Orientation is a week of activities to help students settle into university life, and runs the week before the start of semester 1 each year. The University of Otago, Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA), and the residential colleges run a range of formal and informal events.
- Academic orientation includes preliminary lectures and other activities focused on academic life at the University.
- The Convocation Ceremony is an event to welcome first-year students to the University formally.
- International student orientation is specifically for new international students to complete their enrolment.