General Undergraduate Scholarships

Purpose: Essay Prize - open to current undergraduate students and recent graduates of UC to write an essay on a subject involving an exposition of some passage chosen each year from literature having reference to social ideals.

Value: Financial assistance at a value of $1,000.

Closing date: 30 September

Purpose: To support Asian and Pacific full fee-paying international students studying in the third or fourth year of an undergraduate degree who are experiencing financial and/or personal hardship. Specific eligibility criteria applies, check the Regulations for details.

Value: Financial assistance of up to $5,000 for one year.

Closing date: 31 October

Purpose: To support full-time students at UC who have a vision impairment. 

Value: Financial assistance at a value of $2,000 for one year.

Closing date: 31 March

Purpose: To support full-time Asian students who are studying in their second, third or fourth year of an undergraduate degree programme at UC. Specific eligibility criteria applies, check Regulations for details.

Value: Financial assistance with tuition fees and compulsory charges, at a value of $10,000 for one year.

Closing date:  31 March

Purpose: Essay Prize - applicants submit an essay on a topic that is advertised two months before the closing date. This topic will be relating to constructive policy to promote and preserve international peace and goodwill.

Value: Financial assistance at a value of $1,500.

Closing date: 30 September

Purpose: To support female students at UC to complete bachelor’s degrees, bachelor’s with honours degrees, and non-thesis postgraduate study. 

Value: Tuition fee support to a value of $4,500 for one year.

Closing date: 31 March

Purpose: To support full-time students who would struggle financially in the second year of their undergraduate studies at UC. 

Value: Financial assistance up to the value of $15,000 for one year. Scholarship will initially be paid towards a recipient’s fees and any remaining funds will be paid as a stipend.

Closing date: 31 March

Purpose: To recognise and support top students from the Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia who are studying in an undergraduate degree programme at UC. Specific eligibility criteria applies, check the Regulations for details.

Value: Financial assistance at a value of $10,000 for one year

Closing date: 31 October

Purpose: To support students with a vision impairment in undertaking study at UC. Applicants must have a vision impairment of 6/18 or less with both eyes and best possible correction, or less than 20 degrees of vision. 

Value: Financial assistance at a value of $10,000 per 120 points of enrolment for one year.

Closing date: 31 March

Purpose: Essay Prize - open to current undergraduate students and recent graduates of UC, this prize recognises excellence in English composition. Applicants submit an original piece of writing of their own sole composition, either unpublished or published, which deals imaginatively with any theme: an essay, a short story, a poem or group of poems, or a short play.

Value: First prize = $2,500; Second prize = $1,000; Third prize = $500

Closing date: 30 September

Purpose: To support postgraduate diploma, honours, and master’s students whose study is facilitated through the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre at UC.

Value: (a) Financial assistance at a value of $16,000 (for students with whakapapa Ngāi Tahu) or $12,000 (open); and (b) tuition fees at the Aotearoa New Zealand domestic rate + SSL; for one year.

Closing date: 31 October

Purpose: To support those directly affected by the 2019 Christchurch Mosque attacks to study at UC, or another accredited education provider.

Value: Financial assistance up to the value of $6,000 per 120 points of enrolment.

Closing date: The scholarship is advertised as funds become available.

Purpose: To recognise and support top students from Malaysia who are studying in an undergraduate degree programme at UC. 

Value: Financial assistance to a value of $20,000 

Closing date: 31 October

Purpose: To assist an exceptional student studying full time in the second year of their undergraduate degree at UC. 

Value: Financial assistance at a value determined by funds available and stated in the offer. This typically may include a stipend and/or tuition fee payments.

Closing date: 31 March

Purpose: To support students at UC who have completed at least one academic year at the University and whose earlier youth was spent substantially in Southland and whose parents, or guardian, are resident in Southland at the time of the award.

Value: Financial assistance at a value of $1,000 per annum; for two years.

Closing date: 31 March