2026 Gordon Watson Scholarship

This scholarship is to enable New Zealanders to study international relationships or social and economic conditions at a university overseas. Candidates will be planning to study at Masters or PhD level. The funds for this scholarship are provided by the income from a bequest made in 1951 by Isabel Evelyn Spencer Watson to the University of New Zealand. The scholarship is a memorial to her nephew, Clement Gordon Watson.

• Table of Content
• About Universities New Zealand (UNZ)
• Universities New Zealand Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Universities New Zealand Postgraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for Universities New Zealand Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Universities New Zealand Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Universities New Zealand Postgraduate Scholarship

• At least one scholarship is awarded annually, with a value of normally $12,000 per year for up to two years for Masters and up to three years for a PhD.

Requirements for Universities New Zealand Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification

• Applicants must have graduated or be graduating with an Honours or Masters degree in arts, science, commerce, law or divinity from a New Zealand university, and be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more information, kindly visit Universities New Zealand scholarship webpage.