New Zealand Commonwealth Scholarships 2016

What is New Zealand Scholarships?

New Zealand Scholarships empower individuals with the knowledge, skills and qualifications to contribute to economic, social and political development within selected developing countries.

They are funded and managed by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).

New Zealand Commonwealth Scholarships:

Universities New Zealand is managing the application and selection process for the New Zealand Commonwealth Scholarships:
- applications in 2016 for tenure from 2017.

Scholarships may be held at one of the eight universities in New Zealand:

• the University of Auckland
• Auckland University of Technology
• Waikato University
• Massey University
• Victoria University of Wellington
• Canterbury University
• Lincoln University
• Otago University

N.B: Scholarships are for postgraduate study at Masters or PhD level only.

Eligible Countries:

Africa	Americas	Asia	Pacific
Botswana	Antigua and Barbuda	Bangladesh	Cook Islands
Cameroon	Barbados	India	Kiribati
Ghana	Belize	Malaysia	Nauru
Kenya	Dominica	Maldives	Niue
Lesotho	Grenada	Pakistan	Papua New Guinea
Malawi	Guyana	Sri Lanka	Samoa
Mauritius	Jamaica		Solomon Islands
Mozambique	St Kitts and Nevis		Tokelau
Namibia	St Lucia		Tonga
Nigeria	St Vincent and the Grenadines		Tuvalu
Rwanda	Trinidad and Tobago		Vanuatu
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia

For details: www.universitiesnz.ac.nz/NZCommonwealthScholarships

If you are BD citizen, then you can read details from here: www.ugc.gov.bd/uploads/2016/scholarship/New_Zealand.pdf