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| Victoria Wellington University Awards for Undergraduate |
Victoria University of Wellington is a university in the capital city of New Zealand, Wellington. The university is well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, and offers a broad range of other courses. Victoria University of Wellington has been recognized globally as part of world’s top 500 universities.
The purpose of the Wellington Region International School Leaver Grants is to recruit undergraduate international students currently studying at a secondary school in the Wellington region to Victoria University of Wellington and to support them in their studies.
Requirements
Scholarships will be awarded competitively on the basis of academic excellence with leadership and commitment to community taken into secondary consideration. Applicants must be in Year 13 or have completed Year 13 in the year prior and be taking a gap year to be eligible to apply for this scholarship.
Additional information: All offers of the grant will be conditional upon a recipient being fully enrolled in a full-year programme of at least 120 points by the start of the trimester. No payment of the grant will be made until this condition has been met.
Regulations and conditions: All offers of the Scholarship will be conditional upon the recipient being fully enrolled in a full-year programme (full-time will be at the level of points considered by Studylink as full-time) within the stipulated criteria and tenure of the scholarship. No payment of the Scholarship will be made until this condition is met; (2) The Scholarship cannot be deferred to a later year; (3) The Scholarship may be held in conjunction with other awards; (4) Should the recipient withdraw from Victoria during the tenure of this scholarship or fail to achieve a satisfactory progress, partial repayment of the Scholarship will normally be expected. Recipients must advise the Scholarships Office if they intend to withdraw; (5) Recipients are expected to act as Ambassadors for Victoria University and participate in appropriate events or marketing if requested; (6) 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.
Awards/ Grants
Scholarships will be awarded competitively on the basis of academic merit, equity, leadership, and commitment to community. Scholarships are valued at NZ$2,000 for the first year of study which can be put towards accommodation costs at a Victoria Hall of Residence, or as a stipend to contribute towards your first year living costs.
Application Process
Applicants should apply for the undergraduate degree coursework if they want to apply for this education award. After being registered, the applicants will be automatically considered for the awards. For further information, please kindly visit this Scholarship Link, and the application deadline is on 29 October 2019.