UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS: CRITERIA AND SELECTION PROCESS

Regulations The Regulations for these Scholarships may be downloaded from www.canterbury.ac.nz/scholarships.

Selection Process 1. University of Canterbury Doctoral Scholarships are allocated based on a Scholarship Score, calculated as detailed below. a. Applicants with the highest scholarship scores will be awarded the limited number of scholarships available in each application round. b. The International Doctoral Scholarships will be awarded to those International applicants (who must not be NZ or Australian citizens or permanent residents) with the highest scholarship scores. c. The Canterbury Doctoral Scholarships will be awarded to those domestic applicants (who must be NZ or Australian citizens or permanent residents) with the highest scholarship scores.

2. Those applications that are supported by the relevant Department/School are referred to the appropriate Faculty where the applications are considered and ranked. 3. The applications, ranked by the Faculties, are forwarded to the Scholarships Committee, a subcommittee of the Postgraduate Committee, which decides on the award of the scholarships. 4. Decisions of the Scholarships Committee are subject to the right of appeal on the basis of process only, for example if it can be shown that there were errors in the students academic record or errors of process. 5. There are a number of reserved scholarships available for students from the Faculties of Commerce, Creative Arts, Law and Education. For these scholarships additional strategic factors may be taken into consideration and Faculties are asked to rank students to be considered for these reserved scholarships. Further details can be obtained from the Scholarships Office or the Faculties concerned.

Criteria for the Award of Scholarships 1. UC Doctoral Scholarships are awarded on the basis of a Scholarship Score. 2. There are two components that contribute to the Scholarship Score the Scholarship GPA and the Department/School Ratings, as detailed below.

Calculating the Scholarship GPA 1. The Scholarship GPA is calculated as follows: Scholarship GPA = (.7 x A) + (.3 x B) where A = (70%) work at the highest level of study and B = (30%) work at the second-highest level of study. 2. If the qualifying degree is a Bachelors degree, or a Masters degree without thesis, the calculation will be on the basis of performance of the highest level of coursework (A) and the second highest level of coursework (B). 3. If the qualifying degree is a Masters degree with thesis, the calculation will be on the basis of performance in the highest level of coursework (B) and the thesis (A). If no grade is awarded for the Masters thesis then the GPA will be calculated as in 2 above. If an applicant already has a PhD no Scholarship GPA will be calculated and only the Department/School rating (see below) will be considered. If an applicant has not completed any tertiary qualifications no GPA will be calculated and only the Department/School rating (see below) will be considered.

4. Provisional grades will not be taken into account.

Notes: a. Under both (2) and (3) the highest and second-highest levels may refer to different degrees.

b. Despite anything in (1) and (2) above, performance in earlier years may be deemed to be relevant to the Scholarships Committee where it is necessary to distinguish between candidates whose grades are otherwise identical. c. A minimum Scholarship GPA of 7 is required for an applicant to be eligible a UC Doctoral Scholarship

The University of Canterbury GPA system is defined as below: Grade A+ A AB+ B BC+ C CD E R GPA 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 -1 1 Marks 90 - 100 85 - 89 80 - 84 75 - 79 70 - 74 65 - 69 60 - 64 55 - 59 50 - 54 40 - 49 0 - 39 Restricted Pass

For students whose qualifying degree is not from the University of Canterbury, the Scholarships Office will calculate a UC-equivalent Scholarship GPA. The Scholarships Office uses the following factors in determining the equation to be used in making the conversion to best match the UC system: Whether the awarding institution uses a fine-grained marking system (e.g., A+, A, A-, B+, B...), a coarsegrained marking system (e.g., A, B, C), or an unconverted percentage system What the maximum and minimum passing marks are

The Department/School Rating 1. For each applicant the host Department/School is asked to indicate whether they support the application or not. 2. For those applications who are supported, the Department/School is asked to rate the applicant on a 5-point scale, with 5 being the highest rating. 3. In making its rating the Department/School is asked to consider factors apart from GPA, such as the quality of the submitted research proposal, prizes and awards received, publications, relevant experience, quality of academic institutions attended, and fit with the departments research capabilities and directions. 4. Departments/Schools are permitted to allocate ratings of 4 or 5 to no more than 50% of the scholarship applicants from their Department/School in each scholarship application round. Calculating the Scholarship Score The Scholarship Score is calculated as follows: Scholarship Score = (.7 x A) + (.3 x B) where A = Standard GPA and B = Rating of Academic Merit