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CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NEW STUDENTS

Application Deadline: December 1st, 2025

LOCATION: USA

The scholarship program at Concordia University Irvine provides competent, curious, and accomplished students with special opportunities to pursue their scholarly interests.

ELIGIBILITY:

Presidential Honors Scholarship: 3.9 GPA

Honors Scholarship: 3.7 GPA

Academic Scholarships: 4.00 GPA (High school GPA is calculated using overall weighted academic coursework) and must be fully admitted; renewable each year with minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA

Golden Eagles Scholarship: Less than 3.00 GPA; high school GPA is calculated using overall weighted academic coursework and must be fully admitted; renewable each year with minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA. Excludes students receiving athletic scholarships. Cannot be combined with an Academic Scholarship.

Golden Eagles Scholarship: Less than 2.50 GPA. Cumulative GPA from community, state, or private college with 30 completed units.
International Students: TOEFL 79(IBT) /IELTS above 6.5 and must be fully admitted; renewable each year with minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA. Excludes students receiving athletic scholarships. Cannot be combined with an Academic Scholarship.

Application required. Renewable each year with a cumulative 3.5 GPA for a maximum of 8 semesters or until the completion of requirements for a first bachelor’s degree, whichever is sooner.

To qualify for a Concordia University institutional scholarship opportunity, a student must maintain full-time undergraduate status for the entire academic year.

A student must maintain the required GPA (see Additional Notes for each scholarship below) at the end of each semester for the academic scholarship to be renewed.

Concordia University’s institutional aid must go towards institutional charges, such as tuition, fees, university housing, and meal plans.

BENEFIT:

Presidential Honors Scholarship: Full tuition

Honors Scholarship: $29,000

Academic Scholarships: Regents: $22,000, 3.90 – 4.00 GPA
Provost: $19,000, 3.60-3.89 GPA
Dean: $16,000, 3.30-3.59 GPA
Trustee: $14,000, 3.00-3.29 GPA

Golden Eagles Scholarship: $12,000

Golden Eagles (International) Scholarship: $12,000

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HDR SCHOLARSHIP – RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP (RTP) / DEAKIN UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP (DUPR)

Application Deadline: 24 August 2025 (for February 2026 intake)

LOCATION: Australia

Applications now open! The RTP scholarships are funded by the Australian Government, while the DUPR scholarships are funded by Deakin University. Both awards are available to domestic and international students. Only top-ranked applicants will be offered an RTP.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for an RTP Stipend, RTP Fees Offset, RTP Allowance or DUPRS a student must be a domestic or international student enrolled in an HDR course of study at Deakin University

To be eligible for an RTP Fees Offset an applicant must not be receiving an equivalent award or scholarship from the Commonwealth designed to offset HDR fees

To be eligible for an RTP or DUPRS Stipend a student must not be receiving income from another source to support that student’s general living costs while undertaking their course of study if that income is greater than 75 per cent of that student’s RTP or DUPRS Stipend rate. Income unrelated to the student’s course of study or income received for the student’s course of study but not for the purposes of supporting general living costs is not to be taken into account.

Please refer to the research degree entry pathways page for information on admission requirements to a HDR course at Deakin University.

Terms and conditions for each scholarship are detailed in the Further Information section below. For information about our RTP Scholarship Policy please refer to the Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) Scholarships Procedure.

BENEFIT:

Stipend and Allowances Value (Terms and Conditions apply)

A stipend of $35,550 per annum tax exempt (2025 rate)

A relocation allowance from $500 to $1,500 (for single to family) awarded to students who are moving from interstate or overseas in order to study at Deakin

For international students only: Single Overseas Student Health Cover policy for the duration of the student visa

Doctoral Degree Duration

3 years for stipend and 4 years for the tuition fees offset

Research Master Degree Duration

2 years for stipend and 2 years for the tuition fees offset

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