Australian Government Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships 2023 (FULLY_FUNDED)

November 17, 2023

Bursary Description

Scholarship Description:

Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships provide people from Pacific developing countries with opportunities to study at selected education institutions in the Pacific region. The purpose of the Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships is to give people the opportunity to gain and build the knowledge and skills to drive positive change, and influence their home country’s development.

Degree Level:

Australian Government Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships 2023 (FULLY_FUNDED) is available to undertake Postgraduate, Undergraduate, Graduate level programs at Australian Universities.

Available Subjects:

Following subject are available to study under this scholarship program.

All Subjects

Scholarship Benefits:

Scholarship entitlements vary between countries and institution of enrolment.

Generally entitlements cover a return airfare from your home country to the country of study, academic and other compulsory fees, an establishment allowance and a living allowance paid fortnightly.

In some countries the living allowance may be paid at a higher rate when the student is joined long term by one or more family members. No assistance is available for the airfares of family members.

Eligible Nationalities:

All Nationalities

Eligibility Criteria:

Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships are currently offered for study at Pacific tertiary institutions in Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, and Wallis and Futuna.

The Solomon Islands program is not currently offering new scholarships for study in the Pacific region under the AAPS. Australia Awards Scholarships for Solomon Islanders are only offered for study in Australia.

To be eligible for a scholarship applicants must:

be a citizen of and a resident in the Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships participating country
not have or be entitled to permanent residence in Australia; and not be married or engaged to be married to a person who holds or is eligible to hold Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residence status (unless their country does not issue passports–the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau)
meet specific eligibility criteria imposed by the government of the applicant’s country of citizenship
satisfy the host government’s immigration requirements for regional students
not hold another scholarship during the period of the Australia Awards Pacific Scholarship
not be transferring from another scholarship
not hold or have held an Australian Government scholarship in the two years preceding the proposed time of commencement of the Australia Awards Pacific Scholarship.

Application Procedure:

The students are required to comply with the relevant Country or Regional Profile before submitting their admission online applications via OASIS at the university.

If you intend to apply for an Australia Awards Pacific Scholarship, you must read the Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships Policy Handbook.

Scholarship enquiries in each participating country should be directed to the relevant Australian diplomatic mission in that country.

Contact addresses for each Australian diplomatic mission are available below: