University of Canterbury Master's Scholarship 2025

This scholarship supports students for study towards a research master’s degree at Te Whare W?nanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury.

• Table of Content
• About University Of Canterbury
• UC Master's Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of UC Master's Scholarship
• Requirements for UC Master's Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for UC Master's Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University Of Canterbury

Established in 1873 Canterbury College, as it was then known, was only the second university in Aotearoa New Zealand. It was set up on the Oxbridge model with one major difference: women students were admitted from the start. An early graduate, Helen Connon, became the first woman in the then British Empire to win honours. Housed in graceful stone buildings on a central city block, the College was dependent on rents from high country farms with which it had been endowed by the Canterbury Provincial Council. Ernest Rutherford, Canterbury’s most distinguished graduate, studied at the ... continue reading

UC Master's Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of UC Master's Scholarship

a. $14,000
b. Tuition fees at the Aotearoa New Zealand domestic rate

Requirements for UC Master's Scholarship Qualification

1. The scholarship is tenable during enrolment in a course with a credit weighting in the range 90–120 points for a project comprising a single thesis, dissertation, research project, creative work, or performance towards a research master’s degree at the University. An applicant must:
   • have enrolled in such a course no more than six months before the closing date for the application round in which they are participating; or
   • be intending to enrol in such a course no more than six months after the closing date for the application round in which they are participating.  
2. Current and previous recipients of the scholarship are not eligible for a new tenure.  

Interview date, Process and Venue for UC Master's Scholarship

The scholarship is tenable during full-time or part-time enrolment in a course with a credit weighting in the range 90–120 points for a project comprising a single thesis, dissertation, research project, creative work, or performance towards a research master’s degree at the University. Enrolment must not have begun more than 6 months before or, if not already started, must not begin more than 6 months after the deadline date for applications.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit UC Scholarship webpage