International Student Merit Scholarship

• International students commencing an online mode course
• International students commencing a course at Charles Sturt University’s international partners
• International exchange students
• International study abroad students
• International students with an Australia Awards or Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship
• Continuing students – only new students will be made a scholarship offer at the time of admission

Your offer letter will detail the scholarship.

Students awarded this scholarship will not be eligible for other Charles Sturt scholarships. For any queries, check with our friendly team at [email protected].

Applicants will be considered as part of their course admissions process. There is no additional application process.

Recipients are expected to become active members of the student body and accept to provide information, testimonials and be featured in Charles Sturt promotional materials.

Scholarships are subject to the student maintaining satisfactory academic progress and continued enrolment in their course. If these conditions are not met, scholarships may be suspended or terminated.

As long as the criteria is met, the scholarship amount will be deducted from tuition fees at the commencement of each session.

Yes, you may defer to a future intake and still be awarded the scholarship.

Yes, if you fail to meet the criteria for your scholarship.

Termination of a scholarship will occur if the recipient is excluded from their course, withdraws or cancels their enrolment, fails to maintain satisfactory grades over a prolonged period, or has issues of serious misconduct. Scholarships will also be terminated if the recipient transfers to another provider.

An Approved Leave of Absence will not cause the scholarship’s termination. Please check with your international student support officer for more information.

Yes, you may transfer your scholarship to another campus, as long as you meet the other criteria for your scholarship.

Your scholarship eligibility will be advised with your offer letter.

You will need to accept your offer of study at the university. You may still be required to meet Genuine Student Test (GST) assessment, including financial capacity, and will need to make the appropriate fee deposit to the university to receive a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE).

The university will award as many scholarships as possible, with an intent to reward every eligible student.

Yes, you will be a commencing student and will still require to meet the other listed criteria. Please contact us at [email protected] for confirmation.

You may be required to participate in a number of activities/tasks to promote Charles Sturt University to the wider community, including:

• providing photographs of your experience to the international marketing team for use in promotional and marketing items
• submitting an article about your experience to internal and external media groups
• speaking to internal and external media for interview purposes
• posting photos and/or updates through various Charles Sturt international social media pages.

You will also be required to sign a media release allowing your photos and images of you to be used for promotional and marketing purposes.

If your question isn’t answered in the information provided on the website, please feel free to contact us for more information.