Residential Colleges
The Application Process
We are now accepting applications for full year accommodation in our Residential Colleges for 2011. If you are an undergraduate student applying for a Residential College in 2011, applications open on 1 August 2010. Once your application is complete, it will be forwarded to your first College Preference for consideration.
The selection process will commence on the 1 October 2010. An offer of a place in a College will include a contract together with a request for some further information and a deposit. If the College is unable to make an offer at this time, your application will be returned to the Accommodation Office General Waitlist for consideration by all Colleges that have vacancies. An offer of a place or letter advising your application is on the general waiting list will be sent on 12 October 2010.
Applications will continue to be accepted from the 1 October 2010, but will be placed on the general waitlist held at the Accommodation Office. Applications on the waitlist will be reviewed as a space becomes available at any of the colleges.
1. Complete an online application:
You will be sent an acknowledgement email once you have completed your online application. This will enable you to be able to log in with your application number and password to check the status of your application.
2. Application Requirements:
To be considered your application must be complete with the required references and proposed course of study.
a) Students who have been at school in the past two years please complete the Confidential School/College Reference form (332k in PDF format) and then forward it to your school to complete page 2 (the Confidential Reference). Your school will then forward it to our Accommodation Office.
b) If you have not attended school in the past two years, please send two character references* to the Accommodation Office from people that have supervised, or been senior to you in your current or most recent employment or studies.
Apply for accommodation
Please continue to complete your accommodation application online.
Notes:
* Character Reference - An overview of what a character reference is:
Also known as a personal reference or personal recommendation, a character reference documents your positive personal attributes. This type of reference is important for non-employment related pursuits ranging from memberships and awards to child custody and adoptions. Character reference letters can also prove useful in landing jobs.
Residential Colleges
For further information on Colleges services and facilities please visit their websites from the links below.
Download the Important dates for Residential College Applications and Fees (in PDF format).
The Fees quoted are for two semesters in the 2010 calendar year and include GST. Fee levels are reviewed each year and adjusted for inflation, the number of teaching weeks and any change in the range and cost of services. Full information may be obtained from individual Colleges. Students are normally accepted for a full academic year (comprising two semesters).
Abbey College
Address: 900 Cumberland Street
Location: 5 minutes walk to campus
Accommodation in 75 rooms (12 rooms for couples) Fully catered with Halal meals available.
Postgraduate residents.
Fees vary with type of room and length of stay requested from $290 per week to $460 per week.
Aquinas College
Address: 74 Gladstone Road
Location: 20 minutes walk to campus
Accommodation for 152 residents, most in single rooms. Fully catered with Halal meals available.
Suitable for international students under 18 at the start of Semester 1.
Fees: $11,343.00 ($298.50 per week) single rooms, $9,652.00 ($254.00 per week) shared rooms, for 38 weeks.
Arana College
Address: 110 Clyde Street
Location: Two minutes walk to campus
Accommodation for 366 residents in single rooms. Fully catered.
Fees: $11,343.00 for 38 weeks ($298.50 per week).
Carrington College
Address: 57 Heriot Row, Dunedin
Location: Five minutes walk to campus
Accommodation for 241 residents, in single rooms, 2 double rooms. Fully catered
Fees: Single room $11,343.00 for two semesters (38 weeks) ($298.50 per week).
City College
Address: 911 Cumberland Street
Location: Five minutes walk to campus
Accommodation for 211 residents in 37, 5 and 6 bedroom apartments. Fully catered
Applications welcomed from students intending to study at the University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic.
Fees: $295.00 per week, (38 weeks, or the length of the course including Holidays).
Cumberland College
Address: 250 Castle Street
Location: Five minutes walk to campus
Accommodation for 326 residents, in single study bedrooms. Fully catered with Halal meals available.
Fees: $11,343.00 for two semesters (38 weeks) beginning in February ($298.50 per week).
Cumberland Court
Address: 250 Castle St
Location: On Campus
Accommodation for 110 residents in 2 to 6 bedroom units. Fully catered
Fees: $10,773 for two semesters (38 weeks) beginning in February ($283.50 per wk).
Hayward College
Address: 110 Frederick Street
Location: Five minutes walk to campus
Accommodation for 162 residents, in single rooms. Fully catered with Halal meals available
Fees: $11,343.00 for a 38-week academic year beginning in February ($298.50 per week).
Knox College
Address: Knox Street, Dunedin
Location: 10 – 15 minute walk to campus
Accommodation for 203 residents in single rooms. Fully catered
Fees: $11,362.00 for two semesters (36 weeks) beginning in February ($299.00 per week).
St Margaret's College
Address: 333 Leith Street, Dunedin
Location: On campus
Accommodation for 206 residents in single rooms. Fully catered.
Fees: $11,590.00 for two semesters
Salmond College
Address: 19 Knox Street, Dunedin
Location: 10 - 15 minute walk to campus
Accommodation for 192 residents in single study bedrooms. Fully catered.
Applications are accepted from University and Polytechnic students and should be made through the University of Otago Accommodation Office
Fees: $11,362.00 for two semesters (38 weeks) ($299.00 per week).
Selwyn College
Address: 560 Castle Street, Dunedin
Location: On campus
Accommodation for 170 residents in single study bedrooms. Fully catered.
Fees: $12,236.00 for two semesters (38 weeks), ($322.00 per week).
Studholme College
Address: 127 Clyde Street, Dunedin
Location: Three minutes walk to campus
Accommodation for 173 residents in single study bedrooms. Fully catered.
Fees: $11,343.00 for two semesters (38 weeks), ($298.50 per week).
Toroa College
Address: 8 Regent Road, Dunedin
Location: Five minutes walk to campus
Accommodation for 131 residents in 28 self-catering flats.
Fees: $9,120.00 for forty weeks based on the two semesters beginning in February ($228.00 per week).
University College
Address: 315 Leith Street, Dunedin
Location: On Campus
Accommodation for 518 residents in single study bedrooms. Fully catered
Fees: $11,343.00 for two semesters (38 weeks) beginning in February ($298.50 per week).
Information for students on the waitlist
The Residential Colleges are very popular and from the 12 October each year, the Accommodation Office manages a General Waitlist for students that have applied for accommodation and have not received an offer of accommodation.
For more information about the waitlist please download a copy of the Waitlist for Residential College Accommodation (120k in PDF format).
For further information contact
Accommodation Office
Tel 64 3 479 5100
Fax 64 3 479 8249
Email accommodation@otago.ac.nz
