Otago Polytechnic International Scholarships

Other eligibility requirements

Applicants for the Scholarship must:

• Be an international student (as defined by section 10(1) of the Education and Training Act 2020).
• Be a new international student at Otago Polytechnic (i.e. not re-enrolling at Otago Polytechnic) applying for full time study in 2026.
• Be subject to the fees set by Otago Polytechnic for new international students commencing study in 2026.
• Have applied, and met the entry requirements for the applicant’s programme of study (as set out in the programme regulations).
• Be accepted into the programme on a fulltime basis (and continue to be enrolled as a fulltime international student throughout the 2026/27 academic years (please note, eligibility will be excluded if reducing to part-time study).
• Be enrolling in 2026, if a student defers to 2027 for any reason, the scholarship is withdrawn.
• Provide passport/birth certificate/citizenship certificate from one of the countries listed in, or be enrolling full time into one of the programmes as specified in table 1: 2026 Otago Polytechnic Scholarships.
• Not be sponsored by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade including New Zealand Short Term Training Scholarships.

Value

Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Management (BIS) - NZD $2,000

Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Management (BM) - NZD $2,000

Bachelor of Construction (Quantity Surveying) - NZD $3,472

Master of Applied Management (Business Info Systems) - NZD $4,000 

Master of Applied Management (Business Management) - NZD $4,000

Bachelor of Information Technology  - NZD $3,472 

Graduate Diploma in Information Technology - NZD $3,472