International Academic Excellence Scholarship Ceremony The University of Otago recently celebrated the first recipients of its International Academic Excellence Scholarship 2025, valued at approximately NZD$35,000. Recognising outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and community engagement, this scholarship supports top international Bachelor's degree students who have demonstrated outstanding academic ability in their overseas high school. The scholarship covers first-year accommodation and contributes partly to tuition in years two and three. Recipients of this scholarship had also previously received a Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship for International Students or a Global Scholarship towards their tuition fees in year one as well, with a combined total value of at least NZD$45,000.
Recipients of the new scholarship come from countries including India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, China and the United States.
Watch the scholarship ceremony video here. International students are now welcome to apply for 2026 admissions and scholarships, for both February and July intakes. Apply here. |