Melbourne Humanitarian Access Scholarship in Australia 2020

The University of Melbourne welcomes applications for the Melbourne Humanitarian Access Scholarship award for undergraduate education in 2020/2021 academic session.

We come from various places – from the inward cities to the Kimberley, and from more than 140 different nations – to make Melbourne home. We possess various passions and goals. Some of us want to see further than the stars; some of us are working to preserve what’s valuable here on Earth. Some of us are motivated to create new worlds in art or to sculpt a path in sport. The one thing we all possess in common is a desire for changing what’s possible, and we are aware that we can only do that together.

That is the reason the University of Melbourne community provides a huge range of scholarship awards. 

The Melbourne Humanitarian Access Scholarship award is dependent on the Coursework Scholarships Terms and Conditions. Furthermore, you have to be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at the University of Melbourne as a foreign student. If you are awarded an Australian permanent visa, the scholarship award will stop. The scholarship award can be deferred to the subsequent year if there are sympathetic or compelling situations that prevent you from starting your program in the year for which the scholarship award was granted.

Worth of Award

• a living stipend of $5,000 each year (paid in two parts in April and September) for up to the standard full-time length of your program.
• a full fee discount for the normal full-time length of your degree program

Eligibility for Melbourne Humanitarian Access Scholarship

The Melbourne Humanitarian Access Scholarship award is obtainable to talented undergraduate or graduate candidates who have submitted application for asylum in Australia.

To be qualified for this scholarship award, you are required to:

Undergraduate applicants

• have submitted application for or be the bearer of an Australian temporary protection (or asylum) visa
• have finished Australian Year 12 or International Baccalaureate in Australia
• have submitted application for a University of Melbourne undergraduate program through VTAC for start in the year following conclusion of Australian Year 12 or International Baccalaureate
• fulfill the course requirements and have attained at least the minimum ATAR score for the University of Melbourne program
• not have taken on any tertiary education (not including extension studies done as part of a Year 12 program).

Graduate applicants

• have submitted application for or be the bearer of an Australian temporary protection (or asylum) visa
• have submitted application for a University of Melbourne graduate degree by coursework program
• fulfill the program requirements and have attained at least the minimum entry score for the University of Melbourne program

Selection criteria

The Melbourne Humanitarian Access Scholarship award is granted to the candidates with the highest entry score, where there are more students than scholarship awards obtainable or more than one applicant with a preference for the same degree program.

Conditions

This scholarship award is bound by the Coursework Scholarships Terms and Conditions. Furthermore, you have to be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at the University of Melbourne as a foreign candidate. If you are given an Australian permanent visa, the scholarship award will stop. You may be given consideration for a Commonwealth Support Place (CSP) subject to obtainability. See: Granted Permanent Residency. The scholarship award can be deferred to the subsequent year if there are empathetic or convincing circumstances that prevent you from starting your program in the year for which the scholarship award was granted.

How to Apply for Melbourne Humanitarian Access Scholarship

You are required to submit an online application form by the deadline. As part of the application you will be required to attach proof of your present visa status and present a brief statement on how the scholarship award will be of advantage to you.

Application Deadline

Applications are accessible until November 30, 2020. This is the last day on which applications will be received. Though conditions differ, the school recommends submission by 5pm AEST to avoid regret.

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