The applications for the Australia Awards Scholarships 2025 are now open. The Australia Awards scholarship is a fully financed, distinguished scholarship program for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree programs. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), approximately 1,141 long-term Australia Awards scholarships were granted to persons for the academic year 2024.
Australia is widely known for offering a high number of scholarships to international students. Such as RTP Scholarships, Graduate Research Scholarships, and now AAS. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade sets the application process, requirements, course of study, and study level. Each country will go through a unique process. In this article, we will discuss the criteria, degree programs, participating Australian universities, and eligible countries.
Benefits:
Australia Awards scholarships cover the following costs:
- Full tuition fees.
- Return Air Travel
- Living allowance
- Overseas Student Health Coverage (OSHC)
- Pre-departure and in-country support, including contributions for living expenses.
- Allowance for accommodation, textbooks, and study supplies.
- Fieldwork-related expenses.
Australia Awards Participating Universities for 2025:
This document lists Australian institutions that participate in the Australia Awards scholarship for 2025 intake. check here
- Participating Institutions
- Australian Catholic University
- Aviation Australia
- Bond University
- Box Hill Institute of TAFE
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Canberra Institute of Technology
- Central Queensland University
- Chisholm University of TAFE
- Charles Darwin University
- Charles Sturt University
- Chisholm Institute of TAFE
- Curtin University of Technology
- Deakin University
- Edith Cowan University
- Federation University
- Gold Coast Institute of TAFE
- Flinders University
- Griffith University
- Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
- James Cook University
- Kangan Batman Institute of TAFE
- La Trobe University
- Macquarie University
- Monash University
- Murdoch University
- Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
- Queensland University of Technology
- RMIT University
- Southbank Institute of Technology
- Southern Cross University
- Sunshine Coast Institute of Technology
- Swinburne University of Technology
- TAFE NSW
- TAFE Queensland Brisbane
- TAFE SA
- Tasmanian Polytechnic
- The Australian National University
- The University of Adelaide
- The University of Melbourne
- The University of New England
- The University of New South Wales
- (UNSW)
- The University of Newcastle
- The University of Queensland
- The University of Sydney
- The University of Western Australia
- University of Canberra
- University of South Australia
- University of Southern Queensland
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- University of Tasmania (including the
- Australian Maritime College)
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Wollongong
- Victoria University
- Western Sydney University
- William Angliss Institute of TAFE
ELIGIBILITY:
To qualify for an Australia Awards Scholarship, you must:
- Be a citizen of one of the participating countries.
- Meet the academic criteria for your selected course of study.
- Make a strong commitment to your home country's development.
- Meet the requirements imposed by your country.
- Scholars are required to depart Australia for at least two years after completing their scholarships.
Frequently asked questions"
Please refer to the participating countries page and the Australia Awards Policy Handbook if you would like to find out more about applying for an Australia Awards scholarship.
Deadlines country wise - CHECK YOUR COUNTRY HERE
- What can I study?
- Study programs must relate to your country's priority areas for development. These are listed on the participating country profiles.
- What can't I study?
- Australia Awards are not available for training in areas related to flying aircraft, nuclear technology or military training.
- Where can I study?
- You can study at any participating Australian institution.
- Can I apply for both an Australia Awards Scholarship and a Destination Australia Scholarship?
- You may apply for other scholarships however recipients of Australia Awards Scholarships cannot hold any other Australian government scholarship at the same time.
- Can I apply for an award if I'm intending to migrate or if I have permanent residency?
- No. Australia Awards are not available to intending migrants or those who have Australian permanent residency. Awardees are required to leave Australia for a minimum of two years after completing their scholarship. Failure to do so will result in the awardee incurring a debt for the total accrued cost of their award.
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