PhD scholarships

Overview

RMIT offers merit-based scholarships awarded on a competitive basis to exceptionally qualified candidates who successfully enrol in our PhD programs. The HDR scholarship covers tuition fee waiver and a monthly stipend for three years, subject to satisfactory academic progress.

Eligibility

To be considered for a scholarship, candidates must have:

• A Master Degree with Distinction that includes a research component of at least 25 per cent
• English language certificate of an IELTS 6.5 or equivalent
• A strong PhD research proposal

Note: These scholarships are not applicable to current RMIT employees, current PhD students or former PhD students.

 

Selection criteria

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of a competitive selection process that ranks applicants according to their academic achievement, research output and relevant professional experience.

Before applying, we recommend that you to read carefully our PhD Scholarship terms & conditions.

 

Deadlines

Please make sure that you submit your full application before the deadline. 

 

Applicants applying for a scholarship should submit their PhD application to phd.enquiries@rmit.edu.vn (as scanned documents). For full details, visit the how to apply page. 

The main scholarship rounds are as follows:

• Intake 1: apply no later than 30 November each year for enrolment in February of the next year. Applications will be accepted until 5pm on 30 November (Vietnam time).
• Intake 2: apply no later than 31 July each year for enrolment in October of the same year. Applications will be accepted until 5pm on 31 July (Vietnam time).