Who is eligible for a offshore scholarships?
Academic excellence
For the highest-achieving students.
Excellence and equity
Helping high achievers succeed despite disadvantage.
Equity
If you’ve experienced some form of disadvantage you might be eligible for a scholarship with us.
Equity definitions
We want to help you make the most of your talent. We recognise that given the opportunity you may have the ability to succeed at college / university.
You may need to provide supporting documentation (see below) to substantiate your claim.
Financial disadvantage
To be eligible under this category, you must be either:
- receiving a current payment and/or benefit from Government / Non Government organisations or
- experiencing exceptional financial disadvantage but not receiving any payments or benefits.
Global Refugees
For students who identify as an international refugees
Recent refugee
For students that have had to leave or abandon their native country due to persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, personal associations, or political opinion.
Difficult circumstances
This category applies if you have experienced difficult circumstances that have affected your ability to study. This may include:
- abusive family environment
- carer responsibilities (e.g. ill children, parent, siblings)
- chronic medical condition of a dependent child
- death of a parent/guardian/close relative
- death of a teacher/classmate/friend
- homelessness
- major illness of parent/guardian/close relative
- multiple relocations/moving house
- natural disaster (e.g. bushfire, flood)
- parent’s separation/divorce
- relationship breakdown with significant other
- victim of crime.
Regional and remote areas
This category applies if you live or have lived in a regional and remote area of Australia as determined by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Areas Locator.
Disability or long-term medical condition
This category applies if you have a disability or medical condition that has affected your ability to study. This may include chronic pain, major illness, drug addiction, learning disabilities and mental illness, eating disorder, glandular fever, chronic fatigue syndrome or vision or hearing impairments.
Supporting documentation
Financial disadvantage
Your application must include the following:
A confidential statement of support form downloaded and completed as detailed in the form by a relevant responsible person, unrelated to you, who can verify your circumstance/s.
Recent refugee
Your application must include the following:
- A description of your circumstances and living conditions prior to leaving your country
- Details of your education completed prior to arriving in Australia and any education you have completed in Australia
- Details of your travel method and route to Australia (specifically how long it took between leaving your country and arriving in Australia).
Difficult circumstances
Your application must include the following:
- A statement describing the nature of your difficult circumstances and the effect this has had on your educational performance – this will provide the assessor the information they need to understand the effect of the disadvantage.
- A confidential statement of support form downloaded and completed as detailed in the form by a relevant responsible person, unrelated to you, who can verify your circumstance/s.
Regional and remote areas
This category applies if you live or have lived in a regional and remote area of Australia as determined by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remotness Areas Locator.
Disability or long-term medical condition
You must provide the following with your application:
- An impact statement describing your disability or medical condition and demonstrating the effect on your educational performance. This statement provides the person assessing your application the information they need to understand the effect of the disadvantage.
- You must also submit a confidential statement of support form completed by a relevant health care professional (unrelated to you) who is currently treating you and can verify your circumstance/s.
Download Flyer