Fully Funded University Of Waikato International Excellence Scholarship: (Deadline Ongoing)

The University of Waikato is offering the International Excellence Scholarship support talented international students from eligible countries who are enrolling for the first time into undergraduate or postgraduate programmes at the University of Waikato. Additionally, the University will award the Scholarships to candidates who demonstrate excellent academic achievement, and strong potential to become global ambassadors for the University of Waikato.

Available Subjects:

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught degrees and postgraduate research degrees, in any subject

Eligible Nationalities:

Applicants must be citizens of the following countries and classified as overseas students: USA, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Germany, UK, France, Norway, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Maldives, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Jordan, Iran, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mauritius.

Scholarship Benefits:

The Scholarship will have a value up to NZD 10,000 and will be applied directly to the recipient’s tuition fees for their chosen programme/s of study either at the time of the offer or once their enrolment is completed. Additionally, the amount will be based on criteria such as, but not limited to, total available funding, grades, financial need, number of credits enrolled, number of applicants, period of enrolment.

Eligibility Criteria:

Scholarship applicants must be intending to enrol at the University of Waikato (UoW) for the first time in either an undergraduate or postgraduate degree, in any subject, and must have received a conditional or unconditional Offer of Place from UoW. Also, applicants must have a minimum GPA-equivalency of B+.

Applicants must be citizens of the following countries and classified as overseas students (see above).

They must not currently be enrolled at the University of Waikato, and must not have paid fees at the time of application. Also, they must have met the University of Waikato’s English language requirements, or have an offer for the Certificate of Attainment in Academic English at the University of Waikato. They should have received a conditional or unconditional offer of a place for a full-time degree programme that has a total duration of at least 12 months. Additionally, they have to be residing in New Zealand for the tenure of the scholarship and may only study a maximum of 50% of their course online.