What's next for our refugee students?

For talented and motivated refugee students, a scholarship can mean the difference between attending university and reaching their full potential or missing the opportunity completely.

Funded entirely through donations, the University of Auckland’s Refugee Scholarships Drive makes a real and tangible difference to the lives of our refugee students.

Scholarships provide recipients with $5,000 of financial assistance, which can be used to purchase textbooks, help cover fees, and enable access to the resources they need to navigate university life.

The University of Auckland’s Refugee Scholarship Drive is funded by voluntary donations. It is the generosity of people like you that ensures these important scholarships can continue to transform the lives of people in our refugee communities.

By supporting the Refugee Scholarships Drive, you are helping give these talented students the resources they need to flourish and achieve the future they deserve.

Across the world, 82.4 million people have been forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict or human rights violations.

Students from these backgrounds have often lived lives of fear, danger and uncertainty.  

For these people, resettling in New Zealand gives them safety, but not an end to their struggles.

Starting life anew means overcoming challenges with language barriers, a lack of support networks, and adjusting to a completely new culture and way of life.

On top of this, many people have to work two or more jobs in order to earn enough money to survive. It means the additional cost of a university education is simply out of the question.

And when these talented and motivated individuals cannot contribute to their fullest potential, our society as a whole suffers.

Please contribute to a welcoming society, thriving through education.