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Find out about available scholarships and internships and how to apply.

CMIC Digital Twin Master Scholarship

CMIC Master Scholarships are available for students to undertake a Master's by thesis at CMIC, Victoria University of Wellington:

  • scholarship level: Master’s by thesis
  • tenure: one year
  • value: a stipend of $17,500, and tuition fees (domestic) for a year.

The CMIC Digital Twin Master Scholarship is an open scholarship, where CMIC invites students to contribute to research and entrepreneurship to develop future media services and platforms.

In this project, we are interested in creating high-fidelity 3D digital twins of native New Zealand birds. Birds are culturally important, but many of them are endangered or extinct. For example, the huia is extinct—only taxidermied specimens remain.

To reconstruct a digital twin that faithfully represents a bird, this project will:

  1. examine properties of a bird's appearance—its material and geometric structure
  2. study the bird's motion—how it walks or flies
  3. develop a prototype to model a part of the subject in 3D computer graphics.

You will be eligible for the scholarship if you are interested in researching the broader space of immersive and interactive technology, including:

  • computational media solutions—computer graphics, computer vision, and video and image processing
  • XR—virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, telepresence, and remote collaboration.

You will also have an opportunity for future commercialisation and entrepreneurship in the digital media industry—for example, in games, film, animation, and XR.

Eligibility

To check your eligibility for our scholarships, email cmic@vuw.ac.nz with the following information:

  • your CV with two referees
  • your academic transcripts
  • your area of interest and a short research abstract.
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Other scholarships

The University offers a range of scholarships to support students with their studies, including:

Internships

Research Excellence and Entrepreneurship are the pillars of CMIC's vision to create links between academia and industry, advancing digital products on the global market through high-quality NZ research. An internship is an excellent opportunity to gain high-quality research experience and to make industry connections along the way. CMIC is excited to provide a range of internships with either our researchers and partners here in Wellington or with our overseas industry partners.

At the moment, there are several projects under incubation stage in the broader space of Immersive Reality (XR) and Computational Media. The internship period can vary depending on the company and the type of research project. However, most usually an internship will last several months.

To check your eligibility, email cmic@vuw.ac.nz with the following information:

  • your CV
  • your academic transcript
  • evidence of your research abilities.

Scholarship and internship stories

All our scholarship students and interns work on creative interactive media projects. Find out more about our scholarships and internships with these recent stories: