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Arts, Fine Arts & Music Postgraduate Scholarships

25 June 2024

UC offers a diverse range of scholarships to support students studying a postgraduate degree. Take a look at some of the postgraduate scholarships available for students studying in the Arts, Fine Arts or Music disciplines.

HOW TO APPLY

This is a summary list of many of the UC Scholarships that are available for students enrolled in an Arts, Fine Arts of Music postgraduate* degree at UC.

Each scholarship has different eligibility criteria so check the details of each one to find out if you're eligible.

*Check out our separateDoctoral Scholarshipsinformation if you are enrolling in a PhD.

Click on the Scholarship Name for the Scholarship Regulations.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS INFORMATION MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

These scholarships are subject to funding availability and are reviewed each year. TheUC Scholarships Office administers most of these scholarships. Please search ourfor all scholarships currently available.

Arts

Scholarship NameScholarship Information

Details:The award offers financial support for UC postgraduate students of History or Political Science for travel expenses associated with their studies. Applicants must have completed (within six months of the applicable closing date for applications), or be intending to complete, travel associated with their current studies.

Value:Grants of $500 to $1,500 are available from an annual total fund of at least $3,000.

Closing date:31 March and 31 October (if funds available)

Details:Open to graduate students of Japanese (whose native language is not Japanese), enrolled, or intending to enrol in a postgraduate programme in a field of Japanese studies at UC or at a university in Japan. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Value: Financial assistance of$2,000 for one year.

Closing date:31 March

Details: To support thesis students in Anthropology or Sociology at UC. Open to graduate students of any university in Aotearoa New Zealand, or the University of the South Pacific who are enrolled, or about to enrol in a MA or PhD in Anthropology or Sociology.Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Value: Financial assistance ofup to $3,750 for 120 points of enrolment which under certain circumstances, may be extended for a second 120 point period (see the Regulations for details).

Closing date:01 November

Details: To support postgraduatestudents studying BA(Hons), BFA(Hons), MA, MFA or a PhD programme in Art History, Art Theory or Fine Arts.

Value: Financial assistance of between $3,000 and $30,000 for between 1-3 years (depending on the category). Please refer to the regulations for further details.

Closing date: 01 November

Details: To support students towards study for an Honours or Master's degree in Economics or Political Science at the سԹ.

Value: Financial assistance with the costs associated with university study, to the value of$16,500 for one year

Closing date: 15 October

Details: To support to a promising UC student to continue studying Economics in a research-based degree at the postgraduate level at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | سԹ.In the year of application, applicants must have been enrolled full-time at 300-level at the University for a degree with a major in Economics

Value: Financial assistance to the value of $5,000 for one year.

Closing date: 01 November

Details: To encourage graduate study into areas relevant to national security.Applicants must be New سԹcitizens or permanent residents who obtained at least second class honours, division A, or equivalent in their qualifying degree and have completed academic studies in political science, history, economics or some other discipline that may be considered an appropriate foundation for such study.NB: this is a scholarship.

Value: Financial assistance up to $50,000 per annum normally for one year.

Closing date: 01 October

Details:To assist candidates enrolled in a Master's degree in Geography who are likely to incur heavy personal expenses in their thesis research.

Value: The funds can be used to provide grants to assist with the costs associated with university study, up to a value of $3,000.

Closing date:31 March and 30 September (if funds still available)

Details:To financially assist Master’s and PhD research thesis students in the Department of Geography with expenses involved in attending conferences.Students must be enrolled at UC in one of the following courses – ENVR690, ENVR790, GEOG690, GEOG695, GEOG790 or GISC690. In addition, the senior supervisor for the ENVR690 and ENVR790 courses must be an academic in the Department of Geography.

Value:Financial assistance at the value of up to$2,000

Closing date:31 March or 30 September

Details: To support postgraduate students in Arts, Business, and Law at the سԹ. Applicants must be Aotearoa New سԹcitizens or permanent residents.

Value: Financial assistance to the value of $1,500 for one year.

Closing date: 01 November

Details:To recognise and support academic excellence by honours and master’s students in History at the سԹ. Applicants must be enrolled full-time or part-time in a Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree programme or in Part 1 of a Master of Arts degree programme.

Value:Tuition fees at the domestic rate for 1.0 EFTS of enrolment.

Closing date: 31 March

Details:To support the intellectual development of postgraduate students in the field of Economics and to advance research capacity in Economics in New Zealand. Applicants must be Aotearoa New سԹcitizens orholders of New سԹresidence class visas.

Value:Tuition fees at the domestic rate plus mentorship and development support for up to 240 points of enrolment.

Closing date:30 November (for those planning on commencing in Semester 1), and, if the scholarship was not awarded in the 30 November round, 31 March.

Details:This grant supports postgraduate students at UC who are undertaking an internship in the arts and culture field in Aotearoa New سԹor overseas. Applicants must be enrolled full-time or part-time in a postgraduate degree programme at UC, preference is given to those studying Art History. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of Aotearoa New سԹand have applied for an internship at another institution in an arts or culture field that relates to the applicant's subject of study, such as a library, gallery or museum. The internship cannot be undertaken in Ōtautahi Christchurch and must be undertaken within 12 months of the offer of the award.

Value:Financial assistance to the value of $5,000 for one year

Closing date:31 March

Details: To support postgraduate research to help answer strategic and high priority questions around conservation related science in Aotearoa New Zealand.Applicants must be (a) enrolled in, or eligible to enrol in, full time or part time Masters degree; (b) whose proposed course of study includes a minimum research component of 90 points; and (c) whose research focuses on priority questions of importance to Te Papa Atawhai.NB: this is ascholarship.

Value: Varies - can be valued up to $15,000.

Closing date: 01 October (NOT BEING OFFERED 2024)

Details:Applicants must be Māori or Pacific students, or students who are indigenous to states or territories of Australia, whose financial circumstances would otherwise preclude them from undertaking postgraduate study in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at UC.

Value: Financial assistance to the value of$1,000 for one year.

Closing date:31 March

Details: To support students undertaking short term research projects and other experiments to provide a foundation for their studies in the UCGeoHealth Laboratoryat Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | سԹ. Scholarships are made available as projects and funds become available.Recipients must have expressed the intention to undertake a programme of study in the GeoHealth Laboratory at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | سԹ within 12 months of completion of tenure of the scholarship.

Value: Financial assistance at a value determined by funds available but is typically no less than $6,000 for 3 months.

Closing date: Applications must be made to the GeoHealth Laboratoryby 10 May

Details:To recognise and support high-achieving 200-, 300-, or 400-level students majoring in Applied Data Science, Computational and Applied Mathematical Sciences, Data Science, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics at the سԹ. Applicants must be enrolled in at least 60 points of the above courses (not including any thesis course).

Value:Financial assistance at the value of: (a) $5,000 (Category A awards); (b) $2,500 (Category B awards); (c) $1,000 (Category C awards).

Closing date:31 March

Fine Arts

Scholarship NameScholarship Information

Details:Open to any student of the School of Fine Arts.

Value:Financial assistance of up to $2,500 for one year.

Closing date:01 November

Details:To support undergraduate (Hons) and/or postgraduate students undertaking Fine Arts research at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | سԹ.

Value:Financial assistance to the value of $7,500 for one year.

Closing date:31 March

Details:To support postgraduatestudents studying BA(Hons), BFA(Hons), MA, MFA or a PhD programme in Art History, Art Theory or Fine Arts.

Value:Financial assistance of between $3,000 and $30,000 for between 1-3 years (depending on the category). Please refer to the regulations for further details.

Closing date:01 November

Details:To support and encourage excellence within students studying in their final year of a BFA, BFA(Hons) or an MFA at UC.Applicants for the award will need to include a submission of recent sculptural work and proposal for work to be undertaken for that year.

Value:Financial assistance at a value of $3,000.

Closing date:Applications must be made to theSenior Lecturer in Sculptureearly in Term 1 in the year of the award.

Music

Scholarship NameScholarship Information

Details:To assist and encourage students enrolled in a Music programme of study at UC, towards a career in music.Applicants must be enrolled, or intending to enrol, full-time at the University in a degree programme with a major in Music.Preference is given to applicants who intend to enrol for, or are enrolled for, an MusB(Hons), BA(Hons) in Music, MMus, MA in Music, DMA, or PhD in Music. Applicants must be Aotearoa New سԹcitizens or permanent residents.

Value:Financial assistance at a value of $10,000 for one year.

Closing date:01 November(CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW)

Details:Tosupport students of violin, viola, cello, or double-bass in Te Kura Puoro | School of Music at UC. At the time of accepting the scholarship, a recipient must have already successfully completed at least one year of such study in the school.

Value:Financial assistance to the value of $2,000 for one year.

Closing date:N/A - no application required. All students who have been enrolled in a course that involved the study of violin, viola, cello, or double bass, and who will be progressing to a further year of such study at UC, will be considered for the scholarship.

Details:To assist music graduates undertake a special short-term project that will have long term benefits for their future professional careers as musicians. Applicants must be Aotearoa New سԹcitizens or permanent residents who have recently (in the last 5 year) graduated, or expect to graduate with an Honours degree, or its equivalent, in Music from a New سԹuniversity.NB: this is ascholarship.

Value:Varies - but can be up to $15,000.

Closing date:15 August or 15 February

Details:To assist outstanding New سԹmusical performers or conductors who have completed or are completing an honours or master’s degree in musical performance in New سԹto continue their musical development either overseas or in New Zealand. The scholarship will be awarded for classical instrumental performance (including vocal performance) or conducting. Applicants must be Aotearoa New سԹcitizens who are normally resident in NZ.NB: this is ascholarship.

Value:Varies - but generally in the range of $50,000-$60,000 for up to 3 year.

Closing date:01 March

Details:To support postgraduate students researching a topic related to music education in Te Kura Puoro | School of Music at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | سԹ.

Value:Financial assistance to the value of $1,300 for one year.

Closing date:15 November

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