Additional information

New Zealand Development Scholarships must be taken in the year for which they are offered and cannot be transferred to the next academic year.

If offered a scholarship, travel to New Zealand is subject to a visa being issued by Immigration New Zealand.

Information on NZDS allowances and entitlements, and conditions of the NZDS, is provided on the scholarships pages of the New Zealand Aid Programme’s website: http://www.aid.govt.nz/funding-and-contracts/scholarships/types-scholarship/new-zealand-development-scholarships

The scholarships include financial support for tuition, living costs while in New Zealand, and airfares. Applicants may also be entitled to return travel to their home country to see dependant family members under the Reunion Airfare Entitlement. Scholarship awardees are eligible to work part time, and the partners of students are eligible for a work visa that allows them to live and work in New Zealand for the duration of their partner’s study. However, there is no additional funding provided for the awardee’s family members to support family members accompany the awardee to New Zealand.

Applicants must not seek or apply for New Zealand or Australian permanent residency or a work permit while on scholarship or in the two years following completion of the scholarship.

Note: The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has the right to make a final decision on the offering of scholarships. The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has the right to amend terms and conditions of New Zealand Aid Programme scholarships. Amendments will be posted on the website http://www.aid.govt.nz/funding-and-contracts/scholarships