International Students

Purpose: This scholarship recognises and supports top students from the Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia who are studying in an undergraduate degree programme at UC. Applicants must be citizens of Malaysia, they cannot also be citizens of Aotearoa New Zealand or Australia, holders of Aotearoa New Zealand residence class visas, or Australian Permanent Residents.

Value: Financial assistance to a value of $10,000.

Closing Date: 31 October

Purpose: This scholarship recognises and supports top students from Malaysia who are studying in an undergraduate degree programme at UC.  Applicants must be citizens of Malaysia.1 They cannot also be citizens of New Zealand or Australia, holders of New Zealand residence class visas, or Australian Permanent Residents. Applicants must have completed, or be completing, a university entrance qualification.

Value: $20,000 towards tuition fees.

Closing Date: 31 October

Purpose: This scholarship recognises and supports top-achieving international students who have completed their university-entrance qualification overseas, or via UC International College (UCIC) and will be commencing an undergraduate degree programme at UC. NB: For students who studied at secondary level in Aotearoa New Zealand, please apply under the August round (see above).

Value: $15,000 towards tuition fees

Closing Date: 31 October or 15 April

Purpose: This scholarship recognises top international scholars and supports them in study towards an undergraduate Engineering degree at.UC. NB: This scholarship is for students studying offshore or at UCIC, for students who are studying at an Aotearoa New Zealand secondary school, please apply under the August application round (see above).

Value: $15,000 towards tuition fees.

Closing Date: 31 October 

Details: This scholarship recognises and supports international students with strong academic abilities from China or Hong Kong who are beginning their educational journey in New Zealand at UC.

Value: A contribution to tuition fees of $5,000 paid in the first year of study.

Closing Date: 24 October 2025 (Semester 1 2026 start) and 30 April 2026 (Semester 2 2026 start)

Details: This scholarship recognises and supports international students with strong academic abilities from India who are beginning their educational journey in New Zealand at UC.

Value: A contribution to tuition fees of $5,000 paid in the first year of study.

Closing Date: 24 October 2025 (Semester 1 2026 start) and 30 April 2026 (Semester 2 2026 start)

Details: This scholarship recognises and supports international students with strong academic abilities from Southeast Asia who are beginning their educational journey in New Zealand at UC.

Value: A contribution to tuition fees of $5,000 paid in the first year of study.

Closing Date: 24 October 2025 (Semester 1 2026 start) and 30 April 2026 (Semester 2 2026 start)

Purpose: For students with strong academic potential but facing challenges to affording university accommodation costs. Applicants must be current Year 13 students who attended a school and/or lived outside the Greater Christchurch area in the year of application (or in the case of a gap year, in the previous year).

Value: $15,000 towards hall of residence accommodation fees and priority consideration for a place in a hall; plus educational outdoor recreational field trips and a personal and professional development programme in the first year of study.

Closing Date: 07 August

Purpose: This bursary is to support female students residing in a hall or village that the University of Canterbury recognises as being affiliated with the University.

Value: Financial assistance at a value of NZ$2,500 for one year.

Closing Date: 07 August

Purpose: This scholarship supports old boys of Timaru Boys’ High School at UC.

Value: Financial assistance to the value of $5,000 per annum for up to 4 years (initially paid towards tuition fees).

Closing Date: 07 August

Purpose: This scholarship supports students intending to study at UC who face challenges that might otherwise prevent them from considering entry to tertiary education. Applicants must have continuously resided in the Canterbury region for at least 12 months immediately preceding the closing date for applications (or preceding the start of a gap year).

Value: $5,000 towards tuition fees in the first year that fees are payable.

Closing Date: 07 August

Purpose: This scholarship recognises and supports top-achieving international students who have completed, or are currently completing, a university-entrance qualification at a New Zealand secondary school, and will be commencing an undergraduate degree programme at UC. NB: If you are studying offshore or at UCIC, please apply under the October/April application round (see below).

Value: $15,000 towards tuition fees.

Closing Date: 07 August

Purpose: This scholarship supports students from the Taranaki region intending to enrol in a Bachelor or Engineering (Hons) in Chemical & Process Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Natural Resources Engineering at UC.

Value: One-Year Scholarship: $5,000 initially paid towards tuition fees.

Two-Year Scholarship: $15,000 per annum initially paid towards tuition fees.

Closing Date: 07 August

Purpose: This scholarship recognises and supports promising students from the Masterton District who intend to complete a programme for an undergraduate degree in Civil or Natural Resources Engineering at UC.

Value: Financial assistance to the value of $4,500 for one year.

Closing Date: 07 August

Purpose: This scholarship recognises top international scholars and supports them in study towards an undergraduate Engineering degree at.UC.

Value: $15,000 towards tuition fees.

Closing Date: 07 August 

Purpose: This scholarship supports ex-pupils of Te Kura Tamatāne o Whakatū | Nelson College studying sciences at UC.

Value: Financial assistance to the value of $8,000 for up to 4 years.

Closing Date: 07 August