List of available scholarships for international students at Deakin University
Applications are now open for the Deakin Scholarship for Excellence 2025. Supporting students who demonstrate excellence in academic performance or extracurricular activities, such as sport, the arts or community service.
Published:September 11, 2025Type:UndergraduateDeadline:Not Specified
Applications are now open for the Deakin University 2026 Damion Drapac Scholarship for Vocational Doctors. For students commencing the Doctor of Medicine who are from medically underserved populations, experiencing financial barriers and can demonstrate a genuine passion for community medicine.
Published:September 11, 2025Type:UndergraduateValue:$60,000Deadline:November 13, 2025
Applications are now open for the Deakin Sanctuary Scholarships 2026 for International Students. Supporting students from asylum-seeking or refugee backgrounds residing in Australia to access higher education and succeed at Deakin.
Published:September 11, 2025Type:Masters , PhDStudy in:VictoriaDeadline:January 7, 2026
Awarded to undergraduate students from under-represented Australian public schools, providing financial, accommodation and wellbeing support to help you thrive at Deakin’s Waurn Ponds or Waterfront campuses in Geelong. Thanks to the generosity of the Dawn Wade Foundation, Deakin proudly off
Published:September 11, 2025Type:UndergraduateStudy in:VictoriaDeadline:January 7, 2026
Supporting a PhD candidate to research the economic, sociocultural and political settlement outcomes of humanitarian migrants in Australia.
Published:September 2, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$35,550 per annum tax exemptDeadline:Not Specified
Supporting two PhD candidates as part of the REACH Trailblazer Program to initiate and conduct research in upscaling seagrass restoration in Victoria to support the national emissions target.
Published:September 2, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$45,550 per annum tax exemptDeadline:Not Specified
RTP scholarships are funded by the Australian Government, while DUPR scholarships are funded by Deakin. Both are available to domestic and international candidates. Only top-ranked applicants will be offered an RTP.
Published:September 2, 2025Type:Masters , PhDStudy in:VictoriaDeadline:October 27, 2025
A full PhD scholarship is available as part of the ARC-funded Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) project, 'No place like home? A phenomenology of racialised non-belonging', led by Deakin philosopher Dr Helen Ngo. This project aims to deepen our understanding of racialised othernes
Published:August 22, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaDeadline:Not Specified
This project aims to analyse the dynamics of international cooperation, technological innovation and geopolitical tensions that shaped epidemic control during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on China.
Published:August 22, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$35,550 per annum tax exempt (2025 rate)Deadline:Not Specified
This project aims to: investigate the role of support personnel (e.g. coaches, trainers, partners) in facilitating or preventing PIED use understand the broader psycho-socio-cultural factors that contribute to facilitating or preventing PIED use among women athletes.
Published:August 22, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$35,550 per annum tax-exempt (2025 rate)Deadline:Not Specified
Supporting South Asian students applying for undergraduate or postgraduate programs at Deakin University.
Published:August 15, 2025Type:Masters , PhD , UndergraduateStudy in:VictoriaValue:20% of your total tuition feesDeadline:Not Specified
The project explores young people who pursue employment-adjacent entrepreneurial activities, i.e. those who have both a job and a ‘side-hustle’. The project examines the characteristics and identities of side-hustlers, the relationship between side-hustles and precarious employment, skil
Published:August 15, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$35,550 per annum tax exempt (2025 rate)Deadline:Not Specified
Recognising international students pursuing undergraduate or postgraduate coursework degrees in science, technology, engineering or the built environment at Deakin.
Published:August 14, 2025Type:Masters , PhD , UndergraduateStudy in:VictoriaValue:20% of your total tuition feesDeadline:Not Specified
Awarded annually to the top performing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students commencing an education or nursing degree at Deakin’s National Indigenous Knowledges Education Research Innovation (NIKERI) Institute.
Published:August 14, 2025Type:UndergraduateStudy in:VictoriaValue:100% tuition feesDeadline:Not Specified
This project aims to develop the most advantageous combinations of electrolyte and binder through engineering the electrode structures for compatibility with advanced liquid or solid-state electrolytes.
Published:August 11, 2025Type:PhDStudy in:VictoriaDeadline:Not Specified
By offering a competitive and supportive scholarship, Deakin hopes to provide better opportunities for Indigenous graduate researchers. The new scholarship is part of Deakin’s broader strategy to increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in graduate research and contributes
Published:August 11, 2025Type:Masters , PhDStudy in:VictoriaValue:$52,352 per annum tax exempt (2025 rate)Deadline:October 24, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 HDR Scholarship - Next-Generation Wearable Technologies in Human Health and Performance. Supporting a PhD candidate to research the development of sensor-based wearable technologies in health and human performance.
Published:August 5, 2025Type:PhDValue:$35,550Deadline:August 24, 2025
Supporting a PhD candidate to research community-based systems dynamics and active implementation methods to help schools implement healthy environments.
Published:August 5, 2025Type:PhDDeadline:September 30, 2025
Celebrating 50 years of Deakin, the Deakin 50th Anniversary Excellence Scholarship empowers 50 outstanding students from Deakin under-represented Victorian schools to thrive at university and beyond. It’s your chance to join a bold and welcoming community that values your talent, celebrates
Published:July 22, 2025Type:UndergraduateStudy in:VictoriaValue:$7,500Deadline:Not Specified
Deakin is offering prospective international students from South Asia with exceptional academic achievements the opportunity to receive a discount off their tuition fees.
Published:July 17, 2025Type:Masters , PhD , UndergraduateStudy in:VictoriaDeadline:Not Specified
Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1974 and was named after the second Prime Minister of Australia, Alfred Deakin. The university's main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront and Warrnambool, as well as the online cloud campus. Deakin also has learning centres in Dandenong, Craigieburn and Werribee, all in the state of Victoria.
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