University of Otago Lissie Rathbone Scholarship 2025

The Lissie Rathbone Scholarships were established in 1925 by the Trustees of the late Lissie Rathbone who bequeathed one half of her residuary estate for such charitable, educational, or religious objects as the Trustees should select.

• Table of Content
• About University of Otago
• Lissie Rathbone Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Lissie Rathbone Scholarship
• Requirements for Lissie Rathbone Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Lissie Rathbone Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Lissie Rathbone Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Lissie Rathbone Scholarship

The value of the scholarship is $600 per year for three years for full-time study at degree level at the University of Otago or, with the approval of the Council, at another University in New Zealand, and the value shall be that set down in the current schedule of awards.

Requirements for Lissie Rathbone Scholarship Qualification

Eligibility is determined by NCEA level 3 for English and History.

Applicants must:

• Be intending to enrol full time for first year undergraduate study in a degree-level programme in the year after application and not previously been enrolled at any University
• Be under the age of 19 years on the first day of December immediately before enrolling at the University
• Have been domiciled in the Otago or Southland Land District for one year before enrolling at the University.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Lissie Rathbone Scholarship

The scholarships shall be awarded on the basis of the academic results from a student's Year 13 performance in English and History at secondary school, although the Council may take into account the financial circumstances of any candidate.

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Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit University of Otago Scholarship webpage