Peter Windle Scholarship

(next offered for 2009, 2012, 2015)

This Scholarship was established in 2008 and is made available through the generosity of Mr Peter Windle. The Scholarship will be offered every three years, with the inaugural scholar taking up his/her award in October 2009. 

The Peter Windle Scholarship provides an opportunity for South Island students who have already distinguished themselves academically to attend one of the most prestigious universities in the World. The Scholarship will provide funds to enable a student, from a school in the South Island of New Zealand, to undertake a first degree at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Eligibility: 

Candidates for the Scholarship must:

1. be entered for the Year 13 senior school examination (for example, NCEA Level 3, Cambridge exams, etc)
2. or equivalent senior school exam, at a South Island School, in the year of application;
3. be over eighteen years of age on the first day of October in the year they would commence studies at Cambridge (the year following application);
4. be New Zealand citizens or have New Zealand permanent resident status;
5. be resident in the South Island at the time of applying and have completed at least two years of secondary schooling at a school in the South Island of New Zealand 

Value and number awarded: 

The Scholarship provides the tuition fees, a living allowance and a return economy airfare to England. There may be provision for an additional return airfare to New Zealand mid-way through the degree programme.

One scholarship is awarded every three years.

Closing Date: 

1 December

How to Apply: 

1. Check your eligibility
2. Read the regulations.pdf (36 KB)
3. Download the application form.pdf  (261 KB) 

  24/09/2010

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