Knox College, Otago

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Knox College

Established	1909
Master	Mr B A Aitken
Graduates and Undergraduates	~210

Knox College is a privately run residential hall affiliated to the University of Otago in New Zealand, providing accommodation for primarily first and second year students, with a smaller number of postgraduates. The college is set in an 11 hectare landscaped site on the other site of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens from the University. The site is shared with Salmond Hall, which was originally set up as complementary accommodation for female students. Although the institutions are run autonomously, they are governed by a joint body, The Council of Knox College and Salmond Hall.

Knox College was established as residential accommodation for male students, and additionally as a training site for Presbyterian ministers in 1909. It become co-educational in 1983, and is still the site of the School of Ministry for the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. The buildings of the College were designed by the architect W. Gray Young when he was only 21 years old.[link] [link]

Knox seeks to recreate some of the feeling of an Oxbridge college, and much of the terminology used within the college orginated in Oxford or Cambridge (intransigent students are "sent down"; there is a "Master", and "Fellows"). However, the responsibility for students' education is borne by the university rather than the college, unlike the original Oxbridge colleges.

The visitor to the College is the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.[link]

Notable Knoxmen

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Prime Minister and President of Fiji

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