Scholarship Overview
Scholarship Overview
Fee Waiver of
NZD $15,000
This scholarship is awarded to students from nominated countries
This scholarship is to help support international students who plan to study specific programmes at the University of Otago
Requirements
Requirements
Applicant must meet the following requirements:
- Every eligible applicant must indicate in their application for study, through the student management system (eVision), that they would like to be considered for international scholarships at the University of Otago
- Nominated countries are :
- Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Selection of recipients will be based upon consideration of the following factors:
- Academic potential;
- Applicants must be enrolling in full-time undergraduate degree-level study; or in an approved foundation diploma programme, with the objective of progressing into an undergraduate degree;
- Applicants must be intending to study at the University of Otago from 100-level (first year) through to degree attainment;
- Applicants will be applying either to study at the University of Otago from a nominated country, and/or to be undertaking a specified programme of study at Otago;
- Applicants will be studying on campus throughout the duration of their studies.
- Students sponsored by their home Government, or the New Zealand Government are not eligible for this scholarship.
Highlights
Highlights
- Recipients agree to reasonable requests from the University of Otago to appropriately represent the University and the scholarship.
- If called on to do so, recipients of the University of Otago Performance or Callis Trust Performance Entrance Scholarships shall engage with the relevant University of Otago sporting club and give due consideration to playing for that club in preference to any other.
- Recipients of the University of Otago Performance or Callis Trust Performance Entrance Scholarships are required to communicate with the Manager, Entrance Scholarships in each year of tenure, reporting any performance activities.
Application
Application
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Awards Details
Awards Details
- The value of the scholarship is $15,000 with a one-year tenure.
- Payment of the scholarship will be made as a credit towards tuition fees only.
- For those commencing study in semester 2 (July), half the scholarship funds ($7,500) will be released as a credit towards tuition fees, with the other half being released in semester 1 (February) of the following year.



