At my university (in NZ), it seems you owned the IP (even if you were on a scholarship awarded by the university itself) unless you were contributing to a unive

At my university (in NZ), it seems you owned the IP (even if you were on a scholarship awarded by the university itself) unless you were contributing to a university- or industry-led project where there was some other agreement covering IP ownership. However the university across the road apparently were more aggressive, taking ownership of a student's IP whenever they take part in a "University Project group" or used significant university resources. Of course, if the IP was jointly created with anyone (e.g. supervisors) employed by the university (pretty likely!), the university would have a fractional ownership share. Edit: corrected & expanded