Scholarships and awards

Our department sponsors a range of prizes for students studying history across a variety of fields at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Prizes vary by level and field of study and are awarded at the end of each academic year.

First in course awards
First in Course Awards were established in 2010 by the University of Auckland Council. The main purpose of these Awards is to recognise the student(s) who obtained the highest overall mark in a taught course.

Regulations

• The Awards will be known as the “First in Course” Awards.
• The Award will be recorded on the recipients’ official academic transcript.
• The Awards will be allocated at the end of each semester to the student(s) whose academic performance identifies them as having achieved the highest final marks in a particular taught course. Recipients must have achieved a minimum final grade of A-.
• In the event that two or more students obtain a final percentage mark that is within a margin of +/- 0.5%, this award will be shared.
• Recipients of the Awards will be endorsed by The University of Auckland Council upon the recommendation of the relevant Dean of Faculty or their nominee.
• The University of Auckland Council has the power to amend or vary these regulations provided that there is no departure from the main purpose of these Awards.

Note:

• Directed reading and individual study courses, as defined by Faculties, are excluded from consideration for these awards.
• Winners will be notified by the Scholarships Office.

Asian History Award
Awarded to the student in the current year who has demonstrated ‘the highest level of commitment to the study of Asian History’.

Haydon Prize
Awarded to the student who does the best work in a nominated course on British Imperial and Commonwealth History. Nominations from any stage.

Senior Scholarship
Awarded to the top student in Stage III in History. The student must have an A- average in three courses, or get A- in two if only two taken.

Nicholas Tarling Award in History
Awarded to the best student taking history courses at either Stage II or Stage III with a focus on Asia.

Tony Cotton Prize (undergraduate)
Awarded to an undergraduate studying British history, preferably of the seventeenth century.

Tony Cotton Prize (graduate)
Awarded to a graduate student researching on British history, preferably of the seventeenth century.

Thomas Jefferson Prize in United States History
This award, funded by the United States Department of State, will honour a senior student majoring in History who has demonstrated the best overall academic performance in and highest level of commitment to United States history.

Theodore Roosevelt Honours Award in United States History
This award, funded by Steve and Susan West, will recognize an Honours student majoring in History who has displayed the best overall academic performance in, and commitment to, United States history, ideally through researching and writing an Honours dissertation in the field.

There are also a range of scholarships and prizes available for students at The University of Auckland depending on your background, your level of study and your interests. Scholarships are available for the following:

• Scholarships for NZ citizens and residents
• Scholarships specific to ethnicity, gender, or disability
• Scholarships for international students
• Scholarships for NZ students to undertake study overseas.

For more information on a particular scholarship, including application forms and instructions, please contact the Scholarships Office.

The University of Auckland Scholarships Office
Room 012, Ground Floor
The ClockTower
22 Princes Street
City Campus

Telephone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 87494
Email: scholarships@auckland.ac.nz
Scholarships website

You may also find scholarship information from the following sources:

• The New Zealand Vice Chancellors' Committee
• The 'Breakout' Scholarships database