Wellington Graduate Award

History and purpose

The Wellington Graduate Award encourages undergraduate students to proceed to graduate study and to research degrees. The University offers Wellington Graduate Awards to domestic and international students intending to embark upon an Honours degree or a Master's degree Part 1.

The Scholarship value is $5,000 and will be paid directly towards tuition fees. International students will be liable to pay the difference between the full international student fee and the domestic tuition fee.

Who is eligible?

Applicants must be fully enrolled at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington in a full-year programme by the start of Trimester 1 in the following year of application, in at least 90 points of coursework in either:

• a postgraduate Honours degree; or
• a Master's degree taken via coursework with at least 90 points at 400 or 500 level and any thesis/research component in that year being less than 90 points; or
• a postgraduate diploma that is recognised as Part 1 of a two year Master’s degree, under the same conditions as for that Master’s degree.

These scholarships are not available for post experience or vocational Master's degree, such as the MBA, MIM or MIS, and are not available to Honours students undertaking or intending to undertake an undergraduate programme such as LLB (Hons) or BE (Hons).

Selection criteria

Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic achievement.

Māori and Pasifika students are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants are expected to have achieved a minimum A grade average (GPA 8.0) at 300-level or above. However, the number of awards offered are based on the funds available which will determine the actual minimum GPA requirement in any one year.

Application process

A completed online application must be submitted by 4.30 pm on the closing date. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. Any required supporting documentation (including references) must also be received by 4.30 pm on the closing date in order for the application to be considered.

Applications will normally open one month prior to the closing date. If no application link is provided below, check back again closer to the closing date. Contact us if you have any queries.

Selection process

Selection will be made by the Victoria University Scholarship Committee.

Regulations and conditions

1. A completed online application must be submitted by 4:30 pm on the closing date. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. Any required supporting documentation (including references) must also be received by 4:30 pm on the closing date in order for the application to be considered.
2. Recipients are required to accept their offer of scholarship within four weeks of the offer after which the scholarship offer will lapse.
3. All offers of the scholarship will be conditional upon the recipient being enrolled in a full-year programme by the start of Trimester 1 in the following year in at least 90 points of coursework in either; a postgraduate Honours degree; or a Master's degree taken via coursework with at least 90 points at 400 or 500 level and any thesis/research component taken in that year being less than 90 points; or a postgraduate diploma that is recognised as Part 1 of a two year Master’s degree, under the same conditions as for that Master’s degree.
4. Scholarship applicants shall normally be required to maintain full-time enrolment. However, students for whom compelling reasons make part-time enrolment preferable, may apply to hold the scholarship on a part-time basis pro-rated.
5. The Scholarship cannot be deferred to a later year.
6. The scholarship provides a contribution to domestic tuition fees only whilst studying at Victoria University of Wellington. International students will be liable to pay the difference between the full international student fee and the domestic tuition fee.
7. The scholarship is tenable at Victoria University of Wellington for a period of one calendar year. If the course of study spans two years the applicant must apply for the award for each calendar year.
8. Subject to the approval of the Victoria University Scholarship Committee, the scholarship may be held with any other scholarship or award for which the holder is eligible.
9. The Committee may at any time suspend or terminate a scholarship, or require the forfeiture of such proportion of the scholarship emolument as it may determine, if the scholarship recipient is not diligently pursuing their programme of study and is not making satisfactory progress, has violated the Student Conduct Statute, or has failed to comply with any of the terms and conditions on which the scholarship was awarded.
10. At the discretion of the Deciding Authority, the application of the terms and conditions of the scholarship may be modified in special circumstances or to avoid hardship to any candidate for the scholarship.
11. The Committee shall review these Terms and Conditions from time to time

Contact

Scholarships Office
scholarships-office@vuw.ac.nz
Phone 0800 04 04 04