{"id":840,"date":"2026-08-14T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/otago-doctoral-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:16:17","slug":"otago-doctoral-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/otago-doctoral-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship: NZ$34,128 Stipend"},"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-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand","category-phd"],"acf":{"host_country":"New Zealand","host_school":"University of Otago, Dunedin","closing_date":null,"study_type":["International Students"],"level_of_study":["phd"],"study_area":["Any\/All fields of study"],"scholarship_value":"NZ$34,128 stipend per year plus tuition fee waiver for 36 months (terms under review — confirm on the official page)","description":"

Quick answer:<\/strong> The University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship<\/strong> pays international doctoral students a stipend of NZ$34,128 per year plus a tuition fee waiver for 36 months<\/strong> at New Zealand’s oldest university. It covers the PhD and professional doctorates, is open to domestic and international students alike<\/strong>, and there is no fixed annual deadline<\/strong> — you apply for admission online (via Otago’s eVision portal) and scholarship consideration is part of the process.<\/p>

One honest caveat, straight from Otago’s own page: the university is currently reviewing its doctoral scholarship programme<\/strong>, so confirm the current stipend and terms on the official page before you build plans around the exact figure.<\/p>","eligibility":"