The University of Otago and Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) has prepared a commemorative service for students, to be held on a memorial walkway in front of the clock tower building within the Dunedin campus.
OUSA president Logan Edgar said it would be the first service of its kind and unlike any other in Otago.
"It will focus on opening the service to the next generation of our young people. This is about remembering and thanking those who stepped up, left their families and travelled across the globe to risk their lives for the sake of others," he said.
It was an honour to host an Anzac Day service on university grounds, he said. The 1.30pm service was added to the Dunedin Returned and Services Association official list of events for April 25.
It would centre on the university's memorial walk, developed for students who fought in World War 1.
"It's such an iconic path. Students and staff walk it every day and it's used in promotion around the world, yet only a few know the meaning it holds," Mr Edgar said.
A piper would welcome people before Mr Edgar and Lisa Pohatu, of Te Roopu Maori, began the service.
University chaplain Greg Hughson would share an opening prayer, after which there would be a gun salute, the Last Post and one minute's silence.
Vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne would share a reading and Lieutenant Colonel Mike Hunter would speak.
The laying of wreaths by university staff and OUSA representatives would conclude the ceremony, to which all were welcome.
