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Scholarship details

Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau - Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Forest Engineering Scholarship
Value $8,000 a year for 4 years (the length of the degree) to help with tuition fees and living costs. You will also get 10-week paid internships each summer with Te Uru Rakau – New Zealand Forest Service or an appropriate forestry sector employer, and support from the scholarship coordinator and a buddy throughout the course.Continuation of your scholarship depends on your successful completion each year.
Length $8,000 for each year of the 4-year degree.
Open date Wednesday, 1 June 2022
Close date Monday, 15 August 2022
Enrolment status Full-time
Domestic/international Domestic Only

About the scholarship

This is an amazing opportunity for anyone considering studying forest engineering. We are particularly interested in encouraging all Maori and those who identify as female into higher-level forestry qualifications, to create greater diversity in the sector but encourage all applicants into forest engineering. 

How To Apply

Refer website link above. 

What you receive

$8,000 a year for 4 years (the length of the degree) to help with tuition fees and living costs plus paid summer internships

Entry requirements

To apply for a scholarship you must be:Enrolling in a  Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) with a major in forest engineering.Open to all applicants who are of NZ citizen or permanent resident. You must be Interested in a career in forestry.You may be able to enrol at another university for the first year of your degree, but you will need that course approved by the University of Canterbury's School of Forestry.MPI employees or their immediate family members cannot apply for these scholarships.Note other scholarships are also available to study the Bachelor of Forestry Science and Diploma in Forest Management.