Scholarship details
The university in Victoria, Australia known as the The La Trobe University, has quickly become a beckon for disadvantaged youth. Meaning that youth who have experienced circumstances where a higher education may not be in their future, actually have a chance at this public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Luckily anyone who has enrolled can stay on the main campus which happens to be located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora. The university was founded in the mid to late 1960s, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria and the twelfth university in Australia. The university has gone on to become a huge science reserve for all Innovative Research Universities group.
La Trobe’s original and principal campus is located in the Melbourne metropolitan area, within the northern Melbourne suburb of Bundoora. It is the largest metropolitan campus in the country, occupying over 267 hectares (660 acres). It has two other major campuses located in the regional Victorian city of Bendigo and the twin border cities of Albury-Wodonga. There are two smaller regional campuses in Mildura and Shepparton and a city campus in Melbourne’s CBD on Collins Street and in Sydney on Elizabeth Street.
The university offers a number of courses that is readily available for students who want to pursue the Arts, Social Science and Commerce (ASSC) and Science, Health and Engineering (SHE).
During the 2010 era, La Trobe University was offered the spot as a top ranking university in the world. Coming in within the top 50 universities this globe has to offer. Even better is that the universities Humanities and Arts programs have receive world acclaim from previous alumni and ranked in several magazines as one of the best colleges to find’s oneself and future.
When it comes to Innovative Research Groups, La Trobe has easily granted well over $350 Million to the multiple science-based funded groups.
As one of Australia’s leading research universities, La Trobe ended up climbing up the 2012 charts report for bringing the city of Victoria, on top the leading scientific research map. La Trobe is the top ranked institution in the nation for research in microbiology and equal top with just one other university in biochemistry and cell biology and in veterinary sciences. Historical studies and archaeology were also both assessed at the top ranking.
Over a general 5 year period, the La Trobe University had conducted significant improvements over the past handful of years. With mounds of research in specific disciplines rated at world standard or above (ERA 3 – 5) rising by 60 per cent, from a general time span of 10 years. This increase in research and improvement upon educational forefronts allowed the university to tackle multiple world records.
Eligibility
- Any applicant that applies must demonstrate financial obstacles – low income
- Students will be asked to explain their difficult hardship via an personal statement or essay
- Students will have to share their foster experiences (lived in an out-of-home care – including foster care, residential care, kinship care, and/or being a ward of the State
- Students will also have to explain about the disadvantaged background that they come from
- Both male and female students may apply for this scholarship
- Officially this is for international students however, domestic students may apply if they fit the qualifications
- Now this scholarship, students can actually provide if they have had a previous criminal record since this scholarship is about helping youth
Requirements
Students will need to pick a course or program that they would like to further their studies in when they apply for this access scholarship. Since it is full-coverage that means the student will also need to be a full-time campus student.
How to Apply
All applicants will first need to apply to the university, and with admissions they can send in the Access scholarship. This access scholarship will show what unfortunate background the student has come from and what financial difficulties that have been dealt.
Since this is a scholarship that is not based on academic merit, instead, it is based on disadvantage circumstances, that means students will receive a full 4-year all paid tuition coverage education.
Applicants will need to provide examples when it comes to being a ward of the state or from a extremely low-income foster family.
Reward – Extra Benefits
This scholarship represents a full coverage scholarship for disadvantaged college students who may not have another chance to attend university. This is in regards to international students as well as domestic.
Since this scholarship covers 4 years of tuition fees, this scholarship will also cover room and aboard, along with any textbook or equipment fees that may pop up.
Applicants should always check what program may be intended for 2-years or 4-years before signing up.
Deadline
Effectively the first semester deadline is closed since that was in January 2022. The next semester (2nd) will re-open and have an effective deadline of June 2022. So students who apply for the 2022 school year will be looking for the June 2022 deadline date.
There is no mention of students being able to defer dates, and all students who wish to should contact the university admissions office to ask what can be done on this matter.
Open Submission Window Time Frame
Effectively the first semester deadline is closed since that was in January 2022. The next semester (2nd) will re-open and have an effective deadline of June 2022. So students who apply for the 2022 school year will be looking for the June 2022 deadline date. This means the open submission window is from May 2022 till June 2022. It is a very small open window of opportunity to submit this scholarship application.
Annual
This is an annual scholarship that has two deadline dates. One is the first semester and the second semester. All applicants should look on the website to see if any questions they may have, have been answered in the ‘FAQS’ section.
Also, all potential applicants should always check the La Trobe University website page for any date changes of any kind. Either students will receive a notification by e-mail if they are already enrolled at the university or they can simply utilize the contact information available in the contact category.
