In line with the University's strategic objective of encouraging undergraduate students to proceed to graduate study and to research degrees, the University offers Victoria Graduate Awards to students intending to embark upon an Honours degree or a Masters degree, Part 1.
These awards consist of domestic tuition fees payable for the nominated degree programme up to the value of $5,000. Graduate Awards are awarded solely on the basis of academic merit.
Selection criteria
The intended programme must include at least 90 points of coursework at either 400 or 500 level.
These scholarships are not available for post experience or vocational master's degrees e.g. MBA, MLIS MMIS nor to students intending to embark on the fourth year of a four year undergraduate degree programme e.g. LLB, BTech, BEng.
Post graduate Diploma study will only be considered if it is recognized as Part 1 of a two year Masters course.
Applicants are expected to have achieved at least an A grade average (GPA 8.0) over 72 points at 300-level or above. At least 60 of these points must be in their nominated major or, for a major that requires less than 60 points, the additional points must be in a 300 level subject either in their major or in a related subject.
Scholarship Value:
Tuition fees up to $5,000 only.
Tenure of Award:
One year.
Closing Dates for Applications:
01 November 2016
01 November 2017
Applications close 1 November each year.
01 November 2017
Applications close 1 November each year.
Number of Awards Offered:
Varies.
