Australian Government Scholarships for international students
The Australian Government’s overseas aid program aims to increase access to quality education and training for people in partner countries; mostly developing countries in Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, Caribbean and Latin America. It brings under the one umbrella existing scholarship programs managed by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST).
Australian Development Scholarships (ADS)
The Australia Development Scholarship Awards for developing countries (Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, Caribbean, Latin America) is an initiative of the Australian Government aimed to maximize the benefit of the Australian Government’s extensive scholarship programs, and to support enduring ties between Australia and neighboring African and developing Countries. ADS are available for full-time Postgraduate Diploma or Master Degree studies at Australian universities. Scholarship application Deadline falls between March and May each year depending on the country.
Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Scholarships
The Australian Leadership Award Scholarships (ALA Scholarships) are long term development awards, aimed at addressing priority development areas by enhancing leadership and building partnerships and linkages within developing countries. Up to 200 ALA Scholarships are available on an annual basis for high achieving applicants wishing to undertake postgraduate (Masters or PhD level) study at an Australian higher education institution.
The Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Fellowships
Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Fellowships aim to develop leadership, address priority regional development issues, and builds partnerships and linkages between Australian organizations and partner organizations in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East.
Endeavour Awards
The Endeavour Scholarship Awards is a competitive merit based annual scholarship program offered by Australian Government to provide financial aid opportunities for international students from Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia. 升學中心 The Awards are also available for Australians to undertake study, research and professional development abroad.
Prime Minister’s Pacific-Australia Awards
The Prime Minister’s Pacific-Australia Awards (PMPA Awards) are offered to recipients of long-term development awards (Australian Development Scholarships and Australian Leadership Award Scholarships) from the Pacific, Papua New Guinea and East Timor, who are leaders or potential leaders in their country.
Australian Regional Development Scholarships (ARDS) for Select Developing Countries
Australian Regional Development Scholarships provide opportunities to students from some select developing countries to study at selected education institutions outside Australia. The purpose of the scholarships is for recipients to gain knowledge and skills which will help the development of their home country. Eligible Country for Scholarship Include; Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Additionally, several universities in Australia are international student friendly, offering Scholarship for international students. Some of Australian university scholarships are funded by the institution while others are funded by the Australia government or organizations. An example is the government funded international Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS) in Australian Universities.
Some of the several universities in Australia that offers undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships for international students to study in Australia are:
Macquarie University
University of Adelaide
University of Queensland
University of Technology Sydney
These are few of the many scholarships available to study in Australia for international students. Here is a more comprehensive list of scholarships in Australia for International students offered by organizations, Universities and federal Government.
To be considered for any of the above scholarships, applicants are expected to meet certain requirements and qualifications, such as be student from a developing country, possess high academic performance, leadership qualities etc depending on each scholarship program.