Applications are open for Funded Scholarship at the University of Waikato. This University is committed to delivering a world-class education and research portfolio. Further,  providing a full and dynamic university experience, distinctive in character. Along with, pursuing strong international links to advance knowledge. Waikato University owes its existence to two brave men who fought loudly for eight years, on behalf of the people of Waikato, to establish their own university. Since then they have never been afraid to do things differently.n 1964 the University of Waikato was officially opened by the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Fergusson (later Lord Ballantrae).

Moreover, today Waikato University is home to more than 12,000 students and has continued to be a breeding ground for independent thought and progressive learning. In 1989 (with a little help from NASA) they connected New Zealand to the Internet before going on to become the first University in New Zealand to have cyber-graduates, completing their teaching degrees online.

The University of Waikato Disability Sport and Active Recreation Doctoral Scholarship was established in 2019 by Te Huataki Waiora Faculty of Health, Sport and Human Performance (FHSHP). The University of Waikato is to ensuring opportunities for disabled people to participate in sport and active recreation as part of everyday life, and FHSHP aims to establish a reputation as national leaders in Disability/Para-Sport. The Scholarship consists of three connected, though discrete, doctoral projects intended to promote different perspectives in supporting and enhancing sport and active recreation provision for disabled people.

Benefit

• Funded Scholarship at University of Waikato
• The university will provide a stipend of up to $22,000 per annum
• Likewise, domestic tuition fees for up to three years

Eligibility

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to, and interest in, one of the
  three topic areas (see Appendix 1), and disability sport and active recreation in general.
• Candidates who have not already submitted an application for doctoral study must
  complete and submit an application to enroll at the same time that they apply for the
  Scholarship.
• The offer of this Scholarship may only be up by a candidate who has
  formally completed the entry qualifications for, and enrolled full-time in, doctoral
  study at the University of Waikato.
• Candidates must have a minimum grade average of A- for their most recent 240 points
  of study.
• The Scholarship is open to New Zealand citizens, permanent residents, and international
  students.