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Victoria University of Wellington Undergraduate International Scholarship

Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington offers new international undergraduates a scholarship of NZD 15,000, credited against tuition fees for the first year of study. Two features make it unusually practical for Sri Lankan school-leavers. First, there is no separate scholarship application and no separate deadline: the closing date is the same as your programme application deadline, so getting your admission application in on time is the entire action required. Second, it can be held alongside other scholarships where those schemes permit, which is rarer than it sounds — most New Zealand awards are exclusive. The conditions are clear-cut. It covers one year only, for a student's first enrolment, and is paid as a credit towards tuition rather than as cash, so it will not help with accommodation or the living-cost evidence Immigration New Zealand requires. You must be paying full international fees, which rules out anyone with Australian or New Zealand citizenship, permanent residence, a resident visa, or diplomatic status entitling them to domestic fees. Only one award is made per student regardless of how many programmes you apply to, and deferral is possible only to another intake within the same calendar year. Wellington is New Zealand's capital, and the university is strong in law, public policy, science, design and the humanities.

Assessed automatically with your programme application — the scholarship closing date is the same as the programme application closing date for your intake

Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

University-funded

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Value

NZD 15,000

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Application

No separate form or deadline

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Duration

First year of study only

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Who awards it

Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington — not Lanka Scholar. We are not the awarding body and cannot grant, reserve or guarantee this award.

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How you are considered

Through your admission application. Awards like this are usually assessed automatically from the application you already submit — there is typically no separate scholarship form to fill in.

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What it covers

NZD 15,000 Credit Towards First-Year Tuition. This is a reduction in tuition, not a full ride. You still fund the remainder, plus living costs and the balance your visa requires you to show.

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Where we come in

We make the admission application strong enough to be competitive — course choice, documents, references and deadlines. The funder makes the decision.

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Paying Full International Fees

You must be an international student paying full international fees. Australian and New Zealand citizens, permanent residents, resident visa holders and those on a diplomatic visa entitled to domestic status are ineligible. Sri Lankan applicants are squarely in scope.

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New Bachelor's Degree Entrant

The award is for students intending to study towards a Bachelor's degree, on their first enrolment at the university. Sri Lankan A/Ls, Cambridge or Edexcel A-Levels are assessed for entry equivalence.

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Paid as a Tuition Credit

Payment is made as a credit towards tuition fees only. It will not fund accommodation or living costs, and it does not reduce the living-funds evidence Immigration New Zealand requires for your student visa.

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Can Be Held With Other Scholarships

Unlike many New Zealand awards, this one may be held alongside other scholarships where those schemes' own terms allow it. Check the terms of anything else you hold before assuming you can stack.

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One Award Per Student, Limited Deferral

Only one scholarship is awarded per student regardless of how many programmes you apply to, and deferral is permitted only to another intake within the same calendar year.

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Apply for admission to a Bachelor's degree

Submit your Victoria University of Wellington application with A/L results, school transcripts, passport copy and English evidence, before the programme application closing date.

No separate scholarship application

Eligible applicants are assessed automatically. The scholarship closing date is the same as the programme deadline, so a late admission application costs you the award as well as the place.

Receive the tuition credit

Successful applicants have NZD 15,000 credited against first-year tuition fees. The award does not appear on your academic transcript.

Pay the balance and apply for the student visa

Accept your offer, pay the remaining tuition, and apply to Immigration New Zealand for a student visa with your offer of place, fee receipt, and proof of NZD living funds for the year.

Why Victoria University of Wellington?

Te Herenga Waka sits in New Zealand's capital, with a research reputation in law, public policy, science, design and the humanities, and a campus a short walk from Parliament and the government departments that hire its graduates. A NZD 15,000 credit assessed automatically on your programme application is about as low-friction as international scholarships get.

NZD 15,000

First-year tuition credit

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Wellington

New Zealand's capital city

Looking for a scholarship because of the cost?

Then start here instead. Scholarships are competitive, usually partial, and decided by someone else — they are the least reliable way to make studying abroad affordable. Your destination and course choice move the number far more, and both are entirely within your control.

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