Scholarships and Awards

Unitec Pacific Academic Excellence Scholarships - $2,000 - For general queries about scholarships - email our scholarships team
For help completing a scholarship application - book an appointment with our careers team - Unitec -

Unitec recognises that financial support is an important consideration for our ākonga in managing their study goals. The scholarship provides both financial support and mentoring opportunities.

2025 applications will open

Round 1: Opens 23 August 2024 | Closed 13th January 2025

Eligibility

To apply, you must:

• be a domestic student, i.e. a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident;
• be enrolled as a Pacific student;
• have completed and passed a minimum of 60 credits within your current undergraduate diploma or bachelor level programme at Unitec;     
• be continuing in your current programme of study as a full-time (or pre-approved part-time) student;
• have at least one semester of study left to complete your current programme; and
• have a GPA of 6.0 (which equates to a B+ average) or above in your most recent semester of study for graded courses, or all PASS grades for Pass/Fail courses.

Please read the 2025 Unitec Pacific Academic Excellence Scholarship Regulations for more information.

Selection Bases

The Selection Committee will review all eligible applications and will make award recommendations based on a combination of:

• GPA scores;
• responses to the scholarship questions; and
• may give preference to learners who demonstrate that financial support will have an impact on their ability to continue their studies.

Apply now