) [2]
Estudiantes universitarios15.635 (2014) [2]
Postgraduados4.378 (2014) [2]
Estudiantes de doctorado1.579 (2019) [2]
Localización
Dunedin
,
Otago
,
Nueva Zelanda

45 ° 51′56 ″ S 170 ° 30′50 ″ E / 45.86556°S 170.51389°E / -45.86556; 170.51389 Coordenadas: 45 ° 51′56 ″ S 170 ° 30′50 ″ E  / 45.86556°S 170.51389°E / -45.86556; 170.51389
InstalacionesUrbano
Revista para estudiantesCrítico
ColoresAzul y oro
AfiliacionesMNU
Sitio webhttps://www.otago.ac.nz
Logo of the University of Otago.svg

La Universidad de Otago ( maorí : Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo ) es una universidad colegiada con sede en Dunedin , Otago , Nueva Zelanda. Obtiene una alta puntuación en cuanto a la calidad media de la investigación, y en 2006 [ necesita actualización ] ocupaba el segundo lugar en Nueva Zelanda sólo después de la Universidad de Auckland en el número de investigadores académicos con calificación A que emplea. [3] En el pasado, ha encabezado la evaluación del Fondo de Investigación Basado en el Desempeño de Nueva Zelanda . [4]

La universidad fue creada por un comité dirigido por Thomas Burns , [5] y oficialmente establecida por una ordenanza del Consejo Provincial de Otago en 1869. [6] La universidad aceptó a sus primeros estudiantes en julio de 1871, convirtiéndola en la universidad más antigua de Nueva Zelanda. y el tercero más antiguo de Oceanía. Entre 1874 y 1961, la Universidad de Otago fue parte de la Universidad federal de Nueva Zelanda y emitió títulos en su nombre. [ cita requerida ]

Otago es conocida por su vibrante vida estudiantil, en particular por su vivienda , que a menudo se encuentra en casas antiguas. Los estudiantes de Otago tienen una larga tradición de nombrar sus pisos. [7] [8] [9] El apodo de los estudiantes de Otago "Scarfie" proviene del hábito de usar una bufanda durante los fríos inviernos del sur. [10] pero el término "Respiradores", una corrupción de "hermanos", es ahora común. [11] La canción de graduación de la universidad, Gaudeamus igitur, iuvenes dum sumus ("Regocijémonos, mientras seamos jóvenes"), reconoce que los estudiantes seguirán estando a la altura del desafío, aunque no siempre de la manera prevista. La revista estudiantil de la universidad, Critic, es la revista estudiantil más antigua de Nueva Zelanda.

La grandeza arquitectónica y los jardines de la Universidad de Otago lo llevaron a ser clasificado como uno de los campus universitarios más bellos del mundo por el periódico británico The Daily Telegraph y el sitio web estadounidense de noticias en línea The Huffington Post . [12] [13]

Historia [ editar ]

El edificio del registro ( edificio de la torre del reloj), mirando hacia el este.
Vista aérea del campus de Dunedin. El agua de Leith corre por el centro.
Campus de Dunedin en invierno

El plan de la Asociación Otago para el asentamiento europeo del sur de Nueva Zelanda, concebido bajo los principios de Edward Gibbon Wakefield en la década de 1840, preveía una universidad.

Los líderes de Dunedin, Thomas Burns y James Macandrew, instaron al Consejo Provincial de Otago durante la década de 1860 a reservar una donación de tierras para un instituto de educación superior. [14] Una ordenanza del consejo estableció la universidad en 1869, otorgándole 100.000 acres (400 km 2 ) de tierra y el poder de otorgar títulos en Artes, Medicina, Derecho y Música. [15] Burns fue nombrado canciller pero no vivió para ver la apertura de la universidad el 5 de julio de 1871. [5] [14]

La universidad otorgó solo un título, a Alexander Watt Williamson , antes de convertirse en una facultad afiliada de la Universidad federal de Nueva Zelanda en 1874. Con la disolución de la Universidad de Nueva Zelanda en 1961 y la aprobación de la Ley de Enmienda de la Universidad de Otago de 1961, la universidad retomó su poder de conferir títulos. [15]

Operativo originalmente de William Mason 's oficina de correos de la construcción en la calle Princes , se trasladó a Maxwell Bury ' s Clocktower y Geología edificios en 1878 y 1879. [15] Esto se convirtió en el complejo Torre del Reloj , un grupo notable de renacimiento gótico edificios en el centro del campus. Estos edificios se inspiraron en el entonces nuevo edificio principal de la Universidad de Glasgow en Escocia.

Otago fue la primera universidad de Australasia que permitió a las mujeres obtener una licenciatura en derecho. [16] Ethel Benjamin se graduó como LLB en 1897. Más tarde ese año se convirtió en la primera mujer en el Imperio Británico en comparecer como abogada en la corte. [17]

La Universidad de Otago ayudó a capacitar al personal médico como parte del Cuerpo Médico de la Universidad de Otago. Suministraron o capacitaron a la mayoría de los médicos y dentistas del Ejército de Nueva Zelanda durante la Primera Guerra Mundial . [18]

El profesor Robert Jack hizo la primera transmisión de radio en Nueva Zelanda desde el departamento de física el 17 de noviembre de 1921. [19]

La reina Isabel II visitó la biblioteca de la universidad con el duque de Edimburgo el 18 de marzo de 1970. Esta fue la primera vez que los miembros de la realeza completaron "caminatas" informales para encontrarse con el público, y fue la primera visita del Príncipe Carlos (entonces de 21 años) y Princesa Ana (19 años) a este país. [20]

Debido a que tenía una amplia gama de cursos, Otago atrajo a más estudiantes de fuera de su distrito provincial. Esto condujo al crecimiento de universidades y alojamientos informales en el norte de Dunedin alrededor de los edificios de la facultad. Este desarrollo de un campus residencial le dio a Otago una vida estudiantil de pregrado más vibrante al mismo tiempo que desarrollos comparables pero más pequeños en Christchurch, Wellington y Auckland fueron eclipsados ​​a fines del siglo XX. [ cita requerida ] Otago ahora tiene el campus residencial más importante de cualquier universidad en Nueva Zelanda o Australia, [ cita requerida ] aunque esto no está exento de problemas.

En mayo de 2010, la Universidad se unió a la Red de Universidades Matariki (MNU) junto con Dartmouth College (EE. UU.), Universidad de Durham (Reino Unido), Queen's University (Canadá), Universidad de Tübingen (Alemania), Universidad de Australia Occidental (Australia) y Universidad de Uppsala. (Suecia). [21]

En diciembre de 2020, ocho ceremonias de graduación programadas para ese mes se interrumpieron tras las amenazas de llevar a cabo un ataque con armas de fuego y explosivos contra estudiantes que asistían a las ceremonias de graduación programadas para los días 7 y 8 de diciembre. El 18 de diciembre, una mujer de 22 años compareció ante el Tribunal de Distrito de Auckland acusada de amenazar con dañar a personas o bienes. Los documentos judiciales han descrito la amenaza como de una "magnitud superior a las masacres de la mezquita de Christchurch del 15 de marzo ". [22] [23]

Escudo de armas [ editar ]

Escudo de armas en una placa en la entrada del campus de Dunedin

El blasón de las armas otorgadas por el Rey de Armas de Lyon, Escocia es Azure, en un saltire cantonado entre cuatro salmonetes de seis puntos O, un libro, con bordes dorados y encuadernado en una cubierta Gules cargado con un salmonete de seis puntos de la segundo y un marcador de libro de la tercera edición del pie de página, y en un Escrol bajo el mismo este Lema "Sapere Aude".

El lema puede traducirse como 'atrévete a ser sabio' o 'ten coraje para ser sabio'. El escudo se describe primero y es azul (azul). En el escudo hay un saltire que es un objeto en forma de "X". Sobre el saltire hay un libro de bordes dorados cuya portada es roja (gules). En la portada del libro hay una estrella (salmonete) de seis puntas. Los salmonetes normalmente solo tienen cinco puntos. Al pie del libro hay un marcador también en rojo siendo el tercer color mencionado. El saltire y el libro están rodeados por otras cuatro estrellas cada una también de seis puntas que se colocan en los espacios formados por el saltire. Las cinco estrellas y el saltire son todos de color dorado (o), que fue el segundo color mencionado. Un Escrol es el pergamino debajo del escudo que contiene el lema.

Campus [ editar ]

Vista de 180 ° de Dunedin tomada desde las colinas del oeste. La Universidad se puede ver frente a la gran colina a la izquierda.

El campus principal de la Universidad de Otago se encuentra en Dunedin, que alberga la Administración Central, así como sus divisiones de Ciencias de la Salud, Humanidades, Escuela de Negocios y Ciencias. Además, la Universidad tiene cuatro campus satélites en Auckland , Wellington , Christchurch e Invercargill . [24]

  1. El campus de Christchurch tiene su sede en la Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud de Christchurch. También ofrece programas de formación clínica médica y fisioterapéutica, investigación, educación a distancia y programas de posgrado. [24] [25]
  2. The Wellington campus is based at the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Science. It also provides medical and physiotherapy clinical training programs, research, distance education, and postgraduate programs.[24][26]
  3. The Auckland campus is based at the Auckland Centre on Queen. The Auckland Centre provides various teaching and distance learning courses and serves as a liaison with the wider Auckland community and alumni.[27]
  4. The Southland Campus (Ahuahu Te Mātauranga) is a branch of the University of Otago College of Education. The campus provides a range of early childhood, primary, primary bilingual, and secondary teacher education programs.[24][28]
  5. The University of Otago's Department of Marine Science also operates the Portobello Marine Laboratory in the Otago peninsula.[29]

Merger with Dunedin College of Education[edit]

The University of Otago and the Dunedin College of Education (a specialist teacher training institution) merged on 1 January 2007. The University of Otago College of Education is now based on the College site, and includes the College's campuses in Invercargill and Alexandra. Staff of the University's Faculty of Education relocated to the college site. A merger had been considered before, however the present talks progressed further, and more amicably, than previously.

Libraries[edit]

Interior of the Central Library

The University of Otago has ten libraries: seven based in Dunedin on the main university campus, the education library in Southland, plus two medical libraries in Wellington and Christchurch.[30] All libraries have wireless access.[31]

Central Library[edit]

The Central Library is part of the Information Services Building and has over 2000 study spaces, 130 computer terminals, and laptop connections at 500 desks. It has Te Aka a Tāwhaki, a collection of Māori resources,[32] and the Special Collections consisting of about 9,000 books printed before 1801. In total, the Central Library has over 800,000 print and electronic materials relating to the arts and humanities, commerce, education, physical education, social sciences, and technology.[33] It was designed by the American architecture firm Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer and opened in 2001, replacing what was previously a 1960s-era modernist building.

Robert Stout Law Library[edit]

The Robert Stout Law Library is the university's law library and is based in the Richardson Building.[34]

Health Sciences Library[edit]

The Health Sciences Library[30] is in the Sayers Building, opposite the main entrance to Dunedin Hospital. The Health Sciences Library book collection only includes the last 10 years of content, but does have over 150,000 volumes, the vast majority of which are in storage. There is seating for over 400.[citation needed]

Science Library[edit]

The Science Library[30] is at the north end of the campus in the Science III building, with seating for approximately 500.[citation needed]

Hocken Collections[edit]

The Hocken Collections is a research library, archive, and art gallery of national significance which is administrated by the University of Otago. The library's specialist areas include items relating to the history of New Zealand and the Pacific, with specific emphasis on the Otago and Southland regions. The Hocken Collections was established in 1910 when Dunedin philanthropist Thomas Hocken donated his entire private collection to the University of Otago. It currently houses over 8,000 linear metres of archives and manuscripts. It is currently situated at the site of the former Otago Co-operative Dairy Company factory on Anzac Avenue, east of the main campus.[33][35]

Robertson Library[edit]

The Robertson Library is the university's education library and is jointly run by the University of Otago's College of Education and Otago Polytechnic, which is also located near the university's Dunedin campus.[36]

Other libraries[edit]

The Wellington Medical and Health Sciences Library and the Canterbury Medical Library provide services to University of Otago students and staff, and the staff of the local District Health Boards.[37][38] The University's Southland Campus also has a library.[30]

Organisation and administration[edit]

The Lindo Ferguson Building, home to the Departments of Anatomy and Physiology
The university's research vessel Polaris II entering Otago Harbour

The university is divided into four academic divisions:

  • Division of Humanities
  • Division of Health Sciences
  • Division of Sciences
  • School of Business

For external and marketing purposes, the Division of Commerce is known as the School of Business, as that is the term commonly used for its equivalent in North America. Historically, there were a number of schools and faculties, which have now been grouped with stand alone departments to form these divisions.

In addition to the usual university disciplines, the University of Otago Medical School (founded 1875) is one of only two medical schools in New Zealand (with component schools in Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington); and Otago is the only university in the country to offer training in Dentistry. Other professional schools and faculties not found in all New Zealand universities include Pharmacy, Physical Education, Physiotherapy, Medical Laboratory Science, and Surveying. It was also home to the School of Mines, until this was transferred to the University of Auckland in 1987. Theology is also offered, traditionally in conjunction with the School of Ministry, Knox College, and Holy Cross College, Mosgiel.

There are also a number of service divisions including:

  • External Engagement Division
  • Financial Services Division
  • Human Resources Division
  • Information Technology Services Division
  • Property Services Division
  • Research & Enterprise Division
  • Student Services Division

Student body[edit]

Admissions[edit]

Enrolment By Qualification Type[39]20192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003
Doctoral1,5791,5411,5011,4111,3871,3891,3611,3771,2591,2581,2061,1041,048935829755723
Masters'1,4691,3601,2611,2871,2241,2141,2161,2819699799218748381,0521,1081,060994
Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates1,5911,6911,7621,6541,5421,3881,3831,4771,5411,6601,6201,5661,4351,5071,3781,3531,345
Graduate Diplomas192215243294314388416426475487405317494204392314298
Bachelor's with Honours396404366385451434460524873854843723750736769771763
Bachelor's Ordinary14,72814,67714,44814,59814,55915,13615,48915,76215,59315,78015,35913,34713,13612,86812,93912,71112,186
Undergraduate Diplomas and Certificates1417202939657392116152169133265216239318344
Certificate of Proficiency1,5761,4551,4921,4931,4421,2841,2281,1711,3261,4501,419??????
Interest Only13511141000?223150??????
Foundation Studies263298305292316300303266254273282??????
Total21,24021,10820,83820,81420,60120,94221,11321,41621,72822,13921,50720,75220,66519,85320,05719,67418,844
Gender of Students[40]20192018201720162015
Female12,71112,58812,27212,14711,879
Male8,5108,5198,5658,6658,720
Gender diverse191122
Total21,24021,10820,83820,81420,601
Ethnicity of Students[41]2019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004
European/Pākehā71.5%71.4%72.4%73.1%73.4%74.3%74.3%74.8%75.0%75.6%75.7%76.8%68.4%68.3%69.1%69.5%
Māori10.3%9.9%9.3%8.9%8.5%8.5%8.0%7.8%7.6%7.6%7.5%7.3%6.9%6.4%6.2%6.1%
Asian20.3%20.5%19.8%19.2%18.8%18.3%18.6%18.3%17.9%17.2%16.9%16.0%15.6%16.5%16.1%15.2%
Pacific Islanders5.0%4.7%4.5%4.2%3.9%3.6%3.2%3.1%3.1%3.1%3.0%2.8%2.6%2.6%2.5%2.5%
Middle Eastern / Latin American / African3.7%3.6%3.4%3.4%3.6%???????????
Other / unknown3.8%3.7%3.9%3.7%3.6%3.2%3.3%2.9%2.9%2.5%5.3%4.4%6.5%6.2%6.1%6.6%

Academics[edit]

Distinctions[edit]

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

  • Robert Burns Fellowship (literature)
  • Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance
  • Charles Hercus Fellowship
  • Claude McCarthy Fellowship
  • Foxley Fellowship
  • Frances Hodgkins Fellowship (art)
  • Henry Lang Fellowship
  • Hocken Fellowship
  • James Cook Fellowship
  • Mozart Fellowship (music)
  • 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 2006 Government investigation into research quality (to serve as a basis for future funding) ranked Otago the top University in New Zealand overall, taking into account the quality of its staff and research produced. It was also ranked first in the categories of Clinical Medicine, Biomedical Science, Law, English Literature and Language, History and Earth Science. The Department of Philosophy received the highest score for any nominated academic unit. Otago had been ranked fourth in the 2004 assessment.

In 2006, a report released by the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology found that Otago was the most research intensive university in New Zealand, with 40% of staff time devoted to research and development.[3]

Journal "Science" has recommended worldwide study of Otago's Biochemistry database "Transterm", which has genomic data on 40,000 species.[42]

Rankings[edit]

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[43]301–400
QS World[44]184
THE World[45]201–250

From 2010–2011, Times Higher Education produces rankings independently from Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Initially this ranking was only the top 200 listed universities and the University of Otago did not appear. In 2015, the University of Otago became the first New Zealand university to have a course in a QS Top 10 list, being ranked 8th in Dentistry.[46]

World university rankings
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)[47][48]Academic Ranking of World UniversitiesTimes Higher Education
2021184301–400201–250
2020176301–400201–250
2019175301–400201–250
2018151301–400201–250
2017173301–400201–250
2016169201–300201–250
2015173201–300251–275
2014159201–300226–250
2013155201–300226–250
2012133201–300201–225
2011130201–300201–225
2010135201–300200+
2009125201–302NA
2008124=201–302NA
2007114=305–402NA

Residential colleges[edit]

Main article: Colleges of the University of Otago
St Margaret's College
Selwyn College

The University of Otago owns, or is in affiliation with, fourteen residential colleges, which provide food, accommodation, social and welfare services. Most of these cater primarily for first year students, though some have a sizable number of second and higher year undergraduates, as well as occasionally a significant postgraduate population. While some teaching is normally undertaken at a college, this generally represents a small percentage of a resident's formal tuition.

Most colleges actively seek to foster a sense of community and academic achievement amongst their members through, variously, intercollegiate competitions, communal dining, apartment groups, traditionalism, independent students' clubs, college events and internal sporting and cultural societies.

The colleges are geographically spread over the Dunedin urban area:

  • Abbey College
  • Aquinas College
  • Arana College
  • Caroline Freeman College
  • Carrington College
  • Cumberland College
  • Hayward College
  • Knox College
  • Salmond College
  • Selwyn College
  • St Margaret's College
  • Studholme College
  • Te Rangi Hiroa College
  • Toroa College
  • University College

In mid October 2019, the University of Otago announced that it would be building a new 450-room residential college called Te Rangi Hiroa, which will replace the current Te Rangi Hiroa College along Cumberland Street. The new college is estimated to cost NZ$90 million and is located on the corner of Albany and Forth Streets near the Dunedin campus.[49][50]

Student life[edit]

O-Week[edit]

Participants in the annual clocktower race lining up, ready to go.

'O-Week' or Orientation Week is the Otago equivalent of Freshers' Week. New students are most commonly known by their seniors as 'freshers' or simply as 'first-years'. O-week is organised by the Otago University Students' Association and involves competitions such as 'Fresher of the Year' whereby several students volunteer to carry out a series of tasks throughout the week before being voted to win. Other competitions include that of different faculties facing off with each other. The OUSA also organises events each night including various concerts, a comedy night, hypnotist plus bigger events at Forsyth Barr Stadium. Typically there is a Highlanders rugby game scheduled during the week. Local bars organise events also with a range of live music and promotional deals. Historically events have included the Cookathon and a Miss O-Week competition hosted by The Outback.[51] The Cookathon was held by a local pub (the Cook) with the premise that your first drink costs you about $20 which gives you a t-shirt, three meal vouchers and reduced price on drinks then you spend the rest of the day binge drinking and 'telephoning' the occasional jug with mates.[52]

Traditions

Each year the first years are encouraged to attend the toga parade and party dressed in white sheets wrapped as togas. Retailers called for an end of the parade after property damage and disorder during the 2009 event.[53][54] However, the OUSA took it upon themselves to reintroduce this tradition, with a festival like event taking place at the stadium. 2012 Toga Party saw an unofficial world record. A clocktower race also occurs, in the style of Chariots of Fire. Students must race round the tower and attached building, beginning on the first chime of the clock at noon and completing before the chimes cease. Unlike Chariots of Fire, the task is possible with a couple of students completing each year.

Behavioural issues[edit]

Student behaviour is a major concern for both the University administration and Dunedin residents in general. Concerns over student behaviour prompted the University to introduce a Code of Conduct (CoC) which its students must abide by in 2007. The introduction of the CoC was accompanied by the establishment of the dedicated 'Campus Watch' security force to keep tabs on crime and anti-social behaviour on campus and in the student neighbourhoods nearby. Campus Watch reports directly to the University's Proctor.

Riots

Riots took place in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 related to events surrounding the Undie 500 car rally organised by students from Canterbury University. Other student social events during the year such as the Toga Parade and the Hyde Street Keg Race are also notable for attracting police attention, but not to the scale of the Undie riots. In 2012 there were 80 people treated by emergency services and 15 arrests by police after the Hyde Street party went out of control.[55][56]

Protest

Otago students are notable for protesting over contentious political issues in nearly every decade. In the 1960s students at Otago who were involved with the Progressive Youth Movement led protests against the Vietnam War. In the 1960s mixed flatting (males and females were prohibited from sharing housing up to that time) was contested in various creative ways by Otago students.[57] On 28 September 1993 Otago students protested against a fee increase at the University Registry (Clocktower Building), which ended in a violent clash with police.[58] In the lead up to the 1996 general election students trying to stop a 25% fee increase occupied the University Registry (Clocktower Building) for over a week (which was followed by similar occupations at campuses around the country), fee increases were limited to 17%.[59] Since 2004, the Otago University NORML club, led by Abe Gray,[60] met weekly on the Otago campus to protest by smoking cannabis in defiance of New Zealand's cannabis laws. In 2008, several members were arrested and issued with trespass notices banning them from the Union Lawn.[61][62][63]

Notable people[edit]

Chancellors[edit]

The following is a list of chancellors of the University of Otago.[64]

NamePortraitTerm
1Thomas Burns1869–1871
2John Richardson1871–1876
3Henry Samuel Chapman1876–1879
4Donald Stuart1879–1894
5Joshua Williams1894–1909
6James Allen1909–1912
7Andrew Cameron1912–1925
8Thomas Sidey1925–1933
9William John Morrell1933–1945
10David Herron1946–1955
11Hubert Ryburn1955–1970
12Stuart Sidey1970–1976
13Jack Somerville1976–1982
14Jim Valentine1982–1992
15Judith Medlicott1993–1998
16Eion Edgar1999–2003
17Lindsay Brown2004–2008
18John Ward2009–2017
19Royden Somerville2018–present

Faculty[edit]

Main category: University of Otago faculty
Alice Copping
John Carew Eccles
  • Muriel Bell, nutritionist and medical researcher
  • Agnes Blackie, first female physics academic
  • Robert J. T. Bell, mathematician
  • William Noel Benson, geologist
  • Carolyn Burns, Marsden Medal winning zoologist
  • Jennie Connor Medicine
  • Alice Copping, nutritionist
  • Alison Cree, herpetologist
  • John Crump, infectious diseases specialist
  • Michael Cullen, politician
  • Catherine Day, biochemist
  • Sarah Derrett, injury prevention specialist
  • John Carew Eccles, medical researcher
  • Solomon Faine, microbiologist
  • J.N. Findlay, philosopher
  • Jim Flynn, intelligence researcher and political philosopher
  • Abe Gray, founder of the Whakamana Cannabis Museum, high-profile cannabis activist and protester for almost two decades[65]
  • David Harris, software developer
  • Christina Hulbe, Antarctic researcher, glaciologist
  • Keith Hunter, Marsden Medal winning marine chemist
  • Robert Jack, physicist
  • Leopold Kirschner, bacteriologist
  • Pat Langhorne, physicist
  • J. L. Mackie, philosopher
  • Brian John Marples (1907–1967), Professor of Zoology 1937–1967[66]
  • Alan Musgrave, philosopher of science
  • Lisa Matisoo-Smith, Professor of Biological Anthropology and Head of the Department of Anatomy
  • Christina Riesselman, paleoceanographer
  • Bridget Robinson, Mackenzie Chair in Cancer Medicine
  • Abigail Smith, professor in marine sciences[67]
  • David Skegg, epidemiologist
  • Rachael Taylor
  • Virginia Toy, geology
  • Gillian Whalley, medical research

Alumni[edit]

Main category: University of Otago alumni

(with residential college, if any, in parentheses where known)

Nathan Cohen
Robert Stout, 13th Premier
  • Arthur Henry Adams, journalist and writer
  • Barbara Anderson, novelist
  • Rui Maria de Araújo, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste.
  • Annette Baier, moral philosopher
  • Muriel Bell, nutritionist and medical researcher
  • David Benson-Pope, politician
  • Christine Jensen Burke, mountain climber
  • Dame Silvia Cartwright, Governor General
  • Brian Christie, neuroscientist
  • Nathan Cohen, world champion and Olympic champion rower
  • John Crump, infectious diseases specialist
  • David Cunliffe (Carrington), politician
  • Thomas Davis, politician, diplomat and researcher
  • Glen Denham, Tall Black
  • Derek Denny-Brown
  • Sarah Derrett, injury prevention specialist
  • Archibald Durward FRSE, anatomist
  • Marc Ellis (University College), All Black
Bill English, 39th Prime Minister
  • Bill English (Selwyn), 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • Solomon Faine, microbiologist
  • Janet Frame, writer
  • Ian Fraser, broadcaster
  • Caroline Freeman, first female graduate of the University of Otago
  • William Fyfe, geochemist
  • Jon Gadsby, comedian and actor
  • John Gallas, poet and educator
  • Abe Gray, founder of the Whakamana Cannabis Museum, high-profile cannabis activist and protester for almost two decades[68]
  • Sir Harold Delf Gillies, plastic surgeon
  • Sir Malcolm Grant (Selwyn), lawyer and Vice-Chancellor of University College London (2003–13); subsequently Chairman of NHS England and Chancellor of the University of York
  • Stephen Guest, legal academic
  • Geoffrey Harding OAM, medical practitioner
  • Graeme Hart, businessman
  • Volker Heine, physicist
  • Jan Hellriegel, singer/songwriter
  • Greg Henderson, cyclist
  • Sir Peter Buck, doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director.
  • Brent Hodge (Cumberland), director
Fergus Hume, novelist
Tania Lineham
  • Fergus Hume, novelist
  • David Kirk (Selwyn), All Black captain and businessman
  • Josh Kronfeld (Aquinas College), All Black
  • Chris Laidlaw, All Black and politician
  • Michael Laws, (Arana) politician, writer, broadcaster
  • Tania Lineham, science teacher, winner of the Prime Minister’s Science Teacher Prize, 2015
  • John Edward "Jack" Lovelock, athlete
  • Chris Mahony, World Bank professional, University of Oxford doctorate, athlete
  • Kamisese Mara (Knox), politician
  • Stella Maxwell, fashion model
  • Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, businesswoman
  • Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon
  • Joseph William Mellor, chemist
  • James S. Milne, mathematician
  • Arnold Nordmeyer, politician
  • Christopher Norton, composer
  • Anton Oliver (University College), Captain of the All Blacks
  • Prof. Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman, astrophysicist, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Lord Porritt, athlete, physician and 11th Governor-General
  • Lord Porritt (Selwyn), Olympian, physician to the Queen and Governor General
  • Arthur Prior, philosopher
  • Lauren Kim Roche, physician and author
  • Emily Siedeberg, first female medical graduate
  • Penny Simmonds, politician
  • Robert Stout (Aquinas), Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • Sulaiman Daud, politician
  • Peter Tapsell, politician
  • Jeremy Waldron, legal philosopher
  • Murray Webb, cricketer and caricaturist
  • Bridget Williams, publisher
  • Allan Wilson, molecular biologist
  • Mel Young, conservation biologist

Rhodes Scholars[edit]

list of Rhodes Scholars:

Jack Lovelock, athlete

(College at Oxford in brackets)(Source: List of NZ Rhodes Scholars)

  • 1904 d James A Thomson (St John’s)
  • 1906 d Robert A Farquharson (St John’s)
  • 1907 d Colin Macdonald Gilray (University)
  • 1913 d Prof. Frederick Fisher Miles (Balliol)
  • 1921 d Rev. Hubert James Ryburn (Lincoln)
  • 1923 d Rt Hon. Lord Arthur Espie Porritt (Magdalen)
  • 1924 d Sir Robert Stevenson Aitken (Balliol)
  • 1928 d Charles Andrew Sharp (St John’s)
  • 1929 d Dr Wilton Ernest Henley (New)
  • 1930 Prof. James Campbell Dakin (Trinity)
  • 1931 d Dr John Edward (Jack) Lovelock (Exeter)
  • 1932 d Sir Geoffrey Sandford Cox (Oriel)
  • 1934 d Norman Davis (Merton)
  • 1935 d The Hon. Sir Lester Francis Moller (Brasenose)
  • 1936 d Daniel Marcus Davin[69] (Balliol)
  • 1947 Dr Robert Owen Davies (Oriel)
  • 1950 Dr John Derek Kingsley North (Magdalen)
Peter Selwyn O’Connor (Balliol)
  • 1952 Prof. Graham Harry Jeffries (Magdalen)
Hon. Hugh Templeton (Balliol)
  • 1954 Dr Kenneth Alfred Kingsley North (Magdalen)
  • 1956 Dr Colin Gordon Beer (Magdalen)
Rev David George Simmers Victoria (Balliol)
  • 1957 Em. Prof. Graeme Max Neutze (University)
  • 1959 Graeme Francis Rea (Balliol)
  • 1960 Dr James Julian Bennett Jack (Magdalen)
  • 1966 John Stephen Baird (Merton)
  • 1968 Christopher Robert Laidlaw (Merton)
  • 1970 Dr Murray Grenfell Jamieson (Merton)
  • 1972 Prof. David Christopher Graham Skegg (Balliol)
  • 1973 Dr Anthony Evan Gerald Raine (Merton)
  • 1975 Dr John Alexander Matheson (Worcester)
  • 1976 Dr Derek Nigel John Hart (Brasenose)
  • 1981 Justice Christine Ruth French (Worcester)
  • 1983 Dr Nancy Jennifer Sturman (New)
  • 1985 Dr David Kirk (Worcester)
  • 1988 Dr Ceri Lee Evans (Worcester)
  • 1990 Dr Prudence Anna Elizabeth Scott (Lincoln)
  • 1992 Prof. John Navid Danesh (Balliol)
Susan Reta Lamb (Balliol)
  • 1993 Dr Jennifer Helen Martin (Lady Margaret Hall)
  • 1995 Jennifer Sarah Cooper (Magdalen)
  • 1996 Andrew Norman Benson Lonie (selected, not taken up)
  • 1998 Dr Jane Larkindale (New)
  • 1999 Dr Damen Andrew Ward (University)
  • 2000 Clare Beach (Merton)
Sally Virginia McKechnie (Hertford)
  • 2002 Dr Rachel Sarah Carrell (Balliol)
Christopher John Curran (Merton)
  • 2003 Thomas Marcel Douglas (Balliol)
  • 2004 Glenn Fraser Goldsmith (Balliol)
  • 2006 Nicholas Douglas (St Catherine's)
  • 2007 Holly Walker (University)
  • 2008 Jesse Wall
  • 2009 Laura Fraser
  • 2010 Alice Lindsay Irving (Merton)
  • 2011 Iona Mylek (St. Antony's)
  • 2013 Louis Chambers
  • 2014 Benjamin Abraham
  • 2018 Jean Balchin

See also[edit]

  • List of Honorary Doctors of the University of Otago
  • Norman Lowther Edson
  • Scarfies

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