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Saint Margaret's College, Otago is a hall of residence in Dunedin, New Zealand. The residents are students at the University of Otago. The current Master (Head of the College) is the Rev Dr Peter Norris and the Deputy Master is Jan Burton.

The college was founded in 1911 as the University's third college and was the first to be designated specifically as a women's college anywhere in Oceania. Otago University was the first university in New Zealand - or anywhere in the British Empire - to allow women to attend all lectures. As a result it had a high proportion of female students. By 1909 between a quarter and a third of Otago university's students were women. Originally located in the former Presbyterian manse in Leith Street, St Margaret's moved to its present site in 1915 following construction of the building in 1914. New wings were added in 1946 and 1967.

St Margaret's was the first women's college in Dunedin to accept male students, which it did for the first time in 1981.

Trivia
In early 2006 the college kitchen and dining hall were renovated and repainted. In early 2007, the entrance hall was renovated, with the addition of leather couches.

In summer 2007/8 a new floor was added to Clyde Wing.

In 2008 the ground floor of main wing was refurbished with rooms getting new wallpaper and carpet and more light fittings amongst other things