{"id":838,"date":"2026-08-14T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/massey-university-doctoral-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:16:16","slug":"massey-university-doctoral-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/massey-university-doctoral-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Massey University Doctoral Scholarship: NZ$90,000 Plus Fees"},"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-838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand","category-phd"],"acf":{"host_country":"New Zealand","host_school":"Massey University","closing_date":"20261001","study_type":["International Students"],"level_of_study":["phd"],"study_area":["Any\/All fields of study"],"scholarship_value":"NZ$90,000 over three years (stipend) plus tuition fees","description":"

Quick answer:<\/strong> The Massey University Doctoral Scholarship<\/strong> is worth NZ$90,000 plus tuition fees<\/strong> over its three-year duration (about NZ$30,000 a year), with multiple awards available. It is open to both domestic and international candidates<\/strong> on the PhD, Doctor of Clinical Psychology or Doctor of Social Work programmes — so Nigerian applicants qualify.<\/p>

The current round opened 1 August 2026 and closes 1 October 2026<\/strong>. The bar is high: a GPA of 7.0 or higher<\/strong> (an A-grade average) and a research topic of strategic value to the university<\/strong> — align your proposal with a Massey research strength before applying.<\/p>","eligibility":"