Melbourne Graduate Scholarship

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Melbourne Graduate Scholarship at the University of Melbourne is a financial aid provided to the international students for their graduate study. The scholarship program is applicable to the Melbourne masters level program in Engineering, Education, Design, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, and Public Administration.

Melbourne Graduate Scholarship recipients will receive a 25%-100% tuition fee waiver.
Of all the programs, students pursuing a Master of Teaching need to submit a separate scholarship application.
Shortlisting and selections will be majorly based on academic merit.

The number of Melbourne Graduate Scholarships vary for different faculties at the University of Melbourne. For example, The Melbourne School of Design offers 4 scholarships, whereas, Melbourne Graduate School of Education offers only 1 scholarship.

Highlights

Scholarship Type	College-Specific, Merit-Based
Offered by	Institution
Organization	N/A
Application Deadline	Oct 31 ,2024
Number of Scholarships	600
Amount	₹1,139,535 ($13,500)
Renewability	No
International Student Eligible	Yes
Scholarship Website Link	https://scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/melbourne-graduate-scholarship#full-benefit-details

Eligibility Criteria

Melbourne Graduate Scholarship demands applicants to fulfill the subsequent eligibility requirements:

Citizenship: International student; not a citizen or permanent of Australia or New Zealand.
Applied for an eligible Masters’s degree program at the University of Melbourne.
Not in receipt for any other scholarship or tuition fee remission which, in addition to Melbourne Graduate Scholarship, becomes more than 100% of the total tuition fees.

Eligible Melbourne Graduate Programs

All PG coursework degree programs offered by the Melbourne School of Design, Melbourne Business School, and Melbourne School of Engineering.
Melbourne Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences: Executive Master of Arts, Master of Translation, and Master of International Journalism.
Melbourne School of Government: Graduate Certificate of Public Administration.
Melbourne Law School: Melbourne Law Masters

Application Process

Only those students who are enrolled in the Melbourne Master of Teaching need to submit an online Melbourne Graduate Scholarship application. No other master’s program requires applicants to submit an online scholarship application.

NOTE:This scholarship is not available for 2023.

Selection Process

Applications of Melbourne Graduate Scholarship are evaluated and analyzed by the university. The eligible candidates are then shortlisted based on academic merit. The Melbourne Graduate Scholarship recipients are selected from that list.

Factors Affecting the Scholarship Selection Decision

The recipients of the Melbourne Graduate Scholarship are selected on the basis of factors like,

Academic Excellence
Financial Need
Past Achievements & Experience
English language proficiency

Since it is a highly competitive scholarship, therefore only the best candidates are given the award each year.

Grant Details

Melbourne Graduate Scholarship is offered to international students pursuing a masters level program at the University of Melbourne in the following academic areas:

Architecture, building, and planning;
Commerce, economics, and management;
Engineering; Historical, philosophical, political and social studies;
Language, literature and cultural studies;
Law, legal studies and criminology;
Sciences and mathematics

However, it is significant for each scholarship applicant to secure admission at the University of Melbourne.

The number of scholarships varies from program to program. Applicants of all eligible faculties, except education, are not required to submit any additional scholarship application form.

While the selection of Melbourne Graduate Scholarship recipients is primarily based on academic merit, other factors like chosen of program, financial need, etc are taken into consideration.

The table below provides all the significant details regarding Melbourne Graduate Scholarship.

Study-Level	Postgraduate
Eligible Candidates	International students, studying at PG course in at the University of Melbourne
Number of Scholarship	Not available
Study-Length	Vary with the program( PG)
Scholarship Award	25 to 100% of the fees
Award Distributed	Annually

Recipients must note that their Melbourne Graduate Scholarship will be treated as canceled if a student withdraws from the program before completion, and in this case, a need to repay any scholarship previously awarded by the University.

Apart from this, the University of Melbourne offers scholarships like the Melbourne Research Scholarship, designed for research students.