Deakin university scholarships

Updated on: Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Deakin University, Australia, has announced scholarship programmes for Indian undergraduate and postgraduate students. The value of scholarships is approximately Rs 97 million (AUD$ 2 million).

The scholarships are designed to promote collaboration with industry and research opportunities for meritorious students. Deakin University is offering on-campus PhD scholarships valued at Rs 6.9 million (AUD$ 144,000) each, and scholarships through the Deakin India Research Initiative valued at around Rs 4.8 million (AUD$ 100,000) each.

Students who apply for postgraduate scholarships will need to have met minimum requirements in their previous qualification, with research scholarships also taking account of references and face-to-face interviews. The coursework scholarships are determined entirely on merit and face-to-face interviews, with minimum average marks of 60% required at Bachelor’s level to apply for a Master’s programme, and a minimum average attainment of 70% at secondary school leaving standard to apply for an undergraduate programme.

For students enrolling in research programmes, Deakin is offering five on-shore PhD scholarships valued at Rs 6.9 million (AUD$ 140,000) each, for students to study in Australia in 2012, and 10 Deakin India Research Initiative Scholarships valued at Rs 4.8 million (AUD$ 100,000) each, for PhD students who study in India under the Deakin India Research Initiative in 2012.

For Indian students enrolling for on-campus studies at Deakin, scholarships include 10 Deakin International Bursaries valued at Rs 240,000 (AUD$ 5000) each, to study at Deakin in 2011-2012; Deakin University International Scholarship Programme valued at Rs 386,000 (AUD$ 8000) for each student, and Deakin’s General Internationalisation Scholarships valued at Rs 145,000 (AUD$ 3000) each, to study undergraduate and postgraduate programmes on-shore at Deakin University.

(www.deakin.edu.au)

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