{"id":834,"date":"2026-08-14T17:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/uc-international-first-year-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:16:16","slug":"uc-international-first-year-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/uc-international-first-year-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"UC International First Year Scholarship (Undergraduate)"},"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":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand","category-undergraduate"],"acf":{"host_country":"New Zealand","host_school":"University of Canterbury, Christchurch","closing_date":"20261031","study_type":["International Students"],"level_of_study":["undergraduate"],"study_area":["Any\/All fields of study"],"scholarship_value":"NZ$15,000 towards first-year tuition fees","description":"

Quick answer:<\/strong> The UC International First Year Scholarship (Offshore)<\/strong> gives top-achieving international students NZ$15,000 towards tuition fees<\/strong> in their first year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Canterbury. Students who completed secondary school outside New Zealand<\/strong> — including WAEC\/NECO holders in Nigeria (UC assesses foundation\/entrance qualifications individually) — apply under the offshore round.<\/p>

For a Semester 1, 2027 start<\/strong>, the offshore round closes 31 October 2026<\/strong>. It is a partial award — you must show you can fund the balance of fees and living costs for your student visa — but it meaningfully cuts the first-year bill.<\/p>","eligibility":"