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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full tuition waiver + stipend
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- other
Description
Established in 2016 in conjunction with the China Scholarship Council, this scholarship provides a tuition fee waiver for up to 4 years, for full-time PhD study and a supplementary stipend to ensure that each China Scholarship Council doctoral scholarship student receives the stipend equivalent in value to that received by recipients of a standard University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship. This scholarship is open to PhD candidates supported by the China Scholarship Council.
Benefits
Tuition fee waiver for up to 4 years, full time study only and a top-up of the China Scholarship Council Scholarship monthly stipend to the value of an University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship stipend
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- meet the eligibility standards set by the China Scholarship Council to apply for and receive one of its scholarships awarded specifically under their joint scheme with Otago. Awards made by the China Scholarship Council outside its joint scheme with Otago are not subject to reciprocal funding support by Otago.
- have unconditional admission into the PhD programme at the University of Otago.
- as part of their application to the China Scholarship Council supply nomination letters from Otago by the Manager Graduate Research School confirming PhD programme admission and the Manager Postgraduate Scholarships, Prizes and Awards confirming tuition fee waiver by Otago should the China Scholarship Council award a scholarship to the applicant under the joint scheme.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
New Zealand
Nationality
Chinese
Study experience required
Master
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Applicants must apply directly to the China Scholarship Council for scholarships under its joint scheme with Otago by its specified deadline each year.