Overview
The University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship supports domestic and international doctoral candidates with an NZ$34,128 annual stipend plus a domestic tuition-fee waiver for up to 36 months.
Complete scholarship details
Otago states that applicants can apply anytime, with 2026 scholarship allocation considered in quarterly rounds in March, June, September and November. Applications for a round must be submitted through eVision with a completed departmental assessment by the first day of that round month. Up to 153 awards are offered annually.
Eligibility requirements
The scholarship is available to domestic and international applicants for PhD and eligible professional doctorates. Applicants are usually seeking their first doctoral qualification. Selection is based predominantly on academic merit and research potential, subject to the University's current doctoral scholarship review and allocation rules.
Tips for this scholarship
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Verified against the current University of Otago scholarship database and 2026 doctoral funding notice. Applications are rolling, with quarterly allocation rounds; therefore no single universal deadline is stored. As of this verification, the next listed 2026 round is November, subject to a completed departmental assessment by the first day of the round month.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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