Scholarships

Undergraduate and postgraduate coursework

Academic Excellence Scholarships (AES)

La Trobe’s Academic Excellence Scholarships (AES) are targeted towards high achieving international students from all countries across all of La Trobe’s undergraduate and postgraduate coursework programs.

Who is eligible?

• citizens of countries other than Australia or New Zealand
• commencing international students wanting to undertake undergraduate and postgraduate coursework, full degrees at La Trobe in 2013
• applicants who scored a minimum of 80 per cent or equivalent in their previous degree/award
• students who meet or will meet the University’s academic and English entry requirements at the commencement date of their course (and have received an offer at the time of applying for this scholarship).

Note: applicants need to meet all the criteria above.

Who is not eligible?

• international students wanting to undertake Higher Degree Research, Exchange, Study Abroad, ELICOS and Foundation Studies and Diploma courses
• students with scores lower than 80 per cent or equivalent in their previous degrees/award
• students who have already received the AES scholarship
• continuing La Trobe University students.

How to apply

Applicants are required to have an offer to study in a degree program commencing in 2013 at La Trobe University at the time of applying for this scholarship.

Applicants must complete a scholarship application form  and submit it to La Trobe International via email at intapplication@latrobe.edu.au by the application deadline.

Application deadline for Semester 1, 2013

• AES round one closing date – Friday, 14 December 2012
• AES round two closing date – Friday, 25 January 2013

Tenure

The scholarships are non-renewable tuition fee awards of A$10 000-$20 000 paid across a maximum period of two semesters (or twelve months). Recipients of the scholarship would be required to pay for any difference in fees for their first two semesters, fees for the remainder of their course and also Overseas Student Health Cover. These scholarships are not renewable and do not cover living costs.
Continuation of the scholarship into a second semester (where relevant) is subject to satisfactory progress and continued enrolment in the program of study for which the scholarship was awarded. Maintaining a C grade average is required, and satisfactory progress will be monitored.
For information on other scholarships see latrobe.edu.au/scholarships

Undergraduate regional and Africa scholarships

Regional Student Scholarship (A$5000)

La Trobe University invites international students who completed Year 12 in 2011 at a high school in regional Australia or international students who completed studies at a regional Australian TAFE in 2011, to apply for a scholarship to study an undergraduate degree at one of our regional campuses in Bendigo, Shepparton, Albury-Wodonga or Mildura. These scholarships are awarded as one-off payments and are distributed to students until the quota has been filled.

Africa Region Scholarship (A$2500)

La Trobe University invites international students from Africa to apply for undergraduate scholarships toward undergraduate studies at any of our campuses. These scholarships are awarded as one-off payments and are distributed to students until the quota has been filled.

To apply, students need to meet all the entry requirements and hold an unconditional offer and start an undergraduate degree at La Trobe University in Victoria, Australia in 2013. Please contact your agent to express interest for this scholarship or simply download the scholarship application form and submit to La Trobe International at intapplication@latrobe.edu.au

Undergraduate civil engineering scholarship

This scholarship is available to outstanding international high school graduates (70 per cent or above in year 12 or equivalent). The purpose of this scholarship is to attract students to study a Bachelor of Civil Engineering at La Trobe’s regional campus in Bendigo. It offers the opportunity for students to work in a region that currently faces a skill shortage of civil engineers. The scholarship, worth $20 000 over four years (or $5 000 per year, subject to satisfactory progress) will be offered to all students who meet the entry requirements and accept an offer to study the Bachelor of Civil Engineering at the Bendigo campus starting in Semester 1 (March) 2013. Students applying for this scholarship must meet the following English language requirements:

• IELTS – a minimum overall band score of 6.0 with no individual band less than 6.0, or
• TOEFL – a minimum score of 550 with a score of 5 or better in the test of written English, or
• TOEFL – a minimum score of 233 with a score of 5 in essay writing.

How to apply:

Applicants must complete a scholarship application form and submit it to s.synan@latrobe.edu.au with a copy of their offer letter.

External scholarships for international students

The Australia Awards scheme, funded by the Commonwealth of Australia, offers a range of scholarship opportunities to international students wishing to study in Australia. Further details can be found at www.australiaawards.gov.au. La Trobe hosts students from the two Australia Awards Schemes, the Endeavour Awards and the AusAID Awards:

Endeavour Awards are internationally competitive and merit-based scholarships providing opportunities for citizens of the Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe and the Americas to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia.  Further details regarding Endeavour Awards can be found at www.deewr.gov.au/International/EndeavourAwards.

AusAID Awards provide long and short term study and professional development opportunities to citizens from developing countries around the globe, and are linked to Australia’s aid programs in partner countries. Further details regarding AusAID Awards can be found at www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar.

For more information visit: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/international/fees/scholarships/coursework