If you are a looking for a school in Australia for your PhD work, then that school is definitely the University of Sydney. Why the University of Sydney is probably the best choice right now is because the school also offers up to 40 Fully-Funded International PhD Scholarships at University of Sydney in Australia. This is targeted specifically at International students looking forward to doing their PhD studies and research at the University of Sydney in Australia.
However, some applicants for this scholarship may need to provide an evidence of their English proficiency (i.e., IELTS and equivalent). This is subject to the student’s country of origin and of course, student’s educational background.
Scholarship Benefits:
Successful awardees of the 40 Fully-Funded International PhD Scholarships at University of Sydney get to enjoy the following:
- Fully-paid tuition fees throughout the duration of the postgraduate research course.
- A yearly stipend of $26,682 which covers students living costs as they pursue their Postgraduate work.
- An unstipulated allowance to that covers overseas student health cover costs, students’ including relocation costs to Sydney, and costs of student’s academic publication.
Eligibility:
To be eligible for the RTP Fee Scholarship/USydIS, the student must:
- Be a full-time international student who is looking forward to doing a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) at the University of Sydney. However, Students may also be considered for this scholarship after spending at most six months of course candidature in the University.
- Be a student undertaking study in a subject area of which the University of Sydney has indicated to have current and emerging research strengths in or in related areas.
- Not be a PhD or Master’s degree holder, the value of which a research qualification is an equivalent to an Australian Research Doctorate degree or Australian Research Master’s degree.
- Not be a past or present recipient of an Australia Award scholarship within two years prior to commencing the RTP Fee Scholarship.
- Not previously have received an RTP Fee Scholarship, unless the previous scholarship was for a Master by Research degree that you have completed and you are now applying for a doctorate research degree.
- Students may only be considered for the RTP scholarships three times in a five year period.
College Admission Requirement
Entrance Requirement: student must exhibit prior research experience.
No test is requirement for this scholarship.
English Language Requirement:
Students who do not have English as first language will need to have either:
- Completed an English proficiency test, with results as required by each course or
- Successfully completed tertiary studies in which the language of instruction, examination, and assessment was English
How to Apply:
All applications for this scholarship is online and students are required to submit all the required documents for these scholarships as part of their online course application.
The application will be assessed on academic merit and research potential.
The application form is available in the scholarship application link below
The application for this scholarship comes up around July.