Scholarships for Student Exchange
There are a number of financial awards available for student exchange.
Scholarships are usually confirmed when exam results for the session prior to exchange are available.
UNSW Scholarships
Find out more information on the UNSW Scholarships website:
Equity Student Exchange Scholarships: $12,000
Established to encourage low socio-economic status students to participate in the UNSW Exchange Program.
Achievement Student Exchange Scholarships: $2,000
Established to encourage high-WAM students to participate in the UNSW Exchange Program.
Alliance Student Exchange Scholarships: $2,000
Established to encourage students to participate in the UNSW Exchange Program at either an APRU, U21, Plus Alliance or Global Tech Partner.
Engineering Exchange Scholarship: $2,000
Established to encourage Engineering students to participate in the UNSW Exchange Program.
Other Scholarships
Find out more information on the UNSW Scholarships website.
The New Colombo Plan Scholarship
The New Colombo Plan - Scholarship Program is a signature initiative of the Australian Government that aims to lift knowledge of the Indo-Pacific in Australia and strengthen our people-to-people and institutional relationships, through study and work placement undertaken by Australian undergraduate students in the region.
Gail Kelly Global Leaders Scholarship
The Gail Kelly Global Leaders Scholarship provide an opportunity for Australian and South African Business students to further develop their potential and strengthen their leadership skills through participation in the international exchange program.
Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarship
The Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarship is open to Australian undergraduate students who are undertaking one or two semester(s) of exchange at a partner university in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong or Singapore.
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
The DAAD is Germany’s largest scholarship awarding organisation and runs several programs to support academic exchange between Germany and other countries.
Other Funding
OS-Help
OS-HELP provides Commonwealth Government financial assistance to eligible students, to help pay a range of overseas study expenses.
Centrelink payments
If you receive Youth Allowance, you can usually arrange to have your payments continue while overseas.
