NZAID

New Zealand Development Scholarships | Open category


Eligible countries and application process

Depending on their country of citizenship, NZDS-Open candidates
apply to:

  1. The nearest New Zealand Embassy
  2. A management contractor in their home country
  3. Directly to a New Zealand education institution

Click on the country name to go to the country information sheet that details the priority study fields, the level and types of study available, any country-specific criteria, and the application process for that country.

Click on the link under the ‘Apply directly to’ column to view the relevant contact details.

Eligible countries in Africa

Eligible country Level of study
(Postgraduate only)
Apply directly to
Kenya | PDF 65kb available New Zealand education institution
South Africa | PDF 65kb 1 available New Zealand education institution
Tanzania | PDF 65kb available New Zealand education institution
Zambia | PDF 65kb available New Zealand education institution
Zimbabwe | PDF 65kb available New Zealand education institution

Eligible countries in Latin America

Eligible country

Level of study

(Postgraduate only)

Apply directly to
Argentina | PDF 74kb available New Zealand Embassy (Buenos Aires)
Bolivia | PDF 74kb available New Zealand education institution
Brazil | PDF 74kb available New Zealand Embassy (Brasilia)
Chile (including Rapa Nui) | PDF 74kb 2 available New Zealand Embassy (Santiago)
Ecuador | PDF 74kb available New Zealand education institution
El Salvador | PDF 74kb available New Zealand Embassy (Mexico)
Guatemala | PDF 74kb available New Zealand Embassy (Mexico)
Honduras | PDF 74kb available New Zealand education institution
Nicaragua | PDF 74kb available New Zealand education institution
Paraguay | PDF 74kb available New Zealand Embassy (Buenos Aires)
Uruguay | PDF 74kb available New Zealand Embassy (Buenos Aires)

 

Eligible countries in the Pacific region

Eligible country Level of study (Undergratudate or postgraduate) Apply directly to
Federated States of Micronesia | PDF 55kb available New Zealand education institution
Marshall Islands | PDF 55kb available New Zealand education institution
Palau | PDF 55kb available
Postgraduate only
New Zealand education institution
Fiji (On hold)
 
Kiribati | PDF 69kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Papua New Guinea | PDF 84kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Samoa | PDF 61kb available Scholarships and Training Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Solomon Islands | PDF 71kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Tonga | PDF 82kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Tuvalu | PDF 60kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Vanuatu | PDF 91kb available New Zealand Education Institution

 

Eligible countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia

Eligible country

Level of study
(Postgraduate only)

Apply directly to
Cambodia | PDF 66kb available IDP Cambodia
China | PDF 68kb 3 available New Zealand Education Institution
Indonesia | PDF 68kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Lao PDR | PDF 66kb available Vientiane College
Maldives | PDF 58kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Mongolia | PDF 58kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Myanmar | PDF 58kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Nepal | PDF 58kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Philippines | PDF 62kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Sri Lanka | PDF 58kb available New Zealand Education Institution
Viet Nam | PDF 55kb available New Zealand Education Institution

 


  1. Preference will be given to disadvantages communities

  2. Candidates from Rapa Nui can apply to study at either undergraduate or postgraduate level, depending on the level of previously completed qualifications.

  3. Candidates from China require the endorsement of the China Scholarship Council before submitting an NZDS -Open application to a New Zealand education institution.

 

Page Last Reviewed: 4 June, 2009