Scholarships for International Students
- AusAID
- Australian Government Scholarships
- International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS)
- Australian Leadership Awards
- Endeavour Student Exchange Scolarships
AusAID
Charles Darwin University provides undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses for AusAID Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) students and for Australian Partnerships Scholarship Students (APS). Please note APS scholarships are exclusive to Indonesian students.
ADS and APS students enjoy the support services offered to all international students, plus:
- Support from the university’s designated AusAID Officer
- A special Introductory Academic Program (IAP)
- Additional tuition support as recommended by academic staff
For further information and how to apply for an ADS scholarship, please visit the following website: www.ausaid.gov.au or email: infoausaid@ausaid.gov.au.
For further information and how to apply for an APS scholarship, please visit the following website: www.apsprogram.or.id.
Australian Government Scholarships
For information about scholarships, fellowships, awards and other sources of funding for study and/or research available through the Department of Education Science and Training (DEST), please visit the following website: www.dest.gov.au/highered/scholarships.htm.
International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS)
The IPRS program enables outstanding international students to undertake a research Masters or a PhD in areas of research strength at Australian universities and gain experience with leading Australian researchers. Funded by DEST, the IPRS provides tuition fees and compulsory overseas student health cover (OSHC) for scholarship holders and health cover for dependents. Scholarships are open to all international students and are available for a period of two years for a research Masters and three years for a PhD, with a possible extension where academic circumstances merit.
Applications for IPRS at Charles Darwin University close on 30 September each year. Applicants must complete the CDU International Application for Research Studies and submit it together with all the required documentation and a research proposal to arrive in the CDU International Office NO LATER THAN 30 SEPTEMBER for admission in the following year. There is no separate scholarship application form.
NOTE: The IPRS awards are extremely competitive. In 2006 just 2 IPRS were available from approximately 40 applicants.
Australian Leadership Awards
CDU participates in the Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) to provide high quality masters and doctorate degree programs to current and future leaders from the Asia Pacific region. ALA scholarships cover tuition costs and a living allowance and are allocated on a competitive basis. Applications for the scholarship close on the 31 July for study in the following year. Students must have a conditional offer of a place at CDU before applying for the scholarship.
For further information about the ALA scholarship and the application process, please visit the following website: www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar
Endeavour Student Exchange Scholarships
The Endeavour Student Exchange Program is part of the Australian Government’s Australian Scholarships. Under the Program, the Government provides funding to Australian higher education institutions to:
- set up and monitor student exchanges with counterpart higher education institutions in eligible countries in the Asia-Pacific region; and
- support the participation of both outgoing Australian undergraduate Bachelor degree exchange students and incoming undergraduate Bachelor degree exchange students in these exchanges.
CDU has been awarded scholarships of $5,000 each for undergraduate students’ participation in eligible student exchanges. These scholarships are available from semester 1 2008, through to semester 2 /2009 for students who successfully apply for exchange placement, for exchange with partner universities in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and where the scholarships are available. For details on the incoming and outgoing exchange application process please see visit exchange program.
For further details please contact Therese Fitzgerald in the CDU International Office:
Orange Building 1.2.16
E: therese.fitzgerald@cdu.edu.au
T: +61 8 8946 6048
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