{"id":830,"date":"2026-08-14T17:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/wellington-doctoral-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:16:15","slug":"wellington-doctoral-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/wellington-doctoral-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellington Doctoral Scholarship at Victoria University of Wellington"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand","category-phd"],"acf":{"host_country":"New Zealand","host_school":"Victoria University of Wellington (Te Herenga Waka)","closing_date":"20261101","study_type":["International Students"],"level_of_study":["phd"],"study_area":["Any\/All fields of study"],"scholarship_value":"NZ$32,000 stipend per year plus full tuition fees for up to 3 years","description":"

Quick answer:<\/strong> The Wellington Doctoral Scholarship<\/strong> funds full-time PhD study in any discipline<\/strong> at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand: a NZ$32,000 annual stipend plus full tuition fees<\/strong>, normally for three years. It is explicitly open to international students<\/strong>, so Nigerians apply on the same terms as everyone else, and around 110 scholarships<\/strong> are awarded every year — far better odds than most single-university awards.<\/p>

There are three rounds every year, closing 1 March, 1 July and 1 November<\/strong>. The next round closes 4:30 pm New Zealand time on 1 November 2026<\/strong>; late or incomplete applications are rejected outright, and references must also arrive by the deadline.<\/p>","eligibility":"