If you are awarded a scholarship that includes tuition fees, then your fee rebate will be applied once you have course declared.
Annual tuition fee payments for continuing scholarships will be applied to your tuition account by 10 February, providing you are fully course declared in an eligible programme/degree.
If you have received a student loan and are then awarded a scholarship that pays for your tuition fees, StudyLink will be reimbursed. This can take up to two weeks after the credit appears on the University of Otago finance account.
If you have paid your tuition fees yourself and are then awarded a scholarship, you will be reimbursed. This can take up to two weeks after the credit appears on the University of Otago finance account.
If your scholarship pays a stipend, you must be enrolled in your thesis, course approved, and course declared. To avoid any delays in receiving your January stipend payment on time, re-enrol in the new year as soon as possible.
Doctoral scholarship stipends are paid on the third Thursday of each month.
Your fees will only be covered by your scholarship up until the end date or to the value specified. Many scholarships do not cover Student Service fees or insurance. Refer to your offer letter for details.
Further information
- Payment of fees and due dates
- Fees for Graduate Research candidates includes information about scholarships
- Fees for candidates submitting in the current year
- Partial fee payment in the final year of study
If a doctoral student has just started but has missed out on the monthly payment, the Scholarships team can process their payment in any given week, provided they are course declared, have returned their payment form to: scholarships@otago.ac.nz and have entered their NZ bank details into eVision.
A link to the payment form is in their scholarship offer letter.
Questions about payment of doctoral scholarships can be assigned to the Student Administration — Scholarships General queue in CRSM.