Selwyn College, Otago - Definition and Overview

</div> Selwyn College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Otago in New Zealand. The college was founded by Bishop Samuel Tarratt Nevill in 1893 as a theological college training clergy for the Church of England. It is named after George Augustus Selwyn, the first Bishop of New Zealand. It is still affiliated to the Anglican church.

Bishop Nevill was the pioneer of the Oxbridge-esque collegiate system at Otago, though he was only partially successful, with Knox College being the only other college with a true collegiate structure with a master and fellows who offer tutorials in the Oxbridge sense. Nevill himself was an alumnus of Magdalene College, Cambridge. From the start the College admitted students for all subjects, unlike Knox College.

As a result of its history and organisation ("true college") it is very popular among new students to Otago.

Selwyn College, Otago bears no relation to Selwyn College, Cambridge though both Colleges are named after the same person.

Notable Selwynites

• Lord Porritt, Governor-General of New Zealand and physician to the Queen.

External links

• Offical Selwyn College website (I) (http://www.selwyn.ac.nz/)
• Selwyn College Students' Association website (http://www.scsa.co.nz/)