University of Adelaide Scholarships for International Student

Adelaide Scholarships International (ASI)

The University of Adelaide offers a scholarships scheme for international students undertaking postgraduate research study. Its purpose is to attract high quality overseas postgraduate students to areas of research strength in the University of Adelaide to support its research effort. The selection for scholarships is extremely competitive. Recent successful applicants for the research awards have usually had a research Masters, or a coursework Masters with a substantial research component, outstanding academic performance at an internationally recognised university, and publications in internationally refereed journals.

Up to ten prestigious scholarships may be available in 2010 to outstanding international students from any country undertaking postgraduate research in any academic discipline. Benefits are payment of full tuition fees plus an annual living allowance ($20,427 in 2009) for the normal duration of the program.

Conditions

• ASI Scholarship will be awarded strictly on academic merit. Extra-curricular achievements will not be considered.
• Citizens and Permanent Residents of Australia, and citizens of New Zealand are ineligible.
• Those undertaking research via remote candidature are ineligible.
• Candidates who have applied for Australian permanent resident status are ineligible to apply.
• International applicants are not eligible for an ASI if they have already commenced the degree for which they are seeking an award, unless they can establish that they were unable to apply for an ASI in the previous calendar year.
• International applicants who have not provided evidence of their meeting English language proficiency requirements by the closing date are not eligible for an ASI.
• Candidates are required to enrol in the University of Adelaide as ‘international students’ and must maintain ‘international student’ status for the duration of their enrolment in the University.
• Scholarships are available for the normal duration of the program, subject to satisfactory progress. For students enrolled in a PhD, extensions beyond three years and six months require the approval of the Graduate Scholarships Committee and would only be approved in exceptional circumstances.
• Scholarships holders must commence study at The University of Adelaide in Semester 1 or Semester 2, 2010. No ASI may be commenced after 30 September.
• Scholarship winners will not be permitted to defer commencement until 2011.

Closing Date: 31 August 2009. We strongly recommend that all applicants submit their application and all required documents well before the closing date.

To apply, complete the Postgraduate Research Application Form and indicate your desire to be considered for a scholarship in the Financial Support section of the form.