University of Otago New Frontiers Entrance Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria

Application for all Entrance Scholarships are normally open to students who meet the requirements of 1.1 **OR** 1.2 **OR** 1.3, **AND** 2. Those who fit within 3 are ineligible. 1.1 Are New Zealand citizens, New Zealand Residence Class Visa Holders, Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents with domestic fee status; **Or** 1.2 International students who have completed Year 12 and/or have completed or are in the process of completing Year 13 at a New Zealand school, or an equivalent foundation level course at a New Zealand tertiary institution. **And** 2 Are intending to enrol or have enrolled for the first time for first-year (100-level papers), full-time degree-level, undergraduate study at the University of Otago. **But** 3 Those who have studied more than 0.4 EFTs at any University or tertiary institution at degree-level or higher are not normally eligible. Exceptions to 0.4 EFTS or less are considered when all previous University or tertiary-level study has been undertaken whilst concurrently enrolled at secondary school. In addition to the above eligibility criteria, those intending to commence study in programmes such as Health Sciences First Year or the intermediate year of professional degrees not offered at the University of Otago (e.g. Engineering) are **not** eligible for this scholarship.