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Scholarship Options in New Zealand

for International Students

Apart from the fact that education in New Zealand is heavily subsidized,

there are various scholarship opportunities available for international

students to study in this island nation. These scholarships are oered by

the New Zealand government as well as respective universities. Here are

few scholarships which are oered by the government

Commonwealth Scholarships: The !ommonwealth "cholarship and

#ellowship $lan %!"#$& is an international programme under which

member governments oer scholarships and fellowships to citizens of

other !ommonwealth nations.

 The !"#$ was established in '()( and is the only scholarship scheme in

the world to receive such high level recognition. The New Zealand

!ommonwealth "cholarships are funded by the New Zealand Aid

$rogrammes and managed by the *inistry of #oreign Aairs and Trade.

+ndia being a part of the !ommonwealth nations avails such scholarships

for candidates wishing to pursue postgraduate study %*asters and $h& in

New Zealand universities on a contestable basis. New Zealand

!ommonwealth "cholarships are highly competitive for top level

graduates.

 +n +ndia, the nominating agencies are irector -eneral of +ndian !ouncil

for !ultural elations and eputy /ducational Adviser of *inistry of

Human esource evelopment. !ommonwealth scholarship awardees can

study in 0niversity of !anterbury, 1ictoria 0niversity of 2ellington,

0niversity of 2ai3ato, *assey 0niversity, Auc3land 0niversity of

 Technology, 0niversity of 4tago and 5incoln 0niversity.

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New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarship: The New Zealand

+nternational octoral esearch "cholarship %NZ+"& is a -overnment

funded scholarship, administered by /ducation New Zealand. The

scholarship aims to attract and retain the best international researchers to

New Zealand. The scholarship provides full tuition fees and a living

stipend for up to 8 years. The NZ+" covers the following for a T4TA5 ofthree years %89 months& New Zealand 0niversity annual tuition fees and

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associated student levies, An annual living stipend of NZ:;),@ grade are eligible for the scholarship. "tudents

entering ?rst year of 0niversity are not eligible for this scholarship.

 The awardees of scholarship are reuired to wor3 with eserve >an3 ofNew Zealand for a speci?c time period after completion of the academic

year otherwise they have to repay the given scholarship.

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4ther than the aforementioned scholarships, here is a list of other

scholarships available in dierent ?elds of study

.H.T. >ates $ostgraduate "cholarship

Zespri Horticulture +nternational "cholarship

5ivestoc3 /missions and Abatement esearch Networ3 %5/AN&

"cholarship

New Zealand +nternational 0ndergraduate #ees "cholarship %NZ+0#"&

>ic3erton7 2iddownson Trust *emorial "cholarship

University Scholarships:

0! +nternational #irst Bear "cholarship

0niversity of 4tago +nternational esearch *asters "cholarships1ictoria *asters "cholarships

0niversity of 2ai3ato +nternational "cholarships

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