New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS)

New Zealand: New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) for Undergraduate and Postgraduate

NZDS are for full-time multi-year courses in New Zealand for tertiary level studies.

For eligibile Pacific countries, study is offered at the undergraduate and postgraduate level
through the NZDS Public category. Study at postgraduate level is also offered through the
NZDS-Open category. Only candidates from the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and
Marshall Islands may apply for undergraduate study through the NZDS Open Category.

For eligible countries outside the Pacific, study is offered at the postgraduate level only, through
the NZDS-Open and NZDS-Public categories. The exceptions are 1) Rapa Nui –
candidates may also apply for study at the undergraduate level through the NZDS-Open
category; and 2) Timor Leste – candidates may also apply for study at the undergraduate level through
the NZDS-Public category.

The NZDS scheme covers tuition, orientation fees, economy fare travel, a basic living
allowance with the provision for accommodation expenses (paid through study institutions). Assistance
is also provided for some course-related and basic health care costs and a dependants allowance may be
provided for students with courses of study 18 months or longer.

The NZDS may be available for two categories of applicants:

• NZDS-Public where applicants apply to or are nominated by the
  partner government; and/or
• NZDS-Open apply directly to the New Zealand University of their
  choice or a diplomatic post or an external agency

Eligibility

Applicants from the following countries are eligible to apply for NZDS:

Pacific

Public & Open
Open (via Universities)
Open (via relevant NZ Diplomatic Post)

Cook Islands*	Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji**	Palau
Kiribati	Marshall Islands
Papua New Guinea	Nauru
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

*Public only

**Postgraduate study only

Asia

Public & Open
Open (via Universities)
Open (via relevant NZ Diplomatic Post)

Cambodia	Bangladesh
Indonesia	Bhutan
Lao PDR	China
Philippines	India
Timor-Leste	Maldives
Viet Nam	Mongolia
	Myanmar
	Nepal
	Pakistan
	Sri Lanka

Latin America

Public & Open
Open (via Universities)
Open (via relevant NZ Diplomatic Post)

	Bolivia	Argentina
	Ecuador	Brazil
	Honduras	Chile
	Nicaragua	El Salvador
		Guatemala
		Paraguay
		Uruguay

Africa***

Public & Open
Open (via Universities)
Open (via relevant NZ Diplomatic Post)

	Kenya
	Mozambique
	South Africa
	Tanzania
	Zambia
	Zimbabwe (on hold)

***Preference will be given to applicants from disadvantaged communities

Disclaimer: The NZDS scheme, including country eligibility, is subject to
ongoing review and amendment. Applicants should check their eligibility prior to lodging an application.
NZAID reserves the right to decline any application, before it has been fully processed, in the event of
country eligibility changes.

The NZDS Eligibility Criteria can be found at the relevant links below.

How to Apply

NZDS-Public candidates

NZDS-Public candidates apply to the nominating authority in their home country
responsible for selecting candidates for study or training abroad under development country programmes.
The nominating authority holds copies of NZDS application forms. Nominating authorities can
be found at the relevant links below.

NZDS-Open candidates

NZDS-Open candidates apply directly to an eligible institution and complete an
application form. NZDS-Open candidates from China require the endorsement of the Chinese
authorities. Candidates from Latin American countries, as listed above under Open (via relevant New
Zealand Diplomatic Post), apply directly to the relevant New Zealand diplomatic post in their home
country or accredited country. Candidates from other Latin American countries listed above under Open
(via Universities) apply directly to an eligible institution.

NZDS-Open Candidates

Applications received by each New Zealand education institution by the published close-off dates
(see below) will be assessed based on the selection and eligibility criteria. The education institutions
will forward their ranking of eligible scholarship candidates to NZAID for final assessment. All
candidates will be informed by the education institutions of the outcome of their applications by early
November 2005.

NZDS-Open Scholarships Close-Off Dates

Education institutions’ close-off dates for NZDS-Open scholarships.

Education Institution
Global (Asia, Africa, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador & Bolivia)
Pacific

Auckland University	1 June 2006	15 August 2006
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)	31 May 2006	31 July 2006
Unitec	26 June 2006	25 August 2006
Waikato University	1 May 2006 (PhD applications as early as possible)	1 July 2006 (PhD applications as early as possible)
Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT)*		25 August 2006
Massey University	31 May 2006	31 July 2006
Victoria University	15 May 2006 (1 May 2006 PhD applicants)	15 July 2006 (1 July 2006 PhD applicants)
Canterbury University	15 May 2006	17 July 2006
Lincoln University	31 May 2006	31 July 2006
Otago University	30 April 2006	30 June 2006
Dunedin College of Education	31 May 2006	31 July 2006

*Undergraduate applicants from Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands and Palau)
may apply to MIT for NZDS-Open

NZDS-Open Scholarships Education Institutions

Address enquiries to the International Students’ Office at the following education institutions:

Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
website: www.autinternational.info
email: international.centre@aut.ac.nz

Dunedin College of Education
website: www.dce.ac.nz
email: course.info@dce.ac.nz

Lincoln University
website: www.lincoln.ac.nz
email: ww@lincoln.ac.nz

Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT)
website: www.manukau.ac.nz
email: international@manukau.ac.nz

Massey University
website: www.massey.ac.nz
email: international@massey.ac.nz

Otago University
website: www.otago.ac.nz
email: international.admissions@otago.ac.nz

Unitec
website: www.unitec.ac.nz
email: international@unitec.ac.nz

University of Auckland
website: www.auckland.ac.nz
email: internationalscholarships@auckland.ac.nz.

University of Canterbury
website: www.canterbury.ac.nz
email: international@canterbury.ac.nz

University of Waikato
website: www.waikato.ac.nz
email: international@waikato.ac.nz

Victoria University of Wellington
website: www.vuw.ac.nz
email: jay.drew@vuw.ac.nz

In China contact
Mr Cao Shihai
Director, Division of Study Abroad Affairs
China Scholarship Council
Phone: 010 6641 3182 x19
Fax: 010 6641 3281
Email: shcao@csc.edu.cn

Reference:

http://www.nzaid.govt.nz/scholarships/nzds.html

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