New Zealand

[nightwisp]

I've recently applied to Victoria University of Wellington for Biology, has anyone else applied to international schools? Also has anyone looked into how this would be funded?

[soiled]

In Australia/New Zealand, international students are *generally* funded by their supervisor.  In Australia there are full Government-funded scholarship opportunities for International students, but I am not sure about New Zealand - you will have to research it. Try Google

 

Edit; supervisors/Universities from Aus/NZ generally wont expect you to pay for tuition fees or living with your own funds unless you offer to. If you get accepted it will most likely be because a supervisor can afford you.  Alternatively if you are in good contact with a supervisor (before or after acceptance), they will likely tell you which scholarships to apply to.

Edited February 14, 2015 by soiled

[EthanL]

I've started to threads in the IHOG; one specifically for NZ grad students in general and another for Americans going abroad. 
Personally, I applied for a project that I had interest in that was already fully funded; got an interview and was offered the scholarship a bit later. It's a government-funded grant, but it was offered by a specific research group.

Otherwise, check this out. You'll need a strong GPA (3.6/4.0 minimum), but it's a pretty standard source of government funding for internationals in NZ.

https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/for/international-students/is-scholarships-loans-and-funding/is-new-zealand-international-doctoral-research-scholarships.html