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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.

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 percent of the full course fees for three years (six semesters) on one of the four stated NMIT degree programmes
  • Recipients are to be invoiced 50 percent of course 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
  • The need to repeat courses
  • Any added costs of repeating assessments

pointer How Much Will It Save?


Study Out of Town
Study at NMIT
Tuition Fees
$13,500
$6,300
Student Assn Fees
$330
$112
Levies/Fees/Calendar
$300
$0
Text Books/Stationery
$2,250
$2,250
Accommodation
$24,000
$0
Personal Spending
$10,500
$10,500
Travel-Home
$600
$0
Contents Insurance
$510
$0
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
$51,990
$19,162
SAVING

$32,828


(Costs based on average course fees and living costs for a 3 year degree, for a student living in Nelson)

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