Scholarships at Murdoch University

Undergraduate,Postgraduate

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must: 

• be a recipient of the International Welcome Scholarship 
• ​commence at one of our Western Australian campuses in a 2020 – 2024 intake 
• be enrolled in a Murdoch coursework degree (this is a bachelor, graduate certificate, graduate diploma or masters by coursework degree) 
• be enrolled in a full time study load (24 credit points) for the assessed year of study
• achieve a minimum academic result of 3.0 GPA for that assessed year of study 
• not be subject to any of these exclusions​

You do not need to apply for this scholarship. It is automatically awarded to students who meet all the eligibility criteria.
 

AUD $1,000 payment will be deducted directly from the tuition fee of the subsequent semester following the assessed Year of Study. There is no financial payout of the Scholarship nor is it refundable.

Postgraduate

To apply for this scholarship you must:​

• demonstrate an independent commitment to biological or environmentally related concerns
• be enrolled, or eligible to enrol:
• full time, unless the selection body is satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances which preclude full-time enrolment
• in an honours or master’s by coursework and dissertation degree offered in the School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
• ​in the research development and/or research project unit for the applicable course.

All applications must be submitted directly through the University of Western Australia's webpage. 

AUD $5,000

Undergraduate,Postgraduate

You could be eligible if you meet all of the following requirements:

• you are an international, full fee-paying student
• you are starting studies at one of Murdoch's Western Australian campuses in 2020 – 2024 intakes;
• you are starting studies in a Murdoch coursework degree (this is a bachelor, graduate certificate, graduate diploma or masters-by-coursework degree) 
• you are not receiving any other Murdoch scholarship

Eligible courses

• all bachelor degrees available to international students and delivered at one of Murdoch's Western Australian campus'
• ​all graduate certificate, graduate diploma and masters by coursework degrees available to international students and delivered at one of Murdoch's Western Australian campus'.

You do not need to apply for this scholarship as it is automatically awarded to students who meet all the eligibility criteria. ​
 

The maximum value of each scholarship is AUD $12,000 for Business and Nursing degrees and AUD $11,000 for all other degrees.

Undergraduate,Postgraduate

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an international, full fee-paying student residing in Australia at the time of application 
• start studying at one of our campuses in Western Australia in 2020 – 2024 intakes 
• start studying a Murdoch coursework degree (this is a bachelor, graduate certificate, graduate diploma or masters-by-coursework degree)
• not be receiving any other Murdoch scholarship
• not be subject to any of these exceptions​

Eligible courses: 

• all bachelor degrees available to international students and delivered at one of our campuses in Western Australian. 
• all graduate certificate, graduate diploma and masters by coursework degrees available to international students and delivered at one of our Western Australian campuses. 

You do not need to apply for this scholarship. It is automatically awarded to you if you meet all the eligibility criteria. 
 

This scholarship works as a 20% tuition fee contribution and is automatically deducted from the course tuition fee each semester.

Postgraduate

Applicants must possess a First Class Honours degree, H2A (or equivalent) or a Masters with a significant thesis component.

Applicants can apply online.

Tax-exempt living allowance of AUD $27,082 per annum with potential top-up to AUD $30,000

Undergraduate

To apply for this scholarship you must:

• be a domestic or international ​student
• study full time at our Perth campus
• have received an ATAR score of 92+ (or received an equivalent grade in an international qualifying academic program) within the last 18 months from the closing date of the award
• have applied to study a course specialising in one of the majors offered in the discipline of Engineering and Energy, Information Technology or Maths and Statistics.

Students can apply online.

Up to AUD $20,000; An amount of AUD $15,000 is awarded for a three year Science or IT degree; AUD $20,000 for a four year Engineering degree.​

Postgraduate

To apply for this scholarship you must:

• be an international or domestic student
• study full time at our Perth campus
• have applied to Murdoch University to study a course specialising in one of the majors offered in the discipline of Engineering and Energy, Information Technology or Maths and Statistics
• achieved an undergraduate GPA 3.5/4.0 or equivalent exceptional performance.

 Students can apply online.

Up to AUD 10,000