About this scholarship

The Executive Dean’s International Scholarship rewards commencing undergraduate and postgraduate international students who have demonstrated outstanding academic merit in prior studies. 

Scholarship type

Merit

Value

This scholarship provides a reduction in course fees per semester for the minimum CRICOS registered duration of the course, as follows:

Student type

Future and Commencing Students

Eligibility

This scholarship is open to applicants who will meet all of the following criteria:

• Citizenship: international students who are nationals of Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
• Faculties: Education and Arts, Law and Business, Health Science
• Course: 
  • Faculty of Education and Arts: All Arts Diploma, Bachelor except Honours courses, and Masters 
  • Faculty of Education and Arts: All Education/Teaching Diploma, Bachelor except Honours courses, and Masters 
  • Faculty of Law and Business: Bachelor except Honours courses, and Masters
  • Faculty of Health Science: Bachelor except Honours courses, and Masters except excluded courses:
    • Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
    • Bachelor of Physiotherapy
    • Bachelor of Speech Pathology
    • Master of Dietetic Practice
    • Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology
    • All Postgraduate Psychology programs
• Campus: any Australian campus, except online 
• Achieved results equivalent to a GPA of 5.5 on the ACU 7-point scale in the most recent program of study
• Must not be attending ACU as a Study Abroad or Exchange student
• Recipients are not eligible to receive this scholarship in conjunction with the ACU Flourishing Lives Scholarship or the ACU International Launch Scholarship. Successful applicants of more than one of these scholarships will be offered the scholarship of greater value.

Application process

Applicants will be automatically considered for this scholarship as part of their application process to study at ACU. 

As part of the application process, applicants will be required to provide evidence of academic merit, showing achievement equivalent to a GPA 5.5 on the ACU 7-point scale across their most recent program of study. Academic records must include original language documents, translations, where applicable, and official explanation of grading system.

Selection criteria

Applications are assessed based on academic merit.

Selection process

Recipients will be selected by Global and Education Pathways, ACU.

Ongoing requirements

To remain eligible for this scholarship, recipients are required to maintain the following each semester for the duration of the scholarship:

• Remain enrolled in the same course under which the scholarship was received
• Must pay required tuition fees by relevant due dates
• Must agree to act as student ambassadors for ACU and support promotional activities.

Note:

• Scholarship recipients will remain eligible up to the minimum CRICOS registered duration of their course.