Macquarie University Refugee Scholarship
Macquarie University
Macquarie University recognises the particular financial and other support needs of students from a refugee background. To complement the University's Refugee Mentoring Program, which aims to raise aspirations towards tertiary study among refugee children, 2 scholarships will be offered each year to students from refugee backgrounds.
Eligibility
Applicants must: be enrolled in full-time internal study at Macquarie University; demonstrate financial need; have arrived in Australia with a Commonwealth humanitarian visa or be Australian citizens from a refugee background; demonstrate the capacity to triumph over hardship (e.g. financial disadvantage, sole parent or carer responsibilities, non-English speaking or Indigenous background, effects of trauma and/or abuse, long-term medical condition or disability, coming from rural or remote area); and not have previously undertaken university studies.
Further details
Apply via UAC: applications for main round offers close early January.
| Amount | $5,512 The scholarship is valued at $5,267 (indexed annually) per year for up to 4 years. Eligibility will be reassessed prior to each payment. |
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| Closing date | Early January |
| Frequency | Multiple/year |
| Duration | years |
| Student type | Australian |
| For Australian students | |
| For international students | |
| Level of study | Undergraduate / VET |
| Field of studys | Accounting Agriculture Architecture Psychology Built environment Business and management Communications Computing and information technology Creative arts Dentistry Economics Education and training Engineering and technology Environmental studies Tourism and hospitality Health services and support Humanities and social sciences Languages Law Para-legal studies Mathematics Medicine Nursing Pharmacy Rehabilitation Sciences Social work Sport and leisure Surveying Veterinary science |
