RMIT University

RMIT Humanitarian Visa Scholarship

Award value: $5000 annually

Level of study: Undergraduate / VET

Closing date: Early October

This scholarship provides financial assistance for permanent humanitarian visa holders who are commencing or continuing study at RMIT in a vocational education or undergraduate program.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must: hold a current Australian Permanent Humanitarian Visa (PHV) and not hold Australian citizenship; be commencing or continuing in a certificate IV, diploma, advanced diploma, associate degree or bachelor degree at RMIT University in Melbourne; be a current refugee; be able to demonstrate circumstance/s which impact your ability to study (e.g., receiving a government tested low income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card, having a long-term medical condition or disability, experiencing personal/family/social difficulties, be from an interstate or rural/regional area and moving/moved to Melbourne to study at RMIT, have previously/are currently living in foster/kinship care or are a ward of the state, be from an under-represented background such as completed secondary school at a School Network Access Program school).