2023 International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship

The International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship is offered to international students from selected countries who can demonstrate a high level of academic achievement in their previous studies. The scholarship offers a 20 percent reduction in your tuition fees for the duration of your course at ECU. The scholarships are open to future international students seeking to enrol at Edith Cowan University in a bachelor degree. This scholarship has limited places available.

At a glance:

• Applicants must be an international student who receives an offer, or a conditional offer, to study a course at ECU in November 2022 or in Semester One or Two, 2023;
• ECU strives to give high achieving students around the world the opportunity to pursue their ambitions and gain a world-class education. High achieving students from Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Mali, Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen and Zambia are eligible for the International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship are eligible for the International Undergraduate Merit Scholarship;
• Applicants are able to package with ELICOS;
• Open to prospective international students (not current students, excluding those receiving the Welcome to ECU online Scholarship); and
• Scholarship recipients will receive financial assistance amounting to a 20% reduction of their tuition fees for the duration of their ECU course.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be a citizen of one of the countries identified above;
• be an international student (not an Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, or New Zealand Citizen);
• study onshore at ECU Joondalup, ECU Mount Lawley or ECU South West (Bunbury) Campus;
• not be in receipt of a government scholarship or industry sponsorship;
• between 13 June 2022 and 5 August 2023, be issued an offer to study an undergraduate degree;
• meet ECU’s higher entry requirements (review secondary school results in the country you completed your secondary study) and;
• meet ECU’s entry requirements for the course and commence study onshore at ECU, Western Australia in November 2022 (Summer School), or in Semester One or Two, 2023; and
• study in an eligible undergraduate degree (excluding Bachelor of Science (Nursing) C33; Bachelor of Science (Nursing)/Bachelor of Science (Midwifery) (Y76) and Bachelor of Science (Paramedical) K89); Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Studies) Y42; Bachelor of Education (Primary) Y41; Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Y68, Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) G44, Bachelor of Arts (Dance) G48, Bachelor of Music Honours K35, Bachelor of Music L66, Bachelor of Music W76, Bachelor of Performing Arts Honours W92, Bachelor of Arts (Arts Management) Y20, Bachelor of Arts (Acting) Y93, Bachelor of Performing Arts Y97, Bachelor of Science (Cybercrime, Security and Intelligence) W87, Bachelor of Counter Terrorism Security and Intelligence Y14, Bachelor of Arts Honours C34).