Australia Awards Scholarship
Australia Awards Scholarships - for study commencing in 2019 For Pakistan
Applications for Australia Awards Scholarships commencing in January 2019 will open on 1 February 2018 and close on 30 April 2018. Information regarding eligibility and the application process will soon be available on this webpage.
1. Applying for an Australia Awards Scholarship
1.1. Eligibility criteria
1.1.1. To be eligible to receive an Australia Awards Scholarship, applicants must:
- i. Be a minimum of 18 years of age at the time of commencing the scholarship.
- ii. Be a citizen of a participating country (as listed on the Australia Awards website) and be residing in and applying for the scholarship from their country of citizenship.
- iii. Not be married, engaged to, or a de facto of a person who holds, or is eligible to hold, Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency, at any time during the application, selection, or mobilization phases.
- iv. Not be a citizen of Australia, hold permanent residency in Australia, or be applying for a visa to live in Australia permanently.
- v. Not be applying for another long-term Australia Award unless they have resided outside of Australia for twice the length of the total time that they were in Australia.
- vi. Have satisfied any specific criteria established by the Program Area or the government of the applicant’s country of citizenship.
- vii. Be able to satisfy the admission requirements of the institution at which the award is to be undertaken.
- viii. Be able to satisfy all requirements of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to hold a Student Visa.
- ix. Inform the Program Area of any connection or relationship to staff employed at Program Areas or with managing contractors.
1.1.2. Program Areas may consider the following exceptions to 2.1.1(ii) in relation to applicants being required to apply from their country of citizenship:
- i. Applicants working for their government in a third country.
- ii. Applicants residing in the immediate region to which they would be willing to grant an award, noting that the award will be reported as belonging to the applicant’s country of citizenship.
1.2. Country and regional profiles
1.2.1. Applicants must read the applicable country or regional profile for details on the application process, opening and closing dates for applications, country-specific requirements (including English language), and documentation requirements. The profiles can be found at Australia Awards Eligible Countries.
1.3. English language requirements
1.3.1. An applicant or awardee will meet DFAT’s English language requirements if their first language is English and if they have undertaken their education in English.
1.3.2. Note that some institutions may still require evidence of English language proficiency, and Program Areas relying on the above may need to check whether Australian institutions accept applicants from particular regions or with particular qualifications from English language institutions.
- i. Where an applicant or awardee does not meet DFAT’s English language requirements, the awardee will need to provide an academic English language test result before commencing the approved main course of studies. Accepted English language tests include IELTS, TOEFL, and PTE Academic.
1.3.4. The following scores are recommended by the Australia Awards Delivery Section for all Australia Awards Scholarship awardees:
- i. An Academic IELTS result with an overall score of at least 6.5, with no band less than 6.0.
- ii. A paper-based TOEFL overall score of at least 580, with a minimum of 4.5 in the test of written English.
- iii. An internet-based TOEFL score of at least 92, with a minimum of 21 in all subtests.
- iv. PTE Academic overall score of 58 with no communicative skill score less than 50.
1.3.5. Where an institution’s academic English language requirement is higher than DFAT’s requirement, the awardee must meet the institution’s requirement.
1.3.6. If a Program Area elects not to have an English language cutoff or to have a lower cutoff than recommended, the Program Area must not accept lower than the relevant institution English language entry score for direct entry into the course.
Pre-course English training in Australia
1.3.7. Country programs may elect to provide English training to awardees in their home country or the immediate region. Pre-course English training in Australia is for a maximum of six months.
Pre-course English language training in-country
1.3.10. Program Areas may elect to provide pre-course English language training in-country, prior to mobilization.
- i. Program Areas are advised that, on average, six months of English language training will result in advancing:
- Half an IELTS point
- 25 points TOEFL paper-based
- 10 points TOEFL internet-based or
- 7 points PTE Academic
- ii. It is up to Program Areas to determine on what basis they provide in-country English language training, and whether training is provided before or after a provisional offer of an award.
1.3.11. Program Areas will determine when applicants or awardees need to provide evidence of their English language abilities and advise applicants accordingly. Program Areas must provide the evidence in OASIS when requesting a placement for the applicant at an institution.
1.3.12. Before making a placement offer, institutions should give careful consideration to the English language training that an awardee may require. The institution may offer an in‑Australia Pre-Course English program only if the awardee is within half an IELTS point or the equivalent TOEFL score or PTE Academic score of the institution’s minimum English language requirements.
1.3.13. An institution must not accept an awardee if they are unlikely to reach the standard of English required for the main course of studies within the six months of PCE training.
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