Waikato students given Prime Minister Scholarships for Asia

28 November 2014

Waikato University students awarded Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia

Seven University of Waikato students and two groups have been selected to study at top education institutions in Asia in the latest round of Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia (PMSA).

Waikato Management School students Mark Kooter will spend four months and Leo Rempe will spend three months on internships with D’nonce Technology in Malaysia. Mathew Remmerswaal is off to China’s Renmin University on a four-month exchange, and Jessica Clark will go to Renmin University in China on a four-month Chinese Business Studies exchange.

Arts students Isaac Niven will go to Shanghai International Studies University for a nine-month Chinese language exchange and Michael Christodolides is heading to Japan’s Kansai University on a four-month Japanese language and culture studies exchange. Science student Jordan Wilson is off on a four-month Japanese language and culture studies exchange to Kansai Gaidai in Japan.

As well as the seven individual scholarships, two group applications have also been granted. A group of 10 from the Faculty of Law will spend six weeks studying Chinese law and language at Shanghai International Studies University in China, and a group of seven from the same faculty will spend six weeks in Indonesia studying Indonesian culture, law and business at Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya.

A total of 160 New Zealand students were awarded the scholarships.

The scholarships cover overseas study, research or internships ranging from six weeks to two years at undergraduate or postgraduate levels at top institutions in China, Japan, Korea, India and ASEAN countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia.

Funding of $9 million over five years was provided in Budget 2013 for the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia as part of the Government’s Internationally Focused Growth Package. In the inaugural PMSA announced in December 2013, three Waikato University students were awarded scholarships.

Applications are now open for the next round of scholarships which close on 30 March 2015.

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