Scholarships and funding
The Faculty of Engineering is well endowed with scholarships. More than $600,000 is available annually for Engineering students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. In addition to UC Engineering-specific scholarships and prizes students are advised to search the scholarships database for general UC scholarships. Scholarships offered by industry may be available through individual schools within the Faculty.
Our scholarships recognise academic achievement and innovation skills, as well as cultural, sporting and community involvement.
First year scholarships
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
- UC Engineering Top Achievers Scholarship
- UC Engineering Māori Scholarship
- UC Engineering Pasifika Scholarship
- Aruhiko – Power Engineering Excellence Trust Undergraduate Scholarship
- UC College of Engineering International Scholarship
- Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau - Forestry Scholarship
Bachelor of Forestry Science
Bachelor of Product Design
Computer Science, Maths and Stats majors
Undergraduate scholarships by discipline
You can view all the scholarships by discipline for undergraduate Engineering, Forestry and Product Design students on the scholarships database.
Discipline specific scholarships
There are a number of discipline specific scholarships available to postgraduate students. View by discipline below or search the scholarships database for more information.
General
- UC Doctoral Scholarship
- UC Masters Scholarship
- Fulbright Awards
- Francis Small Scholarship
- The Francis Small scholarship offers $20,000 for full-time study in a Master of Engineering with a specialisation in Chemical and Process Engineering, Civil Engineering (including Natural Resources Engineering), Electrical and Electronic Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
Fire
- IFE Study Scholarship
- NZ SFPE Fire Engineering Scholarship
- Arup Fire Engineering Scholarship
- Olsson Fire and Risk Annual Scholarship
- Olsson Fire and Risk Master’s Scholarship
- Arup Fire Engineering Scholarship
- This scholarship offers $4,000 for Master’s students in Fire Engineering.
- Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire Engineering Scholarship
- This scholarship offers financial assistance up to a value of $20,000 and employment for 18 months with Fire and Emergency New Zealand for MEngSt (Fire) and MEFE students.
- NZ SFPE Fire Engineering Scholarship
- $5,000 for a Master of Engineering in Fire Engineering.
- New Zealand Fire Service Commission - download the attached PDF and email to anthony.abu@canterbury.ac.nz.
Civil Engineering
Transportation
Civil and Natural Resources also has some funding available each year to assist postgraduate students. Regular contestable funding is offered for research expenses such as field work, surveys, testing materials - discuss this with your supervisor.
Department funding is also available for conference travel/attendance by PhD students. Full-time students can also be employed as Teaching Assistants. These involve helping run laboratories, tutorial sessions, or marking undergraduate assignments. Students can earn up to NZ$3000 annually this way.
Industry funding can include Road Safety Trust and New Zealand Transport Agency.
Structural
Forestry
Computer Science
Mechanical
- CWF Hamilton and Co Ltd Master's Scholarship
- Ngau Boon Postrgaduate Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering
Aviation
Electrical
Chemical and Process
UC has Summer Scholarships that enable students to spend the summer (400 hours) on a supervised research project. Engineering students may credit their summer scholarship work towards the practical work requirements of the BE(Hons) degree provided criteria are met.
Only one university placement can be counted towards practical work requirements, regardless of the employer/sponsor.
For more information
Search the general scholarships database