Engineering undergraduate scholarships
UC offers a range of scholarships to help our undergraduate students. Check out the Engineering undergraduate scholarships available at UC
SCHOLARSHIP NAME | VALUE | WHO IS ELIGIBLE | ADDTIONAL INFORMATION | CLOSING DATE |
| $5,000 | Applicants must be full-time students in their Second Professional Year of a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree programme in Civil Engineering or Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury. | In addition, and provided a suitable position is available, AECOM may offer the scholarship holder paid employment during the summer vacation at the end of his or her Second Professional Year. | 31-Mar | |
$3,000 Second Professional Year Scholarship $3,500 Third Professional Year Scholarship $5,000 Phil Gillon Memorial Scholarship | Applicants must be enrolled full-time at the University in a programme for a Bachelor of Engineering (BE(Hons)) degree. | Applicants for the Second Professional Year Scholarship must be enrolled in the Second Professional Year, and applicants for the Third Professional Year or Phil Gillon Memorial scholarships must be enrolled in the Third Professional Year. | 31-Mar | |
| $1,000 | Candidates must have been offered admission to a doctoral programme at the University of Canterbury. | 31-Mar | ||
| $2,000 | Applicants must be full-time students at the University of Canterbury who, at the time of the award, have completed, or been exempted from the Engineering Intermediate Year, and are taking subjects of the Professional courses leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering with Honours. | 31-Mar | ||
| $1,000 | Research students who's study relates to coastal engineering | These grants shall be to assist with expenses involved in attending conferences in Australasia. | 31-Mar | |
$3,000 + mentoring opportunity | Applicants must: and/or Applicants must be enrolled at the University in Third Year of a programme for a BE(Hons) degree. | 31-Mar | ||
| $2,000 | Applicants must be enrolled full-time at the University in any Professional Year of a programme for a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours degree. | 31-Mar | ||
| $4,500 | Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand and be enrolled full-time in their Third Professional Year of a programme for a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (BE(Hons)) | Any specialisation is accepted | 31-Mar | |
| $5,000 | Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand and be enrolled at any level from (and including) first to honours year of university study within the fields of science, economics or engineering and related fields with specific interests in energy matters at the University of Canterbury | 31-Mar | ||
$2,000 for honours students and master's students master's thesis students | Applicants must be enrolled in the following: 1) The final year of a programme for an honours degree in Computer Science. 2) A programme for a master’s degree in Computer Science. 3) A programme for a PhD in Computer Science. | 31-Mar | ||
| $2,000 | Applicants must be female and enrolled full-time in First Professional Year of a BE(Hons), with Civil Engineering or Natural Resources Engineering specialisation | 31-Mar | ||
$4,000 (Category A awards) (Category B awards) | Full-time students enrolled in approved courses* in the field of building services in the 4th Year of a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering degree programme | *Approved courses: ENME405 Energy Systems Engineering, ENME406 Engineering Product Design and Analysis, and ENME465 Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Engineering Completion of certain Second Professional Year courses are required - ENME314 Fluid Mechanics, ENME315 Heat Transfer, and ENME311 Engineering Design and Production Management | 31-Mar | |
$5,500 towards tuition fees | Applicants must be full time students undertaking an undergraduate degree programme in any physical science subject, such as chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, biotechnology, biochemistry, mathematics, and applied sciences, who have successfully completed at least one year of tertiary study at Lincoln University, University of Canterbury, or Ara Institute of Canterbury. | Applicants must have had not less than four years' secondary schooling in a state (excluding state-integrated) 12 secondary school within the boundaries of the Christchurch City Territorial Local Authority. of 25 years when applying for the scholarship. recipient of the secondary school Hugh McDougall Rankin Educational Scholarship, are eligible to apply. | 31-Mar | |
| J R Templin Bursary | $1,000 | Applicants for the bursary shall have completed or been exempted from all the subjects of their First and Second Professional year courses at the University of Canterbury for the degree of Bachelor of Engineering with Honours. | 31-Mar | |
$6,000 + summer employment | Applicants must be citizens of New Zealand or holders of New Zealand residence class visas and enrolled fulltime in Second Professional Year of a BE(Hons) programme. | In addition, applicants are offered a possible employment contact (if available) and ten-week paid vacation employment with Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. | 31-Mar | |
| $4,000 | Applicants must be enrolled for their final year of the B.E.(Hons) (Civil) degree programme at the University of Canterbury. | 31-Mar | ||
| MainPower Scholarship | $10,000 | Applicants must be citizens of New Zealand or holders of New Zealand residence class visas. full-time or part-time at the University in the Second or Third Professional Year of a programme for a Bachelor of Engineering (BE(Hons)) degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. They must be enrolled in at least one Electric Power Engineering Course. | A recipient may be offered paid work experience or a paid internship with MainPower New Zealand Limited in the mid-year break during tenure and/or in the summer after, if such a position is available. The recipient is expected to accept any such offer. | 31-Mar |
$3,000 per annum (tuition fees) for up to three years of study $1,000 (single stipend) | Applicants must be female and citizens or residents of NZ and also be enrolled full-time in their First Professional Year of a programme for a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (BE(Hons)) degree and must be specialising in one of the following areas: Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering | In addition, an offer of a paid internship with New Zealand Steel that would assist the recipient with completing practical work requirements for the BE(Hons) degree. | 31-Mar | |
| $3,000 | Applicants must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident and be enrolled in their Second Professional Year of a BE(Hons)(Civil) at the University of Canterbury. | 31-Mar | ||
| $2,500 | Applicants must be enrolled full-time in their Third Professional Year for BE(Hons) (Civil), including enrolment in at least four courses related to structural or geotechnical or earthquake engineering. | Applicants must have completed the Second Professional Year of the BE(Hons) (Civil) degree programme at the University in the year prior to the year of application, and must have achieved an average grade of at least A - (equivalent to a GPA of 7.0) in each of the First and Second Professional Years of the BE(Hons) (Civil) degree programme. | 31-Mar | |
| PSC Scholarship | $7,000 | Applicants must be NZ citizens or residents and be enrolled full-time at the University in their Third Professional Year of a programme for a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (BE(Hons)) degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering that includes at least two electric power engineering courses. | 31-Mar | |
| $1,000 | Applicants must have been born in New Zealand and be enrolled in their final year of study in a programme for a bachelor's degree or a bachelor's degree with honours that includes at least one course in agricultural engineering. | 31-Mar | ||
| $3,000 | Applicants must be New Zealand citizens and be enrolled in a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours and who has, at the time of the award, completed or been exempted from the First Professional year of study. | The scholar may also be offered summer vacation employment with an oil and gas company or service company in Taranaki. If offered, the scholar will be expected to take up this employment. | 31-Mar | |
Tuition fees support up to a value of $10,000 | Applicants must be enrolled full-time at the University in the Third Year of a programme for a BE(Hons) in Civil Engineering or Natural Resources Engineering. | Provided a suitable position is available, Stantec New Zealand may offer the recipient paid employment during the summer at the end of the year of tenure. The recipient is expected to accept any such offer. | 31-Mar | |
| $1,500 | Applicants must be New Zealand citizens or residents and enrolled full-time in their Second or Third Professional Year for the degree of Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Canterbury. | In addition, and provided suitable positions are available, Tait Communications may offer scholarship holders paid employment during the summer vacation following the tenure of the award. | 31-Mar | |
| $5,000 | Applicants must be New Zealand citizens or hold a residence enrolled full-time at the University in one of the following: Third Professional Year of a programme for specialisation in: for a Bachelor of Science (BSc) (BSc(Hons)) degree in Computer Science. | In addition, and provided suitable positions are available, Tait Communications may offer scholarship holders paid employment during the summer vacation following the tenure of the award. | 31-Mar | |
| $5,000 towards tuition | Applicants must be female and enrolled in a Professional Year of any programme for a BE(Hons) degree. Preference is given to those who are enrolled in at least one of the courses specifically required for a minor in Power Engineering for the Electrical and Electronic Engineering specialisation. | 31-Mar | ||
| $5,000 (catergory A awards) $2,500 (catergory B awards) $1,000 (catergory C awards) | Applicants must be enrolled full-time at the University in at least 60 points of 200-, 300-, or 400-level taught courses (not including any thesis course) for an undergraduate or postgraduate programme in: Mathematical Sciences; | 31-Mar |
