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The University of Canterbury (UC; Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation Cantuar. or Cant. for Cantuariensis, the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand.
In 1957 the art school was the first faculty of the university to move to Ilam where it was situated in Oakover House on the Ilam campus. [8] The following years John Simpson was appointed Senior lecturer and in 1961, aged 38, was made first Professor of Fine Arts at the School of Art Canterbury University. [9]
Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) is a public research university [6] located in Canterbury, Kent, England. Founded as a Church of England college for teacher training in 1962, it was granted university status in 2005.
The Puaka–James Hight Building is the main library building of the University of Canterbury.It is named after Puaka the Māori star cluster also known as Rigel in the Orion constellation, [4] and Sir James Hight, former, professor, and rector at Canterbury College. [5]
The Ngaio Marsh Theatre is a theatre at the University of Canterbury Students' Association in Christchurch, New Zealand.. The Ngaio Marsh theatre was named in honour of Dame Ngaio Marsh, who was a director and patron of theatre, especially Shakespeare, at the University between 1942 and 1969, and indeed the theatre's opening production — Shakespeare's Twelfth Night — was directed by Marsh ...
The Faculty of Education is a faculty of the University of Canterbury. Formerly the Christchurch College of Education, It was founded in 1877, and in 2007 it was merged with the university and became a fully fledged faculty. [1] The educationalist Colin Knight was principal from 1986 to 1995. [2]
University Main campus Established University status Auckland University of Technology: Auckland: 1895 2000 Lincoln University: Lincoln: 1878 1990 Massey University: Palmerston North: 1928 1963 University of Auckland: Auckland: 1883 1883 University of Canterbury: Christchurch: 1873 1873 University of Otago: Dunedin: 1869 1869 University of ...
College House is a hall of residence at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Founded originally in 1850 as a collegiate for young men alongside Christ's College, it became a residential college for the then Canterbury College of the new University of New Zealand in 1873. It broke away from Christ's College in 1957 and ...