The University of Auckland Postgraduate Honours / PG Diploma Scholarships 2018, New Zealand

Postgraduate level Honours degrees and approved PG Diplomas

Closing date: By nomination

Tenure: Up to 1 year

For: Assistance

Number on offer: Varies

Offer rate: Each semester

Value: Up to $13,130 pa plus compulsory fees (see Reg. 2)

Scholarship description

These Scholarships are offered each semester to meritorious domestic students enrolled for a postgraduate level Bachelors Honours degree or, where applicable, an approved Postgraduate Diploma. The purpose of these scholarships is to support enrolment in programmes that establish eligibility for doctoral study. These regulations apply to enrolments commencing on or after 1 January 2016. Students will be assessed for scholarship eligibility when their application for postgraduate admission to the University of Auckland is approved. To be awarded this scholarship, applicants must have obtained their most recent qualifying programme at a recognised university and have achieved a GPA of 8.0 or above in that programme.

Selection process

The Scholarships are awarded by The University of Auckland Council on the recommendation of the Scholarships SubCommittee 

Regulations

• The Scholarships shall be known as the University of Auckland Postgraduate Honours / PG Diploma Scholarships.
• The Scholarships will comprise a stipend of up to $13,130 paid in fortnightly instalments, plus compulsory fees, for up to one year (see Note viii). Payments and tenure will be pro-rated for part-time students (see Note v).
• The Scholarships will be offered each semester to meritorious students who meet all the requirements of these regulations and enrol full-time at the University of Auckland in a postgraduate Bachelors Honours degree or, where applicable, in an approved Postgraduate Diploma (see Notes i-iii).
• The Scholarships may also be available to meritorious students who meet all the requirements of these regulations and for whom socially compelling reasons make part-time enrolment preferable (see Note v). Students cannot be considered for a scholarship for a programme they have already commenced.
• The Scholarships are tenable by students who are citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand who completed their most recent qualifying programme at a recognised university (see Note iv).
• The basis of selection will be academic merit as assessed by the grade point average (GPA) calculated over the most recent qualifying programme (see Note iv). A GPA of 8.0 or above in the applicant’s most recent qualifying programme is required for the award of a Scholarship.
• The Scholarships will be awarded by the University of Auckland Council on the recommendation of the Scholarships Sub-Committee.
• The Scholarship will be tenable until the date for completion of the requirements for the Bachelors Honours degree or Postgraduate Diploma as specified in the General Regulations for the relevant programme (see Note viii).
• To take up the scholarship, awardees must have enrolled into a postgraduate Honours or approved PG Diploma commencing in the next available semester after the date of their confirmed offer, otherwise their scholarship offer will lapse.
• Payments will be made as a fortnightly stipend and as a compulsory fees credit. Fortnightly payments will commence from the third week of the first semester of enrolment.
• The amount of additional and paid work a Scholar may undertake either inside or outside the University shall not exceed a total of 500 hours across the period of tenure of the Scholarship (see Notes v and vi).
• When a student, through withdrawal or failure to meet any programme requirements, is no longer eligible to pursue the programme of study for which the Scholarship has been offered, the Scholarship will be terminated.
• A University of Auckland Postgraduate Honours/PG Diploma Scholarship may be held with any other study award or grant where the Regulations for that award or grant permit and where the University of Auckland Council so approves. If the total value of the additional stipends exceeds 75% of the value of the University of Auckland Postgraduate Honours / PG Diploma Scholarship stipend, the emolument for the University of Auckland Postgraduate Honours / PG Diploma Scholarship will be reduced to limit the value of the additional co-tenured stipends to 75% of the University of Auckland Postgraduate Honours / PG Diploma Scholarship stipend (see Notes i and vi).
• A Scholarship may be terminated by the University of Auckland Council on receipt of an unsatisfactory academic progress report from the student’s Head of Department.

How to apply

You do not need to apply for this scholarship, award or prize or complete an online application form. It is awarded on the recommendation of the relevant faculty or University of Auckland committee.

For more information about the awarding process for this scholarship, award or prize, download a copy of the regulations.