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Published: 16 Nov 2020 1,000 views
All eligible Undergraduate students who wish to enroll in a degree program are hereby invited to apply for University of Otago Performance Entrance Scholarship special awards. This is available to international students with excellent academic performance.
This scholarship will assist international students who are intending to enroll or have enrolled for the first time for first-year (100-level), full-time degree-level, undergraduate study at the University of Otago.
The University of Otago, founded in 1869 by an ordinance of the Otago Provincial Council, is New Zealand’s oldest university. The new University was given 100,000 acres of pastoral land as an endowment and authorised to grant degrees in Arts, Medicine, Law and Music. The University opened in July 1871 with a staff of just three Professors, one to teach Classics and English Language and Literature, another having responsibility for Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and the third to cover Mental and Moral Philosophy and Political Economy. The following year a Professor of Natural Scie... continue reading
| Application Deadline | Not Specified |
| Country to study | New Zealand |
| School to study | University of Otago |
| Type | Undergraduate |
| Sponsor | University of Otago |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Standard value of $16,000, for the first three years of study (exceptional applicants may be offered this scholarship at a higher value in year one)
All Entrance Scholarships are normally open to students who meet the requirements of 1.1 OR 1.2, AND 2. Those who fit within 3 are normally ineligible.
1.1 Are New Zealand citizens, New Zealand permanent residents, Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents with domestic fee status;
Or
1.2 International students who have studied in Year 12 and have completed or are in the process of completing Year 13 at a New Zealand school, or an equivalent foundation level course at a New Zealand tertiary institution.
And
2 Are intending to enrol or have enrolled for the first time for first-year (100-level papers), full-time degree-level, undergraduate study at the University of Otago.
But
3 Those who have studied more than 0.4 EFTs at any University or tertiary institution at degree-level or higher are not normally eligible.
All applications for Entrance Scholarships are done through eVision, the University’s student management system. In order to apply for a scholarship, you will be required to go through the first stages of enrolment at the University of Otago to access the Entrance Scholarship online application.
For more information on the application process, as well as step-by-step instructions, please visit the apply for an entrance scholarship webpage.
Before going through the application process, it is important to ensure that you are adequately prepared to begin the application. What you will need to prepare for your application is listed on the scholarship application preparation webpage.
For more details, visit University of Otago website.