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We offer a range of postgraduate scholarships to help you complete your study, reach your full potential, and achieve your career goals. Our top postgraduate scholarships recognise and reward students from a broad range of backgrounds across a number of interest areas. To browse our full range of postgraduate scholarships, use our Find a scholarship tool, and listed here are just a select few.
This scholarship is designed for students who show exceptional promise within and beyond their academic achievements. Strong academic performance and excellence in extracurricular activities, sport, the arts, community service or leadership all hold the key to success.
Value: $10,000 paid per year as cash or towards tuition or a combination
A Deakin Student Support Scholarship can help if you have financial, personal or social barriers to contend with – and we have a few hundred of these scholarships for deserving undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Value: up to $10,000 per year
One of our international scholarships can help transform your future. We offer scholarships that that recognise high academic performance and the potential to make a positive contribution to the University and its community.
Give yourself the best chance at securing a scholarship by ensuring your application is the best it can be. Understand how to apply for a scholarship and discover our top tips for making a strong application.
When applying for a scholarship, you normally need to submit documents to support your application. It's important to submit the right documents with your application before the scholarship closing date.
We offer a range of government and University-funded scholarships available to support you during your candidature. PhD and research degree scholarships can cover tuition fees, overseas student health cover, living allowances paid as stipends and relocation allowances.
The majority of PhD and research degree scholarships are awarded in the annual scholarship round. To be competitive for a research scholarship you'll need to have a H1 grade average or equivalent. To browse the full range of PhD and research degree scholarships, use our Find a scholarship tool.
Deakin HDR scholarships are available to domestic and international students.
The Australian-American Fulbright Commission is a non-profit organisation sponsored by the United States and Australian governments, institutional and business partners and private bequests and endowments.
The commission promotes education and cultural exchange between Australia and the US, in order to enhance mutual understanding and strengthen relations between the two countries.
The NHMRC postgraduate scholarships scheme funds successful applicants to attain a research-based postgraduate degree (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or a Masters degree).
As well as our own scholarships, Deakin students can apply for external scholarships offered by organisations not affiliated with the University.
We reward Deakin alumni by offering a 10% reduction per unit on their enrolment fees in a postgraduate award course (excluding students enrolled in a Commonwealth supported place) at Deakin.
If you're selected to receive a scholarship, your Scholarship Letter of Offer or Scholarship Terms and Conditions will list the applicable eligibility and special conditions.
Some scholarships will make a payment directly to your nominated bank account. This will normally be processed four weeks after census date. If your scholarship covers part or all of your student contributions/tuition fees, payment will be applied directly to your fee account within four weeks after census date.
If you're a part-time student, scholarships are generally taxable and will need to be declared as taxable income. The University may withhold tax if you're studying a part-time load. Visit the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) website for more information on whether or not your scholarship is taxable.
*Australian Graduate Survey 2010–2015, Graduate Outcomes Survey 2016–2021 (GOS), Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT)
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