There are many kinds of Scholarships in Australia. The Lao Australia Scholarships Award is an International scholarship awarded by the Australian Government to international students seeking to study in Australian tertiary institutions.
The scholarship is designed to attract foreigners to Australia and cement International relations. It is aimed at helping the next generation of world leaders with basic skills for development, drive change and build a better global society through active study and research in Australian Universities and other tertiary institutions in Australian.
Yearly, about 30 international students are selected for the 30 positions offered by the Lao Australia Scholarships Award and this scholarship award has been running for the several decades now.
So far, over 1200 people have benefited from the Lao Australia Scholarships Award and this comprises men and women drawn from the public and private sectors who study specialized courses in tertiary institutions in Australia. These go on to become high performers in their field of study.
The Laos Australia Institute managed these scholarships for the Australian Government through under the auspices of Coffey.
Subject Eligibility
The Lao Australia Scholarships Award caters to higher degree, specialized courses at Australian universities including Information Technology (IT), Disabilities Studies, Engineering, Education, International Development Pharmaceutical Science, and Environment.
Having a high academic record and performance is sine qua none to becoming an awardee of Lao Australia Scholarships. The selection process is rigorous and highly competitive.
Scholarship Worth/inclusions/duration:
This scholarship award comes with several benefits including the following:
- payment of establishment allowance,
- payment of full tuition fees,
- payment of return air travel,
- contribution to living expenses (CLE), Overseas
Please, visit the official website for the complete list of benefits that come with this scholarship.
Duration
The scholarships award is viable only within the minimum period for completion the studies or any other academic activity by a student, including any preparatory training.
Level/Field(s) of study:
This scholarship caters to areas of study and research interest specified by a participating country whether it is for Undergraduate or Postgraduate Programme.
However, the scholarship does not cover training in areas related to military training, flying aircraft, or nuclear technology
Target group/region:
Only citizens of one of the participating countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific can apply for this scholarship. Please, consult the scholarship website for a list of all the participating countries in each of the regions listed above.
Eligibility
Applicant
- must be at least 18 years of age as of the time of commencing studies in Australia
- must not be married
- must meet the academic and admission requirements for studies in the tertiary institution in which he intends to study in Australia.
- citizens or Australia and persons who hold or are currently applying for a visa for permanent residency in Australia are ineligible to apply
Please, consult the Australia Awards Policy Handbook (PDF) for a list of the complete eligibility criteria for this scholarship
How to Apply:
Application for Lao Australia Scholarships usually come up between 1 February (05:00) – 30 April 2020 (20:59) Lao Time.
However different countries have specific open and closing dates. Applicants should, endeavor to find this out from the scholarship application link.
The scholarship application portal also has a specific information on priority areas, eligibility, and how to apply. Candidates are to check this information by selecting their country of citizenship/residency from the list of participating countries on the scholarship application portal.
Website:
To apply for this scholarship, please visit the Official Scholarship Website of Lao Australia scholarship which is: