Brief Description:

The purpose of this scholarship is to provide financial assistance to science students in Christchurch both at state secondary school and tertiary institution levels.

Value/Benefits: Financial assistance with the costs associated with university study, up to a value of $7,000, which will be credited directly to the recipient’s tuition fees account at the time of enrolment

Level of Study: Undergraduate

Closing Date: 11:59 pm (NZT) 1 March (Applications open approximately 8 weeks before this date)

Tenure: One year

Number Available Annually: One

Applicable Enrolment During Tenure: Must be a full-time student undertaking an undergraduate degree programme in any physical science subject, such as chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, biotechnology, biochemistry, mathematics, and applied sciences, and have successfully completed at least one year of tertiary study at Lincoln University, University of Canterbury, or Ara Institute of Canterbury

Citizenship/Residency Requirements: Not applicable

Special Requirements: Applicants must have had not less than four years' secondary schooling in a state (excluding state-integrated*) secondary school, within the boundaries of the Christchurch City Territorial Local Authority. Applicants must be under the age of 25 years when applying for the scholarship. Previous recipients, including a recipient of the secondary school Hugh McDougall Rankin Educational Scholarship, are eligible to apply.

*Those who attended Ao Tawhiti and who have been pupils of the private school Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti are eligible.

For more information and to read the regulations, click here.

Special Eligibility Requirements:

Applicants must be full time students undertaking an undergraduate degree programme in any physical science subject, such as chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, biotechnology, biochemistry, mathematics, and applied sciences, who have successfully completed at least one year of tertiary study at Lincoln University University of Canterbury, or Ara Institute of Canterbury.
Applicants must have had not less than four years' secondary schooling in a state(excluding state-integrated) secondary school within the boundaries of the Christchurch City Territorial Local Authority.
Applicants must be under the age of 25 years when applying for the scholarship.
Previous recipients, including a recipient of the secondary school Hugh McDougall Rankin Educational Scholarship, are eligible to apply.
Applicants should have a B+ Grade Point Average

To check the status of a school see here. Only those schools listed as only “State” under “Authority” on this list are applicable; those listed as “State: integrated” are not applicable.

For the boundaries of the Christchurch City Territorial Local Authority see here.

Additional Information:

Hugh McDougall Rankin, a former prominent Christchurch businessman, established the Hugh McDougall Rankin Education Trust in 2008 for the purposes of providing financial assistance to science students in Christchurch both at the state secondary school and tertiary institution levels. Having struggled himself during the Depression of the 1930s to obtain his Food Technology qualifications the donor was especially keen to support students needing financial assistance to obtain tertiary qualifications in the sciences and with the potential to contribute to the technological wealth of New Zealand.

Contact Information:

For questions about this application, please contact Scholarships Office at scholarships@canterbury.ac.nz

Search Filters:

Subject of Study

Biochemistry
Biological Sciences
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Engineering
Mathematics
Physics

Equity Awards

Financial hardship

Level of Study

Undergraduate

Domestic/International Students

Domestic
International

Faculty/School

Engineering
Science

Application Closing Month

March

Award Type

Any
Scholarship

Begin Accepting Applications Date:

3 Feb 2025

Deadline Date (NZT Time Zone):

31 Mar 2025 11:59 PM