Scholarships overview
Scholarships can make studying at MIT more accessible. The following two scholarships are available to eligible domestic students through the MIT Australian Foundation:
- Merit Scholarships: Recognises academic achievement, leadership, community involvement and professional experience.
- Equity Scholarships:Supports students experiencing financial hardship or other circumstances that may affect their access to education.
Explore the scholarships below to check your eligibility.
Scholarship programs
Merit Scholarships
MIT Foundation's Merit scholarship is awarded to a student to support their studies by providing financial and/or other relevant support based on merit. Criteria for these scholarships may include academic and/or other merit criteria.
Eligibility:
- academic merit, assessed on performance in current or prior studies; and/or
- leadership; and/or
- performance in community engagement activities; and/or
- demonstration of professional competence in professional experience.
Selection criteria
- complete application must be lodged by 4.30 pm on the Friday of the week immediately before the classes start in the subsequent trimester. Application that are incomplete will not be considered.
- applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student in the trimester to which the benefit would apply.
- applicant must have achieved an overall percentage of 75.0% or more, with no individual result below 70.0% in the preceding trimester and have no fail grades recorded (no exceptions will be considered).
- applicant must have completed at least (a minimum) of two trimesters full-time as per course requirements of the program at MIT.
- applicant must have maintained a minimum attendance record of 80% in all scheduled classes.
- application must be accompanied by a 500-800 words essay outlining why receipt of the scholarship is important.
- applicant must have made the fee payment for the subsequent trimester’s full-time enrolment.
- applicant must not be sponsored by other organisations or government departments.
- applicant must have maintained enrolment in the course in which they commenced.
Retention criteria
- Current students receiving merit scholarships will retain their scholarship if they continue to meet the eligibility criteria i.e. maintain grades each semester and are enrolled in a fulltime study load in the next semester. Scholarship students will not be ranked each semester.
Equity Scholarships
MIT Foundation's Equity scholarship is awarded to a student to assist their studies by providing financial and/or other relevant support based on demonstrated financial need or other educational disadvantage and may include additional eligibility criteria.
Eligibility:
- Financial hardship evidence;
- regional and remote place of residence;
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student status; and/or membership of any other designated equity group;
- other as determined by the Scholarship Committee.
Selection criteria
- complete application for equity scholarships must be lodged before enrolment starts in the preceding two weeks of the trimester commencing.
- Full-time enrolment at MIT
- Minimum 18 years of age
- Meet academic admission requirements
- Statements of Support from responsible persons such as Community Elders, Registered Medical Practitioners Social Workers, Counsellors, High School Principals
Retention criteria
- Current students receiving equity scholarships will retain their scholarship if they maintain a minimum grade of PASS in at least two thirds of the credit points in which they were enrolled in the previous study period.
How to apply
- Choose the scholarship that applies to you.
- Check the eligibility and supporting document requirements.
- Complete the relevant scholarship application form.
- Email the completed form and supporting documents to domesticscholarships@mit.edu.au before applications close.
General eligibility criteria
Applicants must:
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian permanent resident;
- be enrolled full-time at MIT;
- be at least 18 years of age;
- meet MIT’s academic admission requirements; and
- meet the additional eligibility criteria for the relevant scholarship.