RMIT Study Support Scholarship

For students who can demonstrate circumstances impacting their education; worth up to $3,000.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, an Australian permanent resident or a permanent humanitarian visa holder

• be enrolling in semester 1 2023 in a certificate IV, diploma, degree or postgraduate by coursework program at RMIT

• be enrolling in a program with a duration of at least one semester

• be able to demonstrate circumstance/s which impact your ability to study such as:

• receiving a government tested low income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card

• having a long-term medical condition or disability

• experiencing personal/family/social difficulties

• be from an interstate or rural/regional area and moving/moved to Melbourne to study at RMIT

• have previously/are currently living in foster/kinship care or are a ward of the state

• be from an under-represented background such as

• were born overseas, are from a non-English background and recently migrated to Australia

• current or former refugee

• completed secondary school at a School Network Access Program school

• not have previously completed the same level of program or higher, e.g. if you plan to study a Bachelor of Architectural - Design, you should not have previously completed another Bachelor degree If you are a certificate IV or diploma student you must also:

• have a government-subsidised place

• not be enrolled in an apprenticeship or traineeship program.

If you are a degree or honours student you must:

• have a Commonwealth-supported place

Note: if you have already been enrolled at RMIT for the minimum number of credit points or years to graduate (standard full-time duration) you are ineligible to apply for this scholarship.