Commonwealth scholarship awardees can study in University of Canterbury, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Waikato, Massey University, Auckland University of Technology, University of
Otago and Lincoln University.
Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme of New Zealand government invites applications from Indian students to pursue Ph.D., Masters or Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Studies, Agriculture, Fisheries, Biosecurity and Food Safety.
The Commonwealth Scholarship provided to Indian students will cover their expenses on travel, visa, reunion travel (allowance to visit home country if they have left dependent there), postgraduate research and thesis allowance of NZ$1,500, tuition fee, compulsory institutional course cost, living allowance and medical and travel insurance.
Eligibility for Commonwealth Scholarship 2012
To get Commonwealth Scholarship to pursue Ph.D., Masters or Post Graduate Diploma in Universities of New Zealand, you should fulfil following eligibility criteria:
• You should be not more than 40 years of age as on 31st May, 2012.
• You should have scored minimum 65% marks in Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in the subject or allied fields.
• You have citizenship of Commonwealth developing nation.
• You should be residing in your home country for at least two years prior to application.
• You don’t have citizenship or permanent residence status of New Zealand or Australia or another development country.
You cannot apply for the Commonwealth Scholarship 2012 if:
• You are studying full-time at post-secondary level
• You are transferring from another tertiary scholarship to a commonwealth scholarship
• You be hold, or have held, a New Zealand government or Australia government scholarship in the 24 months preceding the scholarship start date
• You have been terminated from a New Zealand or Australian government scholarship previously
Application Procedure for Commonwealth Scholarship 2012
• You can apply for Commonwealth Scholarship 2012 by sending an application on given format with your recent passport size photograph.
• You can download the application format for Commonwealth Scholarship 2012 by clicking here.
• Click here to download the application form
• You can send duly filled application form for Commonwealth Scholarship 2012 to:
Section Officer (ES.4 Section),
Scholarship Division,
Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Department of Higher Education,
West Block-I, Wing-6, 2nd Floor, R.K. Puram,
New Delhi-110066
• You can also apply for Commonwealth Scholarship 2012 online but you are also required to send hard copy of application with attested copy of required documents.
Important Dates for Commonwealth Scholarship
Last Date for submission of application – 31st May, 2012
Contact Details
Section Officer (ES.4 Section),
Scholarship Division,
Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Department of Higher Education,
West Block-I, Wing-6, 2nd Floor, R.K. Puram,
New Delhi-110066
Phone No. – 011- 26172492
Website: http://www.education.nic.in
