ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must:

be currently enrolled in either Year 12 or Year 13 at a New Zealand secondary school;

be intending to enroll full-time (a full-time academic year comprises 120 points) in one of the following undergraduate degrees at the University of Waikato for the first time in the year of tenure1:

BCompSc; BSc(Hons) majoring in Computer Science; BE(Hons) majoring in Software Engineering; and

be eligible for domestic fees status (i.e., be a NZ Citizen, NZ Permanent Resident, NZ Resident Class Visa holder, or Australian Citizen/Permanent Resident domiciled in NZ) or an international student

BENEFIT:

Each recipient will receive $5,000 paid in two equal cash instalments paid directly to the recipient, subject to the recipient maintaining eligibility (refer to clause 2.3).

$2,500 will be paid after the withdrawal deadline for A Trimester.

$2,500 will be paid after the withdrawal deadline for B Trimester conditional on the recipient passing all A Trimester papers.