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Find Ph.D scholarships for international students to study in New Zealand 2026-2027.
The Craig Buck Andrews PhD Scholarship in Financial Reporting and Financial Management is an endowed scholarship established by the late Craig Andrews of Washington DC, through the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation. Through the course of his career Mr Andrews worked on World Bank proje
Published: 07 Oct 2026 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: Not Specified
The University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship provides funding to support doctoral students studying at the University of Otago. The Scholarship is available to both domestic and international students. Candidates for professional doctorates, as well as the PhD, are welcome to apply.
Published: 10 Jul 2026 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: Not Specified
To encourage postgraduate research Victoria University of Wellington offers scholarships to those about to begin their doctoral studies. These scholarships are awarded on academic merit and are open to New Zealand and international students in any discipline.
Published: 25 May 2026 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: 01 Nov 2026
This scholarship supports students for study towards a research doctoral degree at Te Whare W?nanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury.
Published: 04 May 2026 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: 31 Oct 2026
Two PhD scholarships are available to study potential mechanisms of symbiont loss in the coral bleaching process, and the adaptive capacity of reef corals to climate change. The student’s projects will contribute to a larger three-year project, funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsde
Published: 24 Apr 2026 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: 01 May 2026
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Each AUT Doctoral Scholarship consists of an annual stipend of $34,737 for 2026 awards, plus tuition fees and compulsory student services fee for up to three years of full-time study; or for part time study an annual stipend of $17,368.50 plus tuition fees and compulsory student services fee for up
Published: 13 Apr 2026 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 01 Nov 2026
Each Vice-Chancellor’s Doctoral Scholarship consists of an annual stipend of $34,737 for 2026 awards, plus tuition fees and compulsory student services fee for up to three years of full-time study; or for part time study an annual stipend of $17,368.50 plus tuition fees and compulsory student
Published: 13 Apr 2026 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Value: Fully Funded Deadline: Not Specified
These scholarships are intended to encourage and support doctoral study (PhD) at Victoria University of Wellington.
Published: 09 Feb 2026 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 01 Mar 2026
Through the generosity of Dr Wesley Phoa and Margaret Morgan, two New Foundations PhD Scholarships have been established at the School of Mathematics and Statistics. These scholarships will enable two students, co-supervised by Dr Thomas Forster and Professor Noam Greenberg, to make new discoveries,
Published: 09 Feb 2026 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 01 Mar 2026
To encourage postgraduate research Victoria University of Wellington offers scholarships to those about to begin their doctoral studies. These scholarships are awarded on academic merit and are open to New Zealand and international students in any discipline.
Published: 10 Dec 2025 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 01 Mar 2026
Victoria University of Wellington invite applications for a fully funded PhD position as part of a major research project on software supply chain security, funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Endeavour Fund. The project focuses on three key areas:
Published: 11 Nov 2025 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Value: Fully Funded Deadline: 05 Dec 2025
The HOPE Foundation for Research on Ageing is a non-Government – funded Charitable Trust established in 1996, to prepare New Zealand for an ageing future. The mission of the Foundation is to: Lead and resource the funding of people conducting research on ageing. Disseminate research-ba
Published: 22 Oct 2025 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Value: $6,000 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025
Surveys typically contain data of mixed-type (binary, ordinal, count or continuous), but few methods exist to create clusters using collections of such data. A key aim of this project is to create new methods for clustering mixed-type survey data. The second step is to calibrate the relationship bet
Published: 29 Sep 2025 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: 01 Oct 2025
The University of Otago Pacific Islands Doctoral Scholarship provides funding to support indigenous Pacific Island doctoral students studying at the University of Otago. The Scholarship is available to both domestic and international students. Candidates for professional doctorates, as well as th
Published: 15 Sep 2025 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: Not Specified
This scholarship is available annually to support one PhD candidate whose doctoral research is focused on the study of literature. Graduates in any discipline intending to undertake research training at PhD level on a topic relevant to literature are eligible to apply.
Published: 08 Sep 2025 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: Not Specified
Established in 2016 in conjunction with the China Scholarship Council, this scholarship provides a tuition fee waiver for up to 4 years, for full-time PhD study and a supplementary stipend to ensure that each China Scholarship Council doctoral scholarship student receives the stipend equivalent in v
Published: 08 Sep 2025 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: Not Specified
Established in 1984 for the purpose of encouraging research in the history, literature and culture of Scotland, and the influence of Scottish migration to New Zealand and elsewhere. The Scholarship may be held only by a student whose proposed topic of research is in accord with the intentions of
Published: 01 Sep 2025 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Value: NZ$18,204 Deadline: Not Specified
The purpose of the AUT Doctoral Scholarships is to attract highly achieving doctoral research students to AUT University and to encourage and stimulate doctoral studies in areas of the University's research capability. Applicants will be asked to provide evidence of support from their f
Published: 07 Jul 2025 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Deadline: 15 Jul 2025
This scholarship was established through the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation in 2024 from a generous bequest by Mrs Ruth Hopkins and Emeritus Professor Roger Hopkins. They chose to leave their bequest to support students taking up accounting and electing to focus on developing countries
Published: 30 Jun 2025 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Value: $20,000 Deadline: 01 Jul 2025
The P?tea Tautoko - Doctoral Financial Support Grant was established by Massey University with combined funds donated by the Massey University Foundation and doctoral examiners who have contributed their examination fee to this fund. Applications are accepted year-round and assessed on a rolling
Published: 30 Jun 2025 Type: PhD Study in: New Zealand Value: $3,000 Deadline: 01 Nov 2025
