The New Colombo Plan is an Australian Government initiative that offers scholarships and mobility grants to Australian undergraduate students who are Australian citizens for study programs in the Indo-Pacific region. You can study abroad and still finish your degree on time! The New Colombo Plan supports study programs that provide academic credit towards your Australian undergraduate degree.

Funding available: The New Colombo Plan scholarship package is valued at up to $67,000 per student. Murdoch University can nominate 10 students to apply for the New Colombo Plan scholarships program. Around 150 scholarships will be awarded across Australia for students commencing their study abroad in Semester 1 or 2 2018. You can stay for one or two semesters.

Application: If you would like to be considered as a nominee from Murdoch University for the scholarship, you need to:

- Write a letter of motivation as to why you wish to study in the Indo Pacific Region, how you are involved in the local community and if you would like to undertake an internship as part of your time abroad
- Provide an official Academic Transcript, which you can purchase at the Cashier’s desk in the Student Centre. Please send a scanned copy with your application and drop off the original in the Student Centre, addressed to “Jeannette Geesmann, Student Centre”
- Include the country and name of the university at which you would like to study, which semester you would like to commence (Semester 1 or 2 2018) and if you are interested in studying abroad for one or two semesters

 

Please see also our Scholarships website for more details: http://bit.ly/29bbTB9.

 

Murdoch University Application deadline: The deadline to send your application to studyabroad@murdoch.edu.au is Tuesday 25^th July COB. We will nominate the best 10 students.

 

Eligibility criteria: You must be:

-  an Australian citizen
-  enrolled at Murdoch University at the time of application
-  between 18 to 28 years of age at the commencement of the study abroad program
-  undertaking a Bachelor Degree or Bachelor Honours Degree at the commencement of the study abroad program. Bachelor Degree applicants must have completed at least one year of their Bachelor Degree at the commencement of the study abroad program

 

Previous Murdoch students: Four Murdoch students have received the prestigious scholarship in the past. Hannah Pratt went to Indonesia in 2015, Justin Freeman was in South Korea in 2016, Karis Erceg is currently in Indonesia and Hannah Sutton will be heading there shortly. All students will be mentoring this process and can help you with their own experience. As an example, Justin’s story is here: http://bit.ly/1SrhAeo