Scholarships Office
| Scholarships are responsible for all administration associated with scholarships and prizes awarded by the University and outside sponsors. These include University of Waikato Scholarships and Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara Scholarships. Students interested in applying for scholarships are encouraged to consult the Scholarships website at www.waikato.ac.nz/scholarships and to subscribe to the monthly electronic scholarships newsletter by e-mailing a request to that effect to [email protected]. |
| The following is a list of scholarships, awards and prizes that are administered in part or fully by the University of Waikato Scholarships Office. |
| For more information, visit the Scholarships website: www.waikato.ac.nz/scholarships. |
Scholarships and Awards |
School Leavers |
| Allied Security Scholarships |
| Bachelor of Engineering Fees Scholarship |
| Bartlett Scholarship |
| Brian Perry Charitable Trust Business Management Scholarship |
| Brian Perry Charitable Trust Undergraduate Scholarship |
| Brian Smith Memorial Entrance Scholarship |
| Bryant Residential Scholarship |
| Buckley Scholarship |
| Computer Graphic Design Fees Scholarship |
| Computer Science Undergraduate Scholarship |
| David Johnstone Charitable Trust Scholarship |
| Energy Education Trust Undergraduate Scholarship |
| Faculty of Education Secondary Schools Educational Futures Challenge Scholarship |
| FASS Study Abroad Fees Scholarship |
| IPENZ Waikato/BOP Branch Scholarship |
| Jersey New Zealand Scholarship |
| Mathematics Fees Scholarship |
| Michael Baldwin Memorial Scholarship |
| Northland Future Leaders’ School Leaver Scholarship |
| School of Māori and Pacific Development Reo Māori Award |
| Science Admission Fees Scholarship |
| Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship |
| Te Piringa - Faculty of Law Entrance Scholarship |
| Te Piringa - Faculty of Law Secondary Schools Mooting Competition Scholarship |
| Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Excellence Award for B and T Semester Enrolments |
| Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Undergraduate Excellence Award |
| Te Tohu Paetahi Entrance Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Edna Waddell Undergraduate Scholarship for Women in Technology and Engineering |
| Universities NZ - Kauri Museum Mervyn Sterling Memorial Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - KiwiRail Undergraduate Scholarship |
| University of Waikato Academic Merit School Leaver Scholarship |
| University of Waikato Rugby Development Scholarship |
| Vice-Chancellor’s Academic Excellence School Leaver Scholarship |
Undergraduate |
| Acorn Foundation Eva Trowbridge Scholarship |
| Acorn Foundation Jann Medlicott Scholarship |
| Allied Security Scholarship |
| Anne Shannon Scholarship |
| Bay of Plenty Alumni Adult Learners Award |
| Brian Smith Memorial 499/599 Scholarship |
| Cayne Dunnett Memorial Scholarship |
| CRF Heinold Memorial Award |
| D.V. Bryant Trust University of Waikato Residential Scholarship |
| Energy Education Trust Undergraduate Scholarship |
| Ernst & Young Scholarship in Accounting |
| FASS Study Abroad Fees Scholarship |
| Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Undergraduate Scholarship in Physics |
| Freemasons University Scholarship |
| Gemini Trust Disability Scholarship |
| Hamilton Zoo Studentship |
| Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ) Scholarship |
| Jersey New Zealand Scholarship |
| Lewis Chapman Scholarship in Commercial Law |
| McCaw Lewis Chapman Scholarship in Commercial Law |
| Māori Excellence Award for T and/or S Semester Enrolment |
| Michael Baldwin Memorial Scholarship |
| New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women Mildred Keir Training Award |
| New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women Waikato Branch Te Raranga Mātauranga Award |
| Nga Mata Ariki - Te Puia Tourism Scholarship |
| PWC Student Research Scholarship |
| Rewi Alley Scholarship in Chinese Studies |
| Rotary Club of Te Awamutu Centennial Scholarship |
| School of Māori and Pacific Development B & T Undergraduate Award |
| School of Māori and Pacific Development Reo Māori Award |
| Simpson Grierson Law Scholarship |
| Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship |
| Sir Edmund Hillary Medal |
| Smartrak Software Development Scholarship |
| Society of Petroleum Engineers Scholarship |
| Statistics Fees Scholarship |
| Step Higher Award |
| TAPA (Tertiary Award in Pacific Ako) Award |
| TAPA (Tertiary Award in Pacific Ako) Award for T and/or S Semester |
| Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Undergraduate Excellence Award |
| Te Tohu Paetahi Entrance Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Edna Waddell Undergraduate Scholarship for Women in Technology and Engineering |
| Universities NZ - Kauri Museum Mervyn Sterling Memorial Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Kitchener Memorial Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - KiwiRail Group Undergraduate Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Seafarers Union Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Tertiary Education Union (TEU) Crozier Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - The Electoral Commission Suffrage Scholarship |
| University of Waikato Rugby Development Scholarship |
| University of Waikato Summer Research Scholarship Programme |
| Vice-Chancellor’s Adult Learners Award |
| Waikato Regional Council - Dame Te Atairangikaahu Scholarship |
| WMS International Exchange Scholarship |
| WSU ‘First in Family’ Scholarship |
| WSU John Houstoun Memorial Scholarship |
| WSU Scholarship for Cultural Contribution |
| WSU Sole Parent/Caregiver Award |
Graduate |
| Acorn Foundation Eva Trowbridge Scholarship |
| Acorn Foundation Jann Medlicott Scholarship |
| Acorn Foundation Scholarship |
| Allied Security Scholarship |
| Brian Perry Charitable Trust Graduate Scholarship |
| Broad Memorial Fund Award |
| Corporate & Executive Education MBA Scholarship |
| CRF Heinold Memorial Award |
| Dr Stella Frances Memorial Scholarship |
| D.V. Bryant Trust University of Waikato Residential Tutorship |
| FASS Honours/Postgraduate Diploma Award |
| FASS Masters Thesis Award |
| FASS Study Abroad Fees Scholarship |
| Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Graduate Scholarship in Biophysics |
| Freemasons Postgraduate Scholarship |
| Freemasons University Scholarship |
| Golden Plover Wetland Research Award |
| Health Research Council (HRC) Ethics Summer Studentship |
| Hilary Jolly Memorial Scholarship |
| Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ) Postgraduate Scholarship |
| Jersey New Zealand Scholarship |
| John Allan Scholarship in Education |
| Julia Sandford Scholarship |
| Kamira Henry (Binga) Haggie Scholarship |
| Kerby Bursary for Graduate Music Studies |
| Māori Excellence Award |
| Māori Excellence Award for T and/or S Semester Enrolment |
| Michael Baldwin Memorial Scholarship |
| Michael Caiger Memorial Scholarship |
| New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women Postgraduate Fellowship |
| New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women Waikato Branch Masters Study Award |
| NZ National Agricultural Fieldays Sir Don Llewellyn Scholarship |
| NZ-US Educational Foundation - Fulbright Programme |
| Political Science & Public Policy Programmes Graduate Scholarship |
| Postgraduate Scholarship in Social Enterprise |
| PWC Student Research Scholarship |
| Rewi Alley Scholarship in Chinese Studies |
| Rotorua Chamber of Commerce Business Scholarship |
| School of Māori and Pacific Development Semester B Graduate Award |
| Science and Engineering Masters Fees Award |
| Simpson Grierson Law Scholarship |
| Sir Edmund Hillary Medal |
| Sir Edmund Hillary Scholars’ Higher Qualification Scholarship |
| Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship |
| Step Higher Award |
| TAPA (Tertiary Award in Pacific Ako) Award |
| TAPA (Tertiary Award in Pacific Ako) Award for T and/or S Semester |
| TARS Masters Scholarship |
| Te Mata Ira Masters Scholarship |
| Te Piringa - Faculty of Law Graduate Scholarship |
| Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Excellence Award for B and T Semester Enrolments |
| Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Graduate Excellence Award |
| Technology for Industry Fellowship |
| Ted Zorn Waikato Alumni Award for Management Communication |
| Terry Healy Memorial Award |
| Tess Embling Memorial Scholarship |
| The A Zulauf Trust Scholarship |
| The Hicks Scholarship |
| The Thrifty Scholarship in Tourism |
| The University of Avignon Graduate French Award |
| Trust Waikato Student Community Grant |
| Universities NZ - Bing’s Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Dick and Mary Earle Scholarship in Technology |
| Universities NZ - FMB Reynolds Scholarship in Law to Oxford |
| Universities NZ - Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship |
| Universities NZ - Freyberg Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Gordon Watson Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Pukehou Poutu Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Rhodes Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Tertiary Education Union (TEU) Crozier Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - The Electoral Commission Suffrage Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - The Henry Kelsey Research Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - The Kiwi Music Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - The New Zealand-France Friendship Fund Excellence Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - William Georgetti Scholarship |
| University of Waikato Masters Research Scholarship |
| University of Waikato Summer Research Scholarship Programme |
| University of Waikato Taught Postgraduate Fees Scholarship |
| Waikato MBM Scholarship |
| Whanganui River Enhancement Trust Scholarship |
| WMS International Exchange Scholarship |
| WSU John Houstoun Memorial Award |
| WSU Sole Parent/Caregiver Award |
Postgraduate |
| Acorn Foundation Eva Trowbridge Scholarship |
| Acorn Foundation Jann Medlicott Scholarship |
| Allied Security Scholarship |
| Bay of Plenty Alumni Adult Learners Award |
| BRCSS Doctoral Research Award |
| Broad Memorial Fund Award |
| Bryant Postgraduate Research Scholarship |
| Chamber of Commerce Tauranga Business Scholarship |
| Dr Zena Daysh Fellowship Sustainability |
| D.V. Bryant Trust University of Waikato Residential Tutorship |
| Evelyn Stokes Memorial Scholarship |
| FASS Study Abroad Fees Scholarship |
| Flower Doctoral Fellowship in Agribusiness |
| Freemasons Postgraduate Scholarship |
| Health Research Council (HRC) Ethics Studentship |
| Hilary Jolly Memorial Scholarship |
| HOPE Selwyn Foundation Scholarship in Ageing Research |
| Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ) Postgraduate Scholarship |
| Māori Excellence Award |
| Māori Excellence Award for T and/or S Semester Enrolment |
| Michael Baldwin Memorial Scholarship |
| New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women Postgraduate Fellowship |
| New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women Waikato Branch Merit Award for Doctoral Study |
| NZ National Agricultural Fieldays Sir Don Llewellyn Scholarship |
| NZ-US Educational Foundation - Fulbright Programme |
| Peter Freyberg Memorial Fund for Curriculum Research in Education Scholarship |
| Postgraduate Scholarship in Social Enterprise |
| Priority One Management Scholarship |
| Rewi Alley Scholarship in Chinese Studies |
| Rotorua Chamber of Commerce Business Scholarship |
| Sir Edmund Hillary Medal |
| Sir Edmund Hillary Higher Qualification Scholarship |
| Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship |
| Step Higher Award |
| Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Excellence Award for B and T Semester Enrolments |
| Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao Postgraduate Excellence Award |
| TAPA (Tertiary Award in Pacific Ako) Award |
| TAPA (Tertiary Award in Pacific Ako) Award for T and/or S Semester |
| Technology for Industry Fellowship |
| Terry Healy Memorial Award |
| The Genesis Energy Environmental Science/Planning Scholarship |
| The University of Avignon Graduate French Award |
| Trust Waikato Student Community Grant |
| Universities NZ - Auckland Medical Aid Trust Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Prince of Wales’ Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - China-New Zealand Doctoral Research Scholarship (CNZDRS) |
| Universities NZ - Claude McCarthy Fellowship |
| Universities NZ - Commonwealth Scholarship to the United Kingdom |
| Universities NZ - DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Dick and Mary Earle Scholarship in Technology |
| Universities NZ - Edward and Isabel Kidson Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - FMB Reynolds Scholarship in Law to Oxford |
| Universities NZ - Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship |
| Universities NZ - Freyberg Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Gordon Watson Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Kia Ora Foundation Travelling Scholarship in Science |
| Universities NZ - L.B. Wood Travelling Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - New Zealand Aid Programme Awards for Postgraduate Research |
| Universities NZ - New Zealand Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - New Zealand Law Foundation Doctoral Scholarship (in Law) |
| Universities NZ - New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Patricia Pratt Scholarship in Musical Performance |
| Universities NZ - Pukehou Poutu Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Rhodes Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Shirtcliffe Fellowship |
| Universities NZ - Tertiary Education Union (TEU) Crozier Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - The Henry Kelsey Research Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - The Kiwi Music Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - The New Zealand-France Friendship Fund Excellence Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Todd Foundation Award for Excellence |
| Universities NZ - Todd Foundation Scholarship in Energy Research |
| Universities NZ - William Georgetti Scholarship |
| Universities NZ - Woolf Fisher Scholarship |
| University of Waikato Doctoral Scholarship |
| University of Waikato INTERCOAST Doctoral Scholarship |
| University of Waikato International Doctoral Scholarship |
| University of Waikato International INTERCOAST Doctoral Scholarship |
| University of Waikato Taught Postgraduate Fees Scholarship |
| Waikato Chamber of Commerce Business Scholarship |
| Waikato Management School Governance Scholarship |
| Whanganui River Enhancement Trust Scholarship |
| Wilf and Ruth Malcolm Postgraduate Scholarship |
| WSU John Houstoun Memorial Award |
| WSU Sole Parent/Caregiver Award |
Prizes |
| Ailsa M. Snow Prize in Philosophy |
| Alan Turing Prize |
| Alfred Marshall Prize in Management Studies |
| Almao Douch Prize for Criminal Law |
| AMPLA Prize in Energy and Resources Law |
| Arthur Sewell Prize in English |
| Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Prize in Accounting for Management |
| Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Prize in Intermediate Financial Accounting |
| Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Prize in Organisations and Society |
| Auckland District Law Society Prize for Honours |
| Auckland University Press Prize |
| Australian Historical Association Prize |
| Beattie Rickman Legal Prize for Employment Law |
| Bennetts Campus Bookshop Prize |
| Bill and Joan Flower Trust Prize in Environmental Economics |
| Bill and Joan Flower Trust Prize in Global Economics |
| Blackwood Paul Memorial Prize |
| Brendan Thompson Prize in Economics |
| Brian Silverstone Prize in Macroeconomics |
| Broadview Press Prize |
| Bruce Liley Prize in Physics |
| Canterbury Press Prize |
| CCH Advanced Taxation Prize |
| CCH New Zealand Ltd Prize in Corporate Entities |
| CCH New Zealand Ltd Prize in Equity and Succession |
| CCH Prize for Revenue Law |
| Chartered Secretaries of New Zealand Prize in Business Law |
| Chartered Secretaries of New Zealand Prize in Business Law Research |
| CPA Australia Prize in Accounting Theory |
| Crown Law Office Prize for Public Law |
| David English Prize in Competition Law |
| Dean’s Honours List |
| Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence |
| Dean’s Prize in Strategic Management |
| Doris Henry English Speaking Union Award |
| Dow AgroSciences Prize in Third Year Chemistry |
| Dunmore Publishing Prize |
| Earth and Ocean Excellence Award |
| English Speaking Union Prize |
| European Union Prize in European Languages |
| Evans Bailey & Co Prize in Jurisprudence |
| Faculty of Computing & Mathematical Sciences Dean’s Award for Excellence |
| Faculty of Science and Engineering Science Prize |
| Footprint Prize |
| Foundation Professor’s Prize in Economics |
| Gallagher Group Prize in 21st Century Logistics |
| Gallagher Group Prize in E-Business: IT Strategy in Action |
| Gallagher Group Prize in E-Business Research |
| Gallagher Group Prize in Operations Management |
| Gallagher Group Prize in Supply Chain Management |
| Gate Pa Masonic Lodge Prize in Human Development |
| G.J. Schmitt Prize in Management Studies |
| Goethe Society Prize for Excellence in German |
| Gordon Harris Bachelor of Computer Graphic Design Prize |
| Hachette New Zealand Prize |
| Hilbert Prize in Mathematics |
| H.S. Gibbs Prize in Earth Sciences |
| Huia Publishers Prize |
| Ian Beattie Prize in Taxation |
| ICTAR Young Investigators Prize |
| James and Wells Intellectual Property Prize |
| Jared Simpson Memorial Prize in Biological and Earth Sciences |
| Jason Waterman Prize in English |
| Jeanette Gillespie Memorial Prize in Earth Science |
| Jerry Rickman Prize in International Taxation |
| John Turner Prize |
| John Mansfield Thomson Prize in Music History |
| J.T. Ward Prize in Economics |
| Kathrine M. Bell Memorial Prize in Geography |
| LEADR Prize in Dispute Resolution |
| Legal Research Foundation Prize in First Year Law |
| Lewis Fretz Prize in International Relations |
| Lili Krause Piano Award |
| McCraw Prize in Communicating Earth Sciences Research |
| MacMillan Brown Prize |
| Māori Land Law Prize |
| Margaret Avery Memorial Prize in History |
| Margaret Jeffries Prize in Computer Science |
| Marshall Prize for French Literature |
| Millennium Prize in Mathematics |
| Ministry of Consumer Affairs Prize for Fair Trading and Consumer Law |
| New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women Waikato Branch Engineering Prize |
| New Zealand Film Archive Prize |
| New Zealand Historic Places Trust Prize |
| New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants Prize for Accounting for Management |
| New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants Prize for Advanced Financial Accounting |
| New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants Prize for Intermediate Financial Accounting |
| New Zealand Insurance Law Association Prize |
| Niklas Werner Memorial Prize |
| Norah Howell Music Award |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry J.E. Allan Memorial Prize |
| NZPI (Waikato Branch) Outstanding Planning Student Prize |
| Orica-Chemnet First Year Chemistry Prize |
| Otago University Press Prize |
| Pearson Education New Zealand Prize |
| Penguin New Zealand Prize |
| Pipers Patent Attorneys Chemistry Seminar Prize |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize in Accounting Systems and Technology |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize in Auditing |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize in Corporate Finance |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize in Financial Auditing |
| Ramanujan Centenary Prize |
| Random House New Zealand Publishing Prize |
| Reed Publishing Prize |
| Rudi Ziedins Prize in Philosophy |
| Sam Barnes Memorial Prize |
| Selby Prize in Earth Sciences |
| Selwyn Prize in History/Mo te Hirangi i Roto i Te Tari Tumu Kōrero |
| Shannon Young Award |
| Simpson Grierson Prize for Environmental Law |
| Society of Materials New Zealand Inc Prize |
| Staples Rodway Award |
| Steele Roberts Prize |
| Taylor Prize for Excellence in History |
| Te Āhurutanga Māori Student Leadership Programme Award |
| Ted Zorn WMS Alumni Award in Management Communication |
| The Institute Prize |
| The NZPI (Waikato Branch) Outstanding Planning Student Prize |
| The Philosophy Graduate Essay Prize |
| Theo Roy Prize in Politics |
| Thomson Reuters Prize in Civil Procedure |
| Thomson Reuters Prize in Legal Method |
| Thomson Reuters Prize in International Law |
| Tom Shaw Memorial Prize in Biological Sciences |
| Three Minute Thesis (3MT) |
| University of Waikato Alumni Association Prize in Excellence |
| Vivienne Cassie Cooper Prize in Algae |
| Von Neumann Prize in Mathematics |
| Waikato-Bay of Plenty District Law Society Gold Medal for Honours in Law |
| Waikato Botanical Society Graduate Prize |
| Waikato Botanical Society Undergraduate Prize |
| Waikato Branch NZFGW Elizabeth Bisley Memorial Prize in English |
| Waikato Branch NZFGW Emmy Noether Prize in Mathematics |
| Waikato Geological and Lapidary Club Prize |
| Waikato Raupatu Lands Trust Prize in Te Reo |
| Waikato Regional Council Prize in Water Science |
| Westpac Prize in Marketing and International Management |