Deakin Residential Scholarships

Deakin Residential Services is an inclusive, supportive and friendly place to live during your studies. Students can enjoy the vibrancy and diversity of our residential community while taking advantage of our fantastic facilities. These scholarships are offered to ensure that our on-campus accommodation is accessible to a wide range of people, and we encourage you to apply if you meet the criteria below.

These scholarships are offered for shared accommodation in Burwood, Waterfront and Waurn Ponds Campuses only. Students interested in scholarships for Warrnambool should refer to the Deakin Warrnambool Residential Scholarships.

Benefits

This scholarship offers payments up to $12,000 towards accommodation costs with Deakin Residences over one year.

Conditions

The following conditions apply:

• this scholarship is not transferrable to other campuses
• you must remain enrolled in on campus studies
• this scholarship only applies to accommodation costs with Deakin Residences
• scholarship recipients must agree to and abide by all rules set out in our Residential Handbook, and must maintain a full-- time course load for the duration of the scholarship
• these scholarships are offered for Burwood, Waterfront and Waurn Ponds Campus only. Students interested in - scholarships for Warrnambool should refer to the Deakin Warrnambool Residential Scholarships
• If you receive an accommodation offer and wish to secure your accommodation regardless of the scholarship outcome, you will need to pay a deposit which will later be refunded if you receive a scholarship
• if you do not wish to pay a deposit, you may cancel or decline your accommodation offer and re-apply if you are successful in securing a scholarship, however please note that this will be subject to availability and may mean that you do not receive your first preference of accommodation type
• if you pay the deposit, are not successful in securing a scholarship and find you no longer want to live on Residences, cancellation and refund of this deposit will be considered at the discretion of Deakin Residential Services.

Prospective candidates should ensure they meet all criteria before submitting their application.

To be eligible you must:

• be enrolled in a Commonwealth supported place

• not already hold a bachelor degree

• have applied for a place in on-campus accommodation* at Burwood, Waterfront or Waurn Ponds

• be able to demonstrate one of the following:

• be from a low SES** background

• be from a regional or remote area as defined by the Australian Statistical Geography Standard – Remoteness Area (ASGS-RA)

• be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person.

• You will need to submit a specific residential application in addition to a scholarship application. It's free to apply or cancel your application at anytime until a deposit is made. To apply visit Deakin Residential Services.

• Have a home addresses in the lowest quartile of the SEIFA Education and Occupation Index.

Preference will be given to students from a low SES background who would not be able to attend university unless they can access on-campus accommodation.