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Half a Degree For Free

Apply for NMIT's Year 13 Degree Scholarship - unlimited scholarships available!

NMIT's Half a Degree for Free scholarship gives you a great opportunity to stay in the region and receive half of your degree fees for free. Download the application form here. Read the Terms of Reference to find out if you qualify.

To earn yourself this scholarship all you have to do is meet the eligibility criteria below. Contact us for more information. Easy!

pointer Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

  • Be a New Zealand citizen or hold a New Zealand residency permit;
  • Study full time;
  • Meet the entry requirements and be accepted onto one of the stated NMIT degree programmes - Bachelor of Arts and Media, Bachelor of Information Technology, Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Nursing;
  • Be a Year 13 local school leaver

pointer Conditions

  • Applicants must spend at least one academic year in Year 13 of which at least the final 6 months has been in a participating local school
  • Applicants must provide a Leaver’s Certificate from their participating school, or in the case of an Area School, Correspondence, or Home Schooling a cover letter verifying completion of Year 13
  • Providing they meet the eligibility criteria, applicants may complete a gap year from secondary school and still be eligible for the scholarship
  • The scholarship can be taken up to and including July intake after the gap year
  • Students cannot have been studying at NMIT or another institute during the gap year
  • The value of each scholarship will cover 50% of the tutorial fee component only of the total enrolment fee for 3 Years (6 semesters) on one of the four stated NMIT degree programmes. Recipients are to be invoiced 50% of tutorial fees per semester 
  • Applicants must study full time consecutively for three years. Applicants who discontinue study during this period will forfeit their scholarship on return to study, except in the case of student exchange
  • Not available retrospectively

The Scholarship does not include:

  • Student Association Fees
  • Course materials fee
  • Course related materials
  • Student Services Levy
  • Any additional credits over and above the minimum credits required to complete the degree or similar
  • Costs associated with repeating courses after the 3 year period
  • Costs associated with repeating assessments
  • Fees for NMIT courses completed prior to the scholarship being awarded
  • Courses studied that are not part of or cross-creditable to the NMIT degree programme being studied (Refer to the appropriate programme regulations)

Conditions:

  • Scholarship cannot be taken in conjunction with any other NMIT scholarship
  • You are agreeing to participate in any NMIT promotions associated with this scholarship, and
  • Should you leave before the completion of your degree, or do not successfully pass your courses, that ongoing provision of your scholarship may be reconsidered, at the discretion of the Director of Marketing and Student Services

pointerHow Much Will It Save?

  Study at Other Centres             Study at NMIT (Nelson Campus) if you are from:


Nelson
 Marlborough West Coast 
Enrolment Fees
$15,500                  $7,570               $7,570               $7,570        
Student Assn Fees
$330 $336
 $336  $336
Levies/Fees/Calendar
$300 $0
 $0  $0
Text Books/Stationery
$2,250 $2,250  $2,250  $2,250
Accommodation
$24,000 $0  $14,200  $14,200
Personal Spending
$10,500 $10,500  $10,500  $10,500
Travel-Home
$600 $0  $600  $600
Contents Insurance
$510 $0  $510  $510
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
$53,990 $20,656  $35,966  $35,966
SAVING
$33,334
 $18,024 $18,024 


(Costs based on average course fees and living costs for a 3 year degree, for a student living in Nelson. Please note that the Bachelor of Commerce is also available in Blenheim. Staying and studying in Marlborough could save you up to a further $14,200 on accommodation.)

Local Schools include:

Nelson College
Nelson College for Girls
Nayland College
Waimea College
Garin College
Motueka High School
Golden Bay High School
Collingwood Area School
Tapawera Area School
Rai Valley Area School
Kaikoura High School
Murchison Area School
Marlborough Girls College
Marlborough Boys College
Queen Charlotte College
Buller High School
Greymouth High School
Reefton Area School
John Paul II High School
Karamea Area School
South Westland Area School
Westland High School