Master Scholarships

Our Master Scholarships provide a $7,000 discount for the Master of Applied Management. Students from the countries most severely impacted by Covid-19 are entitled to a further discount of $2,100 for the Master of Applied Management for our July intake only. Please email OPAIC.Marketing@op.ac.nz to see if you are eligible.

Postgraduate Diploma Scholarships

Our Postgraduate Diploma Scholarships provide a $5,000 discount for our postgraduate diploma programmes. Students from the countries most severely impacted by Covid-19 are entitled to a further discount of $2,100 for the Master of Applied Management for our July intake only. Please email OPAIC.Marketing@op.ac.nz to see if you are eligible.

Postgraduate Certificate Scholarships

Our Postgraduate Diploma Scholarships provide a $3,000 discount for the Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Management. 

Graduate Diploma Scholarships

Our Graduate Diploma Scholarships provide a $4,000 discount for our graduate diploma programmes. 

Bachelor Scholarships

Our Bachelor Scholarships provide a $5,000 discount for our bachelor's degree programmes. To receive a scholarship in your second and third year, current Bachelor students must achieve at least a B average in the previous year.

Diploma Scholarships

Our Diploma Scholarships provide a $4,000 discount for our New Zealand diploma programmes. To receive a scholarship in your second year, current diploma students must achieve at least a B average in their first year.

Certificate Scholarships

Our Certificate Scholarships provide a $2,000 discount for our New Zealand Certificate programmes. 

How to apply

Apply for your programme online directly from each programme page and the scholarship amount will be automatically deducted. For more information please contact the appropriate International Marketing Team member.

Please note: If you are a currently enrolled international student who is struggling financially, please talk to us. There may be something we can do to help through the Student Hardship Fund. 

For Dunedin, Central Otago or Distance students, please contact:

• OPSA Student Support Advisor - Lesley.Scoullar@op.ac.nz, or 
• Student Success - studentsuccessdn@op.ac.nz

For Auckland students, please contact:

• Auckland Student Success - studentsuccessaic@op.ac.nz 

Terms & Conditions

• These scholarships are available to new international students who apply and provide all supporting documents before 7 October 2022 to begin their study at our Auckland International Campus at either our July or October 2022 intake.
• Our additional scholarships for students from the countries most severely impacted by Covid-19 are only applicable for our July 2022 intake.
• To receive a scholarship in their second year, New Zealand Diploma students must achieve at least a B average in their first year.
• To receive a scholarship in their second and third year, Bachelor students must achieve at least a B average in the previous year.
• Students (or agents on behalf of students) must apply online for a programme.
• Students must meet all entry requirements for the programme.
• Subject to programme availability.
• Subject to class capacity. For the Auckland campus our minimum cohort size is 14, except for our Bachelor of Information Technology which as a minimum cohort size of 10. If the minimum class size not achieved, the scholarship will be rolled over to the next intake. 
• For students with RPL, scholarship amount will be applicable pro-rata to remaining courses.
• Scholarships can be combined for pathway programmes. e.g – NZCEL (L5) $ 2,000 + PGDAM $ 5,000 = $ 7,000 scholarship.
• Concurrent certificates are eligible for a further $2,000 scholarship.
• Students cannot receive both a Covid-19 Relief Scholarship and an alumni discount. In cases where students are eligible for both, the higher discount amount will apply.
• Our Certificate Scholarships only apply to programmes studied on campus. Please see our programme pages for online fees for certificates.
• Otago Polytechnic reserves the right to alter or withdraw these scholarships at any time.
• Competency-based courses with a PASS or FAIL grade are not included in grade calculations.

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