{"id":842,"date":"2026-08-14T17:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/lincoln-university-taught-master-merit-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T17:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:16:17","slug":"lincoln-university-taught-master-merit-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/lincoln-university-taught-master-merit-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln University Taught Master Merit Scholarship (New Zealand)"},"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":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-masters","category-new-zealand"],"acf":{"host_country":"New Zealand","host_school":"Lincoln University, Canterbury","closing_date":null,"study_type":["International Students"],"level_of_study":["masters"],"study_area":["Business","Agriculture","Environment","Tourism"],"scholarship_value":"NZ$7,000&ndash;NZ$15,000 towards tuition fees (tier depends on programme and grades)","description":"<p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> Lincoln University&rsquo;s <strong>180-credit Taught Master Merit Scholarship<\/strong> knocks <strong>NZ$7,000 to NZ$15,000<\/strong> off tuition for international students entering its taught Master&rsquo;s programmes &mdash; and the best part is there is <strong>no separate application<\/strong>: Lincoln assesses every qualifying international applicant automatically when processing admission.<\/p><p>The tiers: <strong>NZ$15,000<\/strong> for an A average entering business programmes (Global Management &amp; Marketing, Finance, Fintech &amp; Investment Management, Professional Accounting); <strong>NZ$10,000<\/strong> for a B+ average in those and the management Master&rsquo;s (Agribusiness, Parks\/Recreation, Sport, Tourism); <strong>NZ$7,000<\/strong> for a B+ average in science, environment and computing Master&rsquo;s degrees. Because it is automatic, there is <strong>no deadline<\/strong> &mdash; any blog quoting one is guessing.<\/p>","eligibility":"<ul><li><strong>International students<\/strong> enrolling in a full 180-credit taught Master&rsquo;s programme at Lincoln University.<\/li><li>Minimum <strong>B+ average in the final year of your Bachelor&rsquo;s degree<\/strong> (A average for the top NZ$15,000 business tier).<\/li><li>No application form &mdash; the award is offered automatically with qualifying admission offers.<\/li><\/ul>","official_scholarship_link":"https:\/\/www.lincoln.ac.nz\/study\/scholarships\/search-scholarships\/lincoln-university-180-credit-taught-master-merit-scholarship\/","additional_info":"<p><strong>How to get it:<\/strong> simply apply for admission to a taught Master&rsquo;s at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lincoln.ac.nz\/study\/scholarships\/search-scholarships\/lincoln-university-180-credit-taught-master-merit-scholarship\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">lincoln.ac.nz<\/a> with strong transcripts &mdash; the scholarship offer arrives with your admission offer if you qualify. Nobody can &ldquo;process&rdquo; this award for a fee; treat anyone charging for it as a scam. Lincoln specialises in agriculture, agribusiness, environment and land-based sciences &mdash; a strong fit for Nigerian graduates in agriculture and related fields.<\/p>"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lincoln University Master Merit Scholarship: NZ$7,000&ndash;$15,000<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lincoln University automatically awards international Master&#039;s students NZ$7,000\u2013$15,000 off fees based on grades \u2014 no separate application. 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