Professor Nguyen Van Dao Scholarship

Professor Dao was an internationally acclaimed mathematician and one of Vietnam’s leading education administrators. He played a pivotal role in helping RMIT establish a campus in Vietnam. A scholarship is offered in his honour to the applicant with the best high school mathematics grade among all applicants.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• Be a citizen of Vietnam;
  
• Have completed high school* with a minimum grade 12 GPA of 8.0/10.0 and an average score of 9.0 for mathematics (grade 12); or IB diploma with a minimum of 29 points in total and 6 points for mathematics; or GCE ‘A’ Levels (UK) of minimum 9 points for three Advanced subjects and 5 points (A) for mathematics (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 refer to 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 a Bachelor’s degree program at RMIT Vietnam and meet the program entry requirements (conditional offer may be considered);
• Commence study on your Bachelor’s degree in 2026. If successful, the scholarship will only apply from semester 3 2026 (October 2026).

Past mathematics performance will be assessed by the selection committee and ranked according to the eligibility criteria. The top-ranking applicant will be awarded the scholarship. Past mathematics performance is weighted as follows: 60% Year 12 Mathematics GPA + 30% Year 11 Mathematics GPA + 10% Year 10 Mathematics GPA.

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.