10 February 2023

By email: [FYI request #21519 email]

Dear AJ

I refer to your information request dated 5 January 2023 made under the Official Information Act
1982. You have requested information relating to University of Otago Scholarships in Science.

We respond to each of your questions below.

1. If a student has completed both a Science degree and another degree, are papers from the
other degree counted towards the GPA when assessing scholarship eligibility in Science?

The GPA calculation used for eligibility for a University of Otago Scholarship is the GPA for overall
study at 300-level. If a student is completing a Double Degree (e.g. a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor
of Science), and they are awarded a University of Otago Scholarship, the Scholarship will be awarded
for both Degrees, i.e. University of Otago Scholarship in Arts and Science. Alternatively, if a student
is completing a Bachelor of Science, but they take a 300-level paper in an Arts subject, the GPA from
the 300-level Arts paper would be included in the overall GPA calculation for eligibility for a
University of Otago Scholarship in Science.

2. Is the GPA based only on papers taken in 2022, or on all 300-level papers, or is it a
cumulative GPA across all years at University?

To answer your question, the GPA used for eligibility for a University of Otago Scholarship is not
necessarily based on papers taken only in one year. As noted above, the GPA calculation used for
eligibility for a University of Otago Scholarship is the GPA for overall study at 300-level (all 300-level
papers). Papers taken at 100- or 200-level are not included in this GPA calculation.

Students with 300-level GPAs ranging from 7.5 – 8.4 are awarded University of Otago Scholarships in
the relevant discipline/s. Students with 300-level GPAs of 8.5 or higher are awarded University of
Otago Prestige Scholarships.

I trust that this information will be helpful. In case it is useful, please see attached a copy of the
Regulations for University of Otago Prestige Scholarships and University of Otago Scholarships.

Yours sincerely

Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar

Regulations for University of Otago Prestige Scholarships and
University of Otago Scholarships
University of Otago Prestige Scholarships and University of Otago Scholarships are awarded by the
University Council on the basis of high academic achievement, to students completing either the third year of
a specific degree programme (see note 1) or the 300-level Major subject requirement of other degree or
Diploma programmes.
1. University of Otago Prestige Scholarships are awarded to outstanding students and University of Otago
Scholarships are awarded to excellent students.
2. Wherever possible, specified named Scholarships funded by bequest or other special funds, shall be
awarded to qualified students; other eligible students shall be awarded an unspecified University of Otago
Prestige Scholarship or University of Otago Scholarship.
3. To be eligible to receive the remuneration of the Scholarship, a student to who an award has been made,
must be enrolled at the University of Otago, in the following year in a full-time course at 400-level or 500-
level towards a degree or postgraduate diploma in the same discipline for which the award was made.
4. No student may hold more than one University of Otago Prestige Scholarship or University of Otago
Scholarship in any year. Students holding a University of Otago Study Grant for Māori and Pacific Island
Students may also hold a University of Otago Prestige Scholarship or University of Otago Scholarship on
their academic transcript but no emolument will be paid for the University of Otago Prestige Scholarship
or University of Otago Scholarship. A University of Otago Prestige Scholarship or University of Otago
Scholarship is tenable with all other awards, where their regulations so allow.
5. Students may apply in writing to the Manager, Postgraduate Scholarships, Prizes and Awards, for
permission to defer their qualifying enrolment for up to a maximum of two years.
6. The values of the Scholarships are as set down in the current schedule of Scholarships and Prizes.
Note 1.
Bachelors degrees in Applied Science, Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Law, Surveying, Physical Education or
Physiotherapy.
[Current values: Prestige Scholarship $1500; Scholarship $750]
Approved by University Council 10 September 2019
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NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS
AFJ Mickle Scholarship  The scholarship shall be held by a candidate who has passed the
Third Year Examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine
and Bachelor of Surgery and is taking the course for the degree of
Bachelor of Medical Science in Anatomy or in Physiology, or in
Biochemistry.
Angus Ross Prestige
This scholarship may only be held by a student majoring in
Scholarship in History
History.
Anna P Stout
The scholarship may be held only by a woman studying
Scholarship
Economics, Political Studies, History or Consumer and Applied
Sciences.
George Young
The Scholarship may be held only by a candidate of Arts and
Scholarship in Arts
Music and is regarded as the premier scholarship in Arts.
John Waddell Hayward
The Scholarship may be held only by a full-time student in
Scholarships in
Division of Commerce, and is regarded as the premier
Commerce
scholarship in Commerce.
Junior Smeaton
The Scholarship may be held only by a student of Experimental
Scholarship in
Science (Chemistry, Microbiology, Biology).
Experimental Science
Kerry Thorn Memorial
The scholarship is awarded annually by the University Council to
Scholarship in
a student with a high standard of achievement in Philosophy at
Philosophy
300-level who is proceeding to a course of full-time study at 400-
level or 500-level for a degree or postgraduate diploma.
Misses Miller Braemar
The Scholarship may be held only by a student of French.
House School
Scholarship in French
Proudfoot Scholarship
The Scholarship may be held only by a student of Experimental
in Experimental Science  Science (Chemistry, Microbiology, Biology).
Richardson Scholarship
The Scholarship may be held only by a candidate in Arts and
in Arts
Music proceeding to Honours or to higher degree, and who
attended a School in the Otago University District for two years
of which immediately preceding enrolment at the University was
spent at a State Secondary School in the University District.
Scott Memorial
For a student of Education or Political Studies.
Scholarship
Sir George Grey Senior
The Scholarship may be held only by a candidate in the Faculty
Scholarship
of Science and is regarded as the premier scholarship in Science.

T.K. Cowan
The Scholarships may be held only by students of Accounting
Scholarships in
and Finance.
Accounting and Finance
Taieri Scholarship
The Scholarship may be held only by a candidate who has
attended for two years at a school in the areas comprising
Maungatua, Outram, Otokia, East Taieri, North Taieri and
Mosgiel.
Walter Scott
May be held only by a student of English.
Scholarship in English
Women's Scholarship
The Scholarship may be held only by a woman candidate.

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