Who can apply for AUT Doctoral Scholarships?
All recipients of an AUT Doctoral Scholarship will normally have the equivalent of first class honours.
Applicants must meet the admission criteria for a doctoral programme, ie a relevant master’s degree or a bachelor (honours) degree with first or second class (first division) honours and have commenced the application for admission process as outlined below.
International applicants must meet the English language proficiency requirements.
Consideration will be given to all applicants' research experience and publication record and previous study should include evidence of research methodology papers and an independent research project, including the writing of a report on that research. Preference will be given to new applicants to the PhD programme.
How do I apply for this scholarship?
1) Apply for admission into the PhD programme at AUT. The holding of this scholarship is conditional on acceptance into the AUT doctoral programme. It is unlikely that applicants who have not commenced the process of applying for admission into the PhD programme will be awarded a scholarship.
2) Apply for an AUT Doctoral Scholarship. It is strongly advised that you apply for admission prior to applying for the scholarship. Application for the scholarship will be through the AUT scholarship application portal (CommunityForce).
- Download the Scholarship Regulations from the links below and familiarise yourself with the eligibility criteria and the conditions of acceptance.
- Apply through the Online Scholarships Application portal available from the link below.
- You will be asked to upload a two page statement outlining your proposed research. Please note this must be a maximum of 1,000 words only (plus references). A longer document will not be accepted.
- You will also be asked to upload a brief CV (maximum three A4 pages)
- You will be asked to provide details of your two academic referees and request via the portal them to submit a confidential report directly to the online portal by the closing date.
- If your proposed AUT primary supervisor or Head of School is not one of your referees, you will be asked to provide a letter or evidence of AUT faculty support. If your supervisor is also a referee they need only provide only one statement covering both purposes. Your application will not be provided to the panel unless you can demonstrate that the AUT faculty support your application.
- Submit your completed application to the Scholarships Office via the online portal. It is essential you submit your application once you have completed all the required sections; this can be done before your referees have submitted their reports.