La Trobe Humanitarian Scholarship, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Last Date:03/12/2023.

Amount

100% of tuition fees and $5000 per annum cost-of-living bursary

Opening date

19/10/2023

Closing date

03/12/2023

Status

Open

Who is it for?

Future undergraduates, 1st year undergraduates, Humanitarian Visa, Permanent Resident

Where is it available?

Sydney Campus, Albury-Wodonga Campus, Bendigo Campus, City Campus, Melbourne Campus, Mildura Campus, Shepparton Campus

Background

La Trobe University recognises the important contribution that people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds make to the Australian community.

As such, we are pleased to offer two specific scholarships in 2024.

These are for applicants who are asylum seekers or refugees holding a TPV, BV(E) and (A) or SHEV.

The scholarships are for undergraduate studies and will cover all tuition costs and include a AUD $5000 annual cost-of-living bursary for the normal duration of the degree.

Are you eligible to apply?

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, applicants must:

Be residing in Australia
Be deemed as a person seeking asylum or a refugee holding either one of the following:

Temporary Protection Visa (TPV) (V785)
Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (SHEV) (V790)
Bridging Visa E (BVE) (050 or 051)
Bridging Visa A (010)
Temporary Humanitarian Concern (786)
Temporary Humanitarian Stay Visa (449)

Be intending to enrol and commence studies in Semester 1 2024 as a full-time student in an undergraduate degree offered by La Trobe University (Open Universities Australia, third-party provider and online courses excluded).

Recipients of the scholarship shall be selected by the University based on their:

•Completion and submission of the online application form;

•Experience of disadvantage, as deemed by the University;

•Demonstrated commitment to study;

•Academic merit and English language proficiency may be considered as part of the selection criteria.

All eligible applicants will be contacted approximately 1-2 weeks after the closing date of this scholarship. Selected scholarship applicants will then be invited to complete a full course application.