University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarships, 2023-24 – Updated scheme
Deadline for applications: 1 February 2023
The University will be awarding University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarships to high-achieving doctoral candidates applying for admission to an approved doctoral programme1 at the University of Auckland.
Students can be considered for a University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship only at the time of application for a place in the programme.
Changes to the University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship Scheme for All Scholarship Recipients from 1 January 2023
The University is pleased to announce that it will increase the stipend for all recipients of a University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship from 1 January 2023. The stipend will increase to $33,000 and from 1 January 2024 onwards, there will be an annual consumer price index (CPI) adjustment to the stipend. All other tuition and compulsory fees, including the single student Health Insurance compulsory charge for international candidates, will continue to be paid.
The revised regulations for the UOADS allow holders to undertake up to 750 hours of paid work, inside or outside of the University, per 12-month period of scholarship tenure. This is an increase from the current 500 hours
The revised regulations will come into effect for all University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship holders from 1 January 2023 unless you tell us you wish to remain on the current regulations. If you inform us that you do not wish to change regulations, you will still receive the increased stipend, but you will not be able to do more than 500 hour of paid work per 12-month period of scholarship tenure.
If you wish to remain on the current regulations, you must contact us by 15 December 2022 at scholarships@auckland.ac.nz.
Further information for current scholarship holders and candidates applying for admission in 2022, visit University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarships awarded prior to 2023.
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/USC Doctoral Scholarship Strategies and Opportunities
Each faculty/LSRI/URC will support applicants for UoADS informed by the strategies they have outlined on their websites:
- Arts
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute
- Business School
- Creative Arts and Industries
- Education and Social Work
- Engineering
- Law
- Liggins Institute
- Medical and Health Sciences
- Ngā Ara Whetū – Climate, Biodiversity and Society
- Science
- Te Aka Mātauranga Matepukupuku, the Centre for Cancer Research
University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship regulations 2023
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.
In 2022 there are no scholarship “rounds” or application forms. This means you can apply for a place on a doctoral programme when you are ready, safe in the knowledge that you will also be assessed for the scholarship when your grades are confirmed.
Scholarship offers will be made alongside offers of places in doctoral programmes.
For 2023, there will be four rounds:
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| 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 Scholarsihp offer will be forfeited. Enrolment dates are shown in the table above.
Source / More information: Official Website HERE.