Deakin India 25% Merit Scholarship

Deakin is offering 25% tuition fee waiver scholarships to students with exceptional academic achievements to pay for their university fees and all study costs.

Important dates

Opening date: now open

Closing date: Trimester 3 2024

Benefits

25% of the total indicative tuition fee stated on your offer letter. Payments will be applied to your fee record after each applicable census date.

This scholarship is available for the normal duration of the course.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible, the below criteria must be met:

  • Applicant should be be an Indian citizen living in India
  • Applicant should be residing in India at the time of application
  • Applicant should be applying through any Deakin Authorised agent based in INDIA
  • Applicant should meet the below mentioned academic eligibility criteria

Academic eligibility criteria

  • An overall score of 75% and above in an undergraduate degree when applying for a postgraduate program, or
  • An overall score of 80% and above in the 12th standard (as specified by NOOSR) when applying for an undergraduate program.

All conditions must be met. This scholarship is conditional on acceptance of terms and conditions which will be specified in the acceptance form.

Continued eligibility is subject to maintaining a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of at least 65.

If you have achieved an overall score of 55% – 74.99% in an undergraduate degree, you may be eligible for the Deakin India 20% Postgraduate Bursary.

If you have achieved an overall score between 70-79.9% in the 12th standard (as specified by NOOSR), you may be eligible for the Deakin India 20% Undergraduate Bursary.

Please note: this bursary/scholarship (depending on which it is) is only available once you can travel to Australia and commence your studies on-campus. While you are studying online in India (or ‘your home country’ for the South Asia onshore merit scholarship), you may be eligible for the Deakin In-Country 30% Bursary, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

How to apply

Students who meet the selection and eligibility criteria will automatically receive a 25% fee reduction to the total indicative tuition fee stated in the Letter of Offer.

For more information, email the Deakin University South Asia Office.