Scholarships and Prizes
The Department offers a range of scholarships and prizes to students studying mathematics or statistics each year.
Scholarships and Prizes Awarded
Undergraduate Scholarships and Prizes
UC Emerging Leaders’ Scholarships: Category D – 2x scholarships at $3500 each towards tuition fees for first year students enrolled in mathematics and/or statistics at 100-level or 200-level. Contact the Scholarships Office for application details.
John McMillan Scholarship in Economics and Mathematics: Up to two scholarships are awarded annually to eligible students enrolling in a BSc degree, majoring in Mathematics and Economics and studying subjects consistent with the course of study for the combined BSc(Hons) degree in Economics and Mathematics. Each scholarship is tenable for one year and covers the full first-year tuition fee. Contact the Scholarships Office for application details.
Department Scholarships: You do not need to apply for the department undergraduate scholarships.
Number of scholarships that may be offered each year:
| Level | Full fees for MATH/STAT courses | Up to $1,000 for MATH/STAT courses |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | 2 | 4 |
| 300 | 2 | 4 |
| 400 | 3 | 8 |
- All scholarships are eligible to students who are majoring in Mathematics or Statistics and are doing: (a) at least 66 points of MATH or STAT or other approved courses at 200-level; or (b) at least 84 points of MATH or STAT or other approved courses at 300-level; or (c) at least six MATH or STAT or other approved courses at 400-level.
- The scholarships will pay for MATH or STAT courses only and at the domestic rate.
- Holders of 300-level or 400-level scholarships will normally be expected to do some tutoring or marking for the department, for which they will receive additional remuneration.
Summer Scholarships: Scholarships of up to $2000 are also available for students doing Summer projects in Mathematics or Statistics (MATH 305/STAT 305 and MATH 491/STAT 491). These scholarships are applied for in August for projects commencing in November/December.
Mathematics and Statistics Prizes: The following prizes are awarded annually for excellence in Mathematics or Statistics:
- Cook Memorial Prize:
For final Honours students. - Page Memorial Prizes:
Two prizes at level 300. - Peter Bryant Memorial Prizes:
Two prizes at 100-level and 200-level. - Brent Wilson Prize:
For Applied Mathematics at 300-level. - Gordon Petersen Prize:
For Pure Mathematics at 200-level. - Statistics New Zealand Prize:
For Statistics at 300-level ($1000).
Postgraduate scholarships
These postgraduate scholarships will be offered on the basis of the student’s potential, as demonstrated by their performance at the Honours level and above. At any given time, a staff member would normally be the senior supervisor of at most one student supported by a departmental postgraduate scholarship.
These scholarships will pay full fees at the domestic rate plus a stipend determined by the Department, for one year in the case of a master’s scholarship, and for up to three years in the case of a Doctoral scholarship. This amount may be reduced if the student accepts another scholarship. Holders of departmental postgraduate scholarships will normally be expected to do some tutorials or marking for the department, for which they will receive additional remuneration.
Other awards
- Statistics New Zealand Maori and Pacific Islands Scholarships: To assist a Maori and a Pacific Islander attend university and obtain a Statistics or Mathematics undergraduate qualification ($3,500 per year for up to 3 years).
- J. Connal Scholarships: For BA students at 200-level who excel in Latin, English, French, History or Mathematics. ($400 per year for 2 years). No application required.
- Lord Rutherford Memorial Research Fellowship: For outstanding merit and promise in Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics at the postgraduate level ($20,000 per year for 2 years).
- Sims Empire Scholarship: For outstanding merit and promise in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or Medicine at the postgraduate level, for study in Great Britain ($15,000 per year for 2 years).
- Professor C. C. Farr Memorial Scholarship: For students who are enrolled in an honours or postgraduate degree in Physics and/or Astronomy and/or Mathematical Physics ($500 per annum). No application required.
- International Biometric Society Scholarship: For third-year students who are about to embark on a full-time fourth-year or honours course in Statistics, Mathematical Statistics, Biostatistics or Biometrics. Current value A$1000.
For details on applications for these awards go to the Scholarships Office. If you have any questions please contact the Scholarships Office by email: scholarships@canterbury.ac.nz
The Scholarships Office also has a file on Maori and Pacific Island Scholarships. An increasing number of these are available in Science and Commerce in particular.