Luke McLachlan Scholarship

Luke McLachlan was a lecturer at RMIT Vietnam. He was a truly global citizen and an inspiration to those planning a future in global business. A scholarship is offered in his honour, exclusively for prospective students. This scholarship is awarded to the applicant who has demonstrated outstanding academic performance in high school, accompanied by relevant achievements and will be enrolling in the Bachelor of Business.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• Be a citizen of Vietnam.
  
• Be able to demonstrate relevant experience or achievements that might relate broadly or specifically to global business or indicative of the applicants’ passion and potential for success in this field.
• Have completed high school with a minimum grade 12 GPA of 8.0/ 10.0; or IB diploma with a minimum of 29 points in total; or GCE ‘A’ Levels (UK) of minimum 9 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 Business 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 2026. If successful, the scholarship will only apply from semester 3 2026 (October 2026).

You are required to provide the following in your Scholarship Application Form:

A digital portfolio, limited to a maximum of five (05) pages, demonstrates your relevant experience, achievements, or projects that might relate broadly or specifically to global business, or indicative of your passion and potential for success in this field. These may include:

• Contributions to communities.
• Application of technology.
• A significant project in which you have participated.
• A business proposal you wish to pursue.

All supporting documents must be in English, combined into one PDF file (no larger than 16 MB), and publicly accessible (not restricted or limited access).

• The scholarship will be awarded on merit and take into account past academic performance and strength of the digital portfolio.
• Past academic performance is weighted as follows: 60% GPA Year 12 + 30% GPA Year 11 + 10% GPA Year 10.
• 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.