SIT ACCOMMODATION BURSARIES FOR INVERCARGILL AND QUEENSTOWN

To Qualify:

• You must be eligible to participate in the government's 'Fees Free' initiative 
• You must be undertaking a full-time course of study at SIT's Invercargill or Queenstown campuses
• You must complete and submit the application form to apply. If accepted, you will be entitled to apply for the accommodation bursary offered by SIT, at SIT’s own accommodation units in Invercargill or Queenstown
• SIT reserves the right to start, cease or change criteria or conditions of the accommodation bursary at any stage.

SIT can confirm that eligible students, in addition to getting their first year of tertiary studies for free, will also be able to apply for free shared accommodation at SIT’s apartments in Invercargill or receive subsidised rent rates at our Queenstown accommodation units for the academic year (40 weeks’ maximum). The rent subsidy in Queenstown is $120/week, and students will need to top up the rent by $40/week to be allocated into a twin sharing room.

Eligible students can also opt to apply for a single room and pay the following costs:

Invercargill – top up rent amount is $105/week

Queenstown – top up rent amount is $140/week

If they qualify, a student is entitled to the accommodation bursary, for 1 academic year (40 weeks) once in their ‘student life’ with SIT. 

To Qualify:

• You must be in an eligible programme to participate in the government’s ‘TTAF’ initiative
• You must be undertaking a full-time course of study at SIT's Invercargill or Queenstown campuses
• You must complete and submit the application form to apply. If accepted, you will be entitled to apply for the accommodation bursary offered by SIT, at SIT’s own accommodation units in Invercargill or Queenstown
• SIT reserves the right to start, cease or change criteria or conditions of the accommodation bursary at any stage.

SIT can confirm that eligible students, in addition to getting their tertiary studies under the TTAF initiative for free, will also be able to apply for free shared accommodation at SIT’s apartments in Invercargill or receive subsidised rent rates at our Queenstown accommodation units for the academic year (40 weeks’ maximum). The rent subsidy in Queenstown is $120/week, and students will need to top up the rent by $40/week to be allocated into a twin sharing room.

Eligible students can also opt to apply for a single room and pay the following costs:

Invercargill – top up rent amount is $105/week

Queenstown – top up rent amount is $140/week

If they qualify, a student is entitled to the accommodation bursary, for 1 academic year (40 weeks) once in their ‘student life’ with SIT.