Otago Powerbroker.
The University of Otago is part of a new, select, international group of outstanding universities, dubbed the ‘Matariki Network of Universities’ (MNU). Members of the MNU are research-intensive and campus-based, with a focus on providing a high-quality student experience. The Group is working towards enhanced student exchange, development of joint postgraduate programmes, and shared sporting and cultural activities between member universities.
With its symbolic Maori name referring to both new beginnings and the name for a group of stars known as the Seven Sisters, the MNU aims to achieve collaboration in projects that will promote international development.
Other partners in the MNU are Dartmouth College (est 1769, USA); Durham University (1832, England); Queens University (1841, Canada); the University of Tubingen (1477, Germany); the University of Western Australia (1911, Australia); and Uppsala University (1477, Sweden).