University of Waikato International Entrance Scholarship for School Leavers [No Application Needed; Scholarship of Rs. 7.3L]: Read Here!

The University of Waikato is offering an International Entrance Scholarship for School Leavers. No application is required. Read here!

The University of Waikato is committed to delivering a world-class education and research portfolio. With around 13,000 students and 1,500 staff, we offer a distinctive and rewarding university experience, while pursuing strong international links to advance knowledge.

The University of Waikato opened in 1964 after many years of energetic lobbying by a group of Hamilton locals, determined to have a university in their city. To begin with, facilities were sparse, but in early 1965 new buildings were officially opened by then Governor-General Sir Bernard Fergusson. Sir Don Llewellyn was founding Vice-Chancellor.

By the 1980s, Waikato was the fastest growing university in New Zealand. Computer Science was becoming an increasingly popular study choice and the thriving Department was elevated to a School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences in 1987.

The University always had a close relationship with its neighbouring teachers’ college and, leading the way for others to follow, became the first university in New Zealand to combine with its regional teachers’ college. It was through its teaching programmes that the University began to establish a presence in Tauranga.

NOTE: There is no application for this scholarship, it is by automatic nomination upon application to study at the University of Waikato.

For international students completing Year 13 (or equivalent) at a NZ high school/learning institution in 2025 and intending to enrol full-time in an undergraduate degree at UoW in A Trimester 2025. Students must have completed study at NCEA Level 2 and/or 3, or equivalent.

The University of Waikato International Entrance Scholarship for School Leavers (formerly the International Excellence – NZ School Leavers Scholarship) was established in 2019. The Scholarship was set up to promote educational opportunities, foster internationalisation, and support talented onshore international students who are enrolling for the first time into an undergraduate programme at the University of Waikato.

The Scholarship is open to all international students currently in New Zealand, who have completed an entire year studying at NCEA Level 2 and/or 3 – or equivalent – at a New Zealand high school, in the year prior to enrolling in the degree and thus taking up the scholarship.

The Scholarship has a value of up to NZD$15,000 and will be awarded automatically upon enrolment into an undergraduate degree programme. Recipients will called upon to become global ambassadors for the University of Waikato.

The Scholarship will be applied to tuition fees only and is not transferrable.