University of Waikato School Leaver Scholarships
Want to pursue your sporting passion while you study?
At the University of Waikato, whether it’s for sport or study, high performance is a way of life. We take pride in supporting our students in their study and are well placed through our connections with regional sporting partners, to support emerging and elite athletes on their journey to the top.
We’ve been home to many of the country’s sporting greats, including netballer Laura Langman, rugby legend Stephen Donald, Olympic rower Emma Twigg and All Blacks prospect Damian McKenzie. We’re conveniently located within 30minutes drive of world-class training facilities including the Avantidrome, Lake Karapiro, and the Cambridge BMX track, and have strong relationships with regional sporting bodies including Chiefs Rugby and the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.
Through our generous range of scholarships, Waikato students are given the resources and assistance to balance their sporting and academic goals. Talk to us about our flagship Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship programme, our Rugby Development Scholarships and our School Leaver Merit and Excellence Scholarships to find out what may be available to you.
Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship Programme: Up to $10,000 per year for four years
Vice-Chancellor’s Academic Excellence School Leaver Scholarship: $5000
University of Waikato Academic Merit School Leaver Scholarship: $3000
University of Waikato Rugby Development Scholarship: $5000
Depending on what you choose to study, there’s a huge range of other scholarships that you may be eligible for including Faculty-specific scholarships or even a residential scholarship if you decide to live on campus.
Find out more by calling 0800 WAIKATO, email [email protected] or visit waikato.ac.nz/go/school-leaver
We’ve been home to many of the country’s sporting greats, including netballer Laura Langman, rugby legend Stephen Donald, Olympic rower Emma Twigg and All Blacks prospect Damian McKenzie. We’re conveniently located within 30minutes drive of world-class training facilities including the Avantidrome, Lake Karapiro, and the Cambridge BMX track, and have strong relationships with regional sporting bodies including Chiefs Rugby and the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.
Through our generous range of scholarships, Waikato students are given the resources and assistance to balance their sporting and academic goals. Talk to us about our flagship Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship programme, our Rugby Development Scholarships and our School Leaver Merit and Excellence Scholarships to find out what may be available to you.
Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship Programme: Up to $10,000 per year for four years
Vice-Chancellor’s Academic Excellence School Leaver Scholarship: $5000
University of Waikato Academic Merit School Leaver Scholarship: $3000
University of Waikato Rugby Development Scholarship: $5000
Depending on what you choose to study, there’s a huge range of other scholarships that you may be eligible for including Faculty-specific scholarships or even a residential scholarship if you decide to live on campus.
Find out more by calling 0800 WAIKATO, email [email protected] or visit waikato.ac.nz/go/school-leaver
Reaching for the stars with a new scholarship at the University of Waikato
The University of Waikato’s commitment to attracting students with outstanding academic records and potential is confirmed by a new scholarship that defines an elite level of financial support for high achieving school leavers.
Te Paewai o Te Rangi: The University of Waikato Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement is worth up to $25,000 over three years and will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence, leadership potential, and community citizenship.
In Māori mythology, Tāne, the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, the sky father and the earth mother, became frustrated with the confinement he and his brothers and sisters felt between their parents. They yearned for light in the world, so together they pushed their parents apart and Tāne travelled on a quest to ascend into the heavens to suspend the stars in the sky. Te Paewai o Te Rangi can be translated to mean “the water horizon”, or the place where the ocean meets the sky and was the transition point where Tāne travelled into the sky.
University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Quigley says the Māori creation story is the inspiration for the new scholarship, and says it is one of the ways the university is encouraging student excellence.
“Te Paewai o Te Rangi describes a person’s journey to achieve excellence and metaphorically refers to the ongoing pursuit of excellence,” he says. “These are the students who are going to contribute significantly to their communities after graduating, so we’re keen to support them as early on in their careers as we can.”
As part of the scholarship students will receive a guaranteed place in the University’s Halls of Residence during their first year of study.
Applications for Te Paewai o Te Rangi close 31 August and 20 scholarships are available each year. The scholarship will be applied to tuition fees and, where applicable, Halls of Residence fees. More information about the scholarship is available on the scholarship’s webpage.
For information on all other University of Waikato school leaver scholarships, visit our website.
The University of Waikato’s commitment to attracting students with outstanding academic records and potential is confirmed by a new scholarship that defines an elite level of financial support for high achieving school leavers.
Te Paewai o Te Rangi: The University of Waikato Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement is worth up to $25,000 over three years and will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence, leadership potential, and community citizenship.
In Māori mythology, Tāne, the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, the sky father and the earth mother, became frustrated with the confinement he and his brothers and sisters felt between their parents. They yearned for light in the world, so together they pushed their parents apart and Tāne travelled on a quest to ascend into the heavens to suspend the stars in the sky. Te Paewai o Te Rangi can be translated to mean “the water horizon”, or the place where the ocean meets the sky and was the transition point where Tāne travelled into the sky.
University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Quigley says the Māori creation story is the inspiration for the new scholarship, and says it is one of the ways the university is encouraging student excellence.
“Te Paewai o Te Rangi describes a person’s journey to achieve excellence and metaphorically refers to the ongoing pursuit of excellence,” he says. “These are the students who are going to contribute significantly to their communities after graduating, so we’re keen to support them as early on in their careers as we can.”
As part of the scholarship students will receive a guaranteed place in the University’s Halls of Residence during their first year of study.
Applications for Te Paewai o Te Rangi close 31 August and 20 scholarships are available each year. The scholarship will be applied to tuition fees and, where applicable, Halls of Residence fees. More information about the scholarship is available on the scholarship’s webpage.
For information on all other University of Waikato school leaver scholarships, visit our website.
