QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) 2025

We are building research excellence by supporting students of exceptional research potential with QUTPRAs.

The number of QUTPRAs offered varies from year to year.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNot Specified
• Value$37,010 per annum
• Study LevelMasters , PhD
• SponsorQueensland University of Technology
• City to studyQueensland
• School to studyQueensland University of Technology
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

• An annual stipend paid fortnightly to support living costs. From 1 January 2026, the annual stipend rate is $37,010 per annum (currently $33,637 for 2025)
• A maximum duration for the scholarship while undertaking a QUT PhD is 3.5 years and for a QUT MPhil is 1.75 years. This includes an extension of up to 6 months (PhD) or 3 months (MPhil), if approved for your candidature.
• This is the full-time, tax-exempt rate which will index annually.
• You will receive a tuition fee offset/sponsorship, covering the cost of your tuition fees for the first 4 full-time equivalent years of your doctoral studies or the first 2 full-time equivalent years of your master degree studies.
• International students also receive Single Overseas Health Cover if eligible.

Requirements

New applicants to QUT research degrees need to:

• meet QUT’s admission criteria for a research degree, which includes meeting QUT’s English language requirements
• not be in receipt of another living allowance scholarship to undertake the research degree
• enrol as a full-time, internal student (unless approval for part-time and/or external study is obtained).

Current QUT research students need to have consumed less than the below equivalent full-time study load (EFTSL) to be eligible:

• less than one year EFTSL for enrolled research doctorate students
• less than six months EFTSL for enrolled research master degree students.

Eligible current QUT research students will receive an invitation to submit their application once the round opens.

Terms and conditions for QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) (PDF file; 340.1 KB)

Application Deadline

How To Apply

These scholarships are awarded through QUT's annual research scholarship round.

Find out how to apply for a research degree and scholarship.

Contact:

• +61 7 3138 7200
• [email protected]
• http://www.qut.edu.au/

For more information, kindly visit Queensland University of Technology scholarship webpage.