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Diverse Gender Scholarship
Scholarship details
| Study levels | Degree, Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma |
|---|---|
| Value | $2,000 |
| Close date | Thursday, 12 February 2026 |
| Domestic/international | Domestic Only |
About the scholarship
The Diverse Gender Scholarship encourages and supports diverse gender students to pursue tertiary education at Unitec. Unitec is committed to providing an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity, by identifying and addressing barriers that diverse students face when engaged in tertiary study. This scholarship is intended to address some of the unique barriers diverse gender students encounter.
Entry requirements
To be eligible for the Scholarship, an applicant must:
- identify as outside the gender binary. This can include but is not limited to transgender, intersex, gender fluid, gender queer, gender questioning
- be a domestic student, i.e., a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident
- have applied or already be enrolled, full-time (or part-time by exception), in an undergraduate certificate, diploma or degree, or a postgraduate certificate or diploma (Level 3 to 8) programme, that takes at least one semester of full-time study to complete
For the purposes of this scholarship Diverse Gender includes tangata ira tane, FtM, MtF, transsexual, fa'afafine, transgender, whakawahine, transmen, transwomen, akava'ine, leiti, intersex, genderqueer and gender-neutral people.