Aquinas College, Otago

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox residential college

| name = Aquinas College

| type = University of Otago Residential College

| university = University of Otago

| shield = Arms of Aquinas College Otago.svg

| shield_caption = Aquinas College Coat of Arms

| shield_size = 128px

| image = Aquinas College, Dunedin 2009.jpg

| image_size = 288px

| caption = Aquinas College in 2009

| scarf =

| motto_Latin = Discendo Sapientia

| motto_English = Learning and Wisdom go hand in hand

| founder = Dominican Order

| established = 1954{{cite web|url=http://www.otago.ac.nz/aquinas/about/history/|title=Aquinas College Website, History|publisher=University of Otago|accessdate=2011-11-01}}

| location = Gladstone Rd

| head_label = Warden

| head = Rosemary Tarbotton

| undergraduates = 158

| website = [http://www.otago.ac.nz/aquinas/ otago.ac.nz/aquinas]

}}

Aquinas College is one of the Residential Colleges of the University of Otago, named after St. Thomas Aquinas, located in the suburb of Dalmore. Formerly a Roman Catholic institution in the care of the Dominican Order from the 1950s, between the early 1980s and 1988, the college was owned by the Elim Pentecostal Church, where it was used primarily by parishioners, but also by backpackers and students. The college was bought by the university in 1988 and was run for a time under the name Dalmore House, with the original name later restored.

Aquinas College maintains much of the 1950s architecture, but recently there have been major facility upgrades. The college currently houses 152 university students, making it one of the smaller University of Otago residential colleges. Notable among its facilities is its gymnasium, being the only college to have an indoor basketball court.{{cite web|url=http://www.otago.ac.nz/aquinas/facilities/gym/|title=Aquinas College Website, Facilities|publisher=University of Otago|accessdate=2011-11-01}}

Aquinas was originally an all-male facility, with nearby Dominican Hall serving as a sister college for female students.Clarke, Ali [https://otago150years.wordpress.com/tag/dominican-hall/ "The Park St residences"] 2 October 2017, retrieved 29 march 2025