University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarships 2023-24, New-Zealand

by Samrach · March 20, 2023

Students will be considered for a University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship at the time of application for a place in their doctoral programme:

any student who is to be offered a place in a doctoral programme will be eligible for scholarship consideration prior to receiving their offer of place
Māori applicants with a New Zealand university qualifying programme GPA of 7.0 or above who are offered a place in a doctoral programme are guaranteed a scholarship
Pacific applicants with a New Zealand university qualifying programme GPA of 7.0 or above who are offered a place in a doctoral programme are guaranteed a scholarship

Each faculty/Large Scale Research Institute (LSRI)/University Research Centre (URC) will advertise their scholarship opportunities on their websites (see links below) and when you apply for admission into your doctoral programme, you’ll indicate if you wish to be considered for one of those University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship opportunities.

Scholarships will be awarded in four scholarship/admission rounds each year. To be considered for a scholarship you’ll need to apply for the programme by either 1 November, 1 March, 1 June, or 1 September.

Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship Strategy

To nurture, recruit, and retain outstanding research talent (candidates and supervisors)
To support excellent research and the creation of high-quality research outputs
To grow Māori and Pacific research scholarship (candidates, topics, supervisors)
To develop / strengthen relationships with Māori and Pacific communities
To support Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity (EDI) in research (candidates, topics and supervisors)
To strengthen, grow, and diversify the pipeline of research and external research income
To develop / strengthen transdisciplinary research collaborations
To boost knowledge mobilisation, research translation, and research impact

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The University’s objectives include supporting equity, diversity, and inclusion. Scholarship selection committees will consider these objectives when making their scholarship recommendations.

As an applicant to the University, you have already shared some information with us about your gender and ethnicity, and this information will be available to the scholarship selection committee.

You may have also disclosed whether you are disabled, belong to the Rainbow community, or have a refugee background. You have the option to share this personal information as part of your personal profile, at https://iam.auckland.ac.nz/identity.

If you choose to share this personal information with the University, and indicate that you would like the scholarship selection committee to be aware of your personal information when they consider your application, the scholarship selection committee will be able to access your information. This information will remain confidential to the selection committee. It will not be used by the committee for any purpose other than considering your application. If you decide not to disclose your information then the committee will only be aware of your gender and ethnicity.

Faculty/LSRI/URC Doctoral Scholarship Strategies and Opportunities

Each faculty/LSRI/URC will support applicants for UoADS informed by the strategies they have outlined on their websites:

University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship regulations 2023

Read the regulations here

How to apply

It’s easy! When you apply for a place at the University, you will have the opportunity to confirm whether or not you also wish to be considered for a University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship — you don’t need to apply separately.

Scholarship offers will be made alongside offers of places in doctoral programmes.

For 2023, there will be four rounds:

Application Closes	Scholarship Offer	Enrolment Date: Domestic Candidate/ Domestic Qualifying Programme	Enrolment Date: International Candidate with International Qualifying Programme
1 November 2022	1 February 2023	1 March or 1 June 2023	1 March, 1 June or 1 September 2023
1 March 2023	1 May 2023	1 June or 1 September 2023	1 June, 1 September or 1 December 2023
1 June 2023	1 August 2023	1 September or 1 December 2023	1 September or 1 December 2023 or 1 March 2024
1 September 2023	1 November 2023	1 December 2023 or 1 March 2024	1 December 2023, or 1 March or 1 June 2024

Taking up your scholarship

Scholarships must be taken up by one of the dates prescribed in the letter of award, otherwise the Scholarship offer will be forfeited. Enrolment dates are shown in the table above.

Source / More information: official website HERE.