Rhodes Scholarship

These scholarships are funded by the Rhodes Trust, Oxford, which was established by the Will of Cecil John Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes, a British emigrant to South Africa, devoted energy to the expansion of British imperialist interests in Southern Africa. These scholarships are designed for the purpose of educating the future leaders of the world.

Eligibility:

Applicants must:

• be citizens of New Zealand or be British subjects with at least five years’ domicile in New Zealand.
• have graduated or be expected to graduate with a degree from a New Zealand university.
• be of an age that they will have passed their nineteenth and not passed their twenty-fifth birthday by 1 October in the year for which they were elected.*
• have achieved academic training sufficiently advanced to assure completion of a Bachelor's degree by October in the year for which they were elected.

*Note: The age requirement for candidates undertaking a MB,ChB course of study, and pre-registration year will be extended one year. Therefore they should have passed their nineteenth and not passed their twenty-sixth birthday by 1 October in the year for which they were elected. 

Value and number awarded: 

A stipend of £12,200 sterling per year.  Fees are paid directly by the Trust to the College and University.  Three scholars are elected each year.   

Closing Date:  

1 August 

How to Apply:

1. Check your eligibility 
2. Read the Regulations (69KB)
3. Download the Application Form (112KB)
4. Download the Guidelines (50KB) to help you complete your application.
5. Download the Letter to Referees (74KB)

Decisions made: 

October/November

Click HERE to view a list of New Zealand Rhodes Scholars from 1904