Communication Scholarship

The scholarship is available exclusively to the prospective students enrolling in the Bachelor of Professional Communication who have demonstrated excellent creativity or passion within their existing practice through communication.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• Be a citizen of Vietnam;
• Have completed high school with a minimum grade 12 GPA of 7.0/10.0; or IB diploma with a minimum of 25 points in total; or GCE ‘A’ Levels (UK) of minimum 7 points for three Advanced subjects (A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1), or equivalent;
  • Your high school graduation date must be within two years of the scholarship application deadline.
• Have IELTS (Academic) 6.5+ (no band below 6.0) or equivalent. For other international English entry requirements, please view the English equivalency requirements (links to Australian website);
  • Your IELTS test result must still be within its two-year validity period on the start date of your intended intake semester in 2026.
• Have applied for admission to the Bachelor of Professional Communication program at RMIT Vietnam and meet the program entry requirements (conditional offer may be considered);
• Be commencing study in the respective Bachelor’s degree program in a semester in 2026. If successful, the scholarship will only apply from semester 3 2026 (October 2026).
• Be able to demonstrate outstanding creativity in communication through the digital portfolio.
• For Vietnamese high school transcripts that do not include a yearly cumulative GPA, the Scholarships Office will calculate the GPA for each year by averaging the GPA of the subjects assessed on the 10-point scale. Subjects assessed as pass/fail will not be included in the calculation. 

The scholarship will be awarded on merit and take into account past academic performance and strength of the digital portfolio. All portfolio works must be original and created by the candidate and presented in English.

Only online submissions will be accepted; portfolios submitted in any other format or method will not be reviewed.

Required supporting documents

Applicants for this scholarship should submit 2-3 examples of your work in digital format. Your Digital Portfolio may include some of the following:

• Examples of promotional campaigns, media projects, short videos, social media posts, blogs or other communication outputs you have created;
• Any other example of your chosen creative works in a digital format.

Most importantly, your Digital Portfolio should be structured and/or narrated to explain exactly the work you are showing. It should not be left to the viewer to try and work out the content. Ultimately, your digital portfolio should portray you, and your creative accomplishments, as worthy of an RMIT scholarship for communication excellence.

Format

• The Digital Portfolio may be submitted as either one video file (maximum 3 minutes), or a collection of digital files with a total size of 30 MB or less. 
• Your portfolio must contain a title page (Digital Portfolio) and clearly include your name.
• Upload your Digital Portfolio to an online platform or repository (e.g., Vimeo, YouTube, Google Drive, etc.) and submit only one accessible link (not restricted or limited access).