International Research Scholarship

Other eligibility requirements

To be eligible for the UTS IRS, a student must:

• be an overseas student as defined in the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cth); and
• purchase and maintain a standard OSHC policy approved by the Commonwealth government Department of Health and Ageing; and
• be commencing full-time enrolment in a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) at UTS;
• be undertaking study in a subject area identified by the University as one of its areas of research concentration; and
• not hold a research qualification regarded by the University to be equivalent to an Australian research doctorate degree or, if undertaking a research master's degree, not hold a research qualification regarded by the provider to be equivalent to or higher than an Australian research master's degree; and
• not have held an Australian Agency for International Development scholarship within the two years prior to commencing the UTS IRS; and
• not be receiving a scholarship for which course tuition is a component under any other scholarship scheme to which the Australian Government makes a substantial contribution; and
• not previously have received a UTS IRS for a research doctorate degree, unless converting to a research master's degree; and
• not previously have received an UTS IRS for a research master's degree, unless: ii) that degree was completed and the student is immediately undertaking a research doctorate degree; or ii) the student has converted their HDR under paragraph 3.25.15 of the Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines (Research) 2010