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33 University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand

21,000 graduate and undergraduate students attend the highly-ranked University of Otago. The campus’ centerpiece and masterpiece is the Clocktower Building. The Gothic Revival design by Maxwell Bury and Edmund Anscombe was built along the Water of Leith in 1879. This Registry Building houses the vice-chancellor and administrative offices. New Zealand’s oldest university was founded in 1869 by Thomas Burns who then became the school’s first chancellor. Reverend Burns also established the Otago Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools plus was the driving force for building the First Church of Otago as the head of the Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland.

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University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand

362 Leith St, North Dunedin, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand

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