The Welcome Scholarship for Students from Refugee Backgrounds has been established to support talented students who are refugees on permanent humanitarian or refugee visas with the opportunity to pursue tertiary education at UNSW.

Students who are refugees on permanent humanitarian or refugee visas with a genuine interest and passion to undertake studies at UNSW are strongly encouraged to apply for this Scholarship.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible, applicants must:

Be commencing an eligible UNSW coursework degree program in 2024*; and,

Have received an offer of admission into an eligible program for Term 3, 2024 by Wednesday, 31 July 2024; and,

Be a refugee currently holding** one of the following visas:

Global Special Humanitarian Visa (Subclass 202)

Protection Visa (Subclass 866)

Refugee Visa (Subclass 200, 201, 203 or 204)

*Students may submit an application if they have applied to UNSW for a coursework degree program commencing in 2024 (via UAC or by any other UNSW admissions scheme) and have not yet received an offer of admission.

**The eligible visa must be ‘in effect’ by the application deadline.

To enable UNSW to verify that the applicant holds one of the specified visas, the applicant must include in the application a copy of their current passport, or the travel documentation used to enter Australia. Accordingly, a copy of one of the following documents must be provided:

Passport

Immicard

Titre de Voyage

PLO56 (M56)

Document For Travel To Australia (DFTTA)

Documentation and visa status will be checked using the Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO) service. Please contact UNSW Scholarships if you are unsure about the documentation requirements. Any applications without the required documentation will not be assessed.

BENEFIT:

The Scholarship will comprise of a $10,000 per annum stipend paid fortnightly over the calendar year for the minimum duration of program