AUT Vice Chancellor's Doctoral Scholarships

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) offers Vice Chancellor's Doctoral Scholarships in order to attract highly achieving doctoral research students to AUT and to encourage and stimulate doctoral studies in areas that enhance the University's research capability.

From 2020 AUT will offer two categories of AUT Scholarships. AUT Vice Chancellor's Scholarships are available only to: a. New doctoral applicants with a GPA of 8.0 or above in their most recent qualifying programme will be considered for a scholarship on a case-by-case basis provided the qualifying programme was completed at a New Zealand Tertiary Institution and they meet the additional conditions below; or b. New Maori and domestic Pacific doctoral applicants with a GPA of 7.5 or above, from their most recent qualifying programme will be considered for a scholarship on a case-by-case basis scholarship provided the qualifying programme was completed at a New Zealand Tertiary Institution and they meet the additional conditions below.

Applicants applying under b) must be citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand. All other applicants must apply for an AUT Doctoral Scholarship.