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International Students - HDR Scholarships
The University of Wollongong offers a wide range of research scholarships and awards to eligible International Higher Degree Research students. The UOW HDR scholarships are in the form of allowances to assist candidates in meeting their living costs while they undertake their research. They can include: Annual Stipends, Living Allowances and Tuition Fee costs.
Who is an international student?
In the Australian higher education sector, an ‘international student’ is a person who:
- Is not an Australian citizen and
- Is enrolled or will enrol, in a course of study with a higher education provider
An international student is not:
- A person entitled to stay in or enter and stay in Australia, without any limitation as to time
- A New Zealand citizen
- A diplomatic or consular representative of New Zealand, a member of the staff of such a representative or the spouse or dependent relative of such a representative.
For further information please refer to the DEEWR website.
Closing Dates for UOW Scholarships:
For Scholarships Commencing Autumn Session: 17th October
For Scholarships Commending Spring Session: 12th March
University Postgraduate Award
UOW Higher Degree Research (HDR) Scholarship Opportunities
- PhD Scholarship in Bio-Organic and Medicinal Chemistry (Anticancer Drug Development)
- PhD Scholarship in Plant/Seed Ecology (Biological Sciences)
- PhD Scholarship Opportunity in ARC Centre of Excellence in Electromaterials Science and Informatics
- PhD Scholarship in Computational Biophysics and Enzymology (Chemistry)
- PhD scholarships for research on impacts of locust spraying on arid ecosystems in Australia (Biological Sciences)
- International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)
- SMART Scholarships (projects within the SMART Facility at UOW)
- Boral Postgraduate Scholarship on Investigation on the Behaviour of Concrete Made of a New Type of Cement
UOW Joint Scholarship Programs
- China Scholarship Council-UOW (Joint Postgraduate Scholarship Program)
- Hong Duc, Thanh Hoa Vietnam - UOW Research Scholarship Program
- MOET-VIED - Vietnamese Doctoral Students
- Program 165, Vietnam - UOW Research Scholarship Program
External Scholarships Available
Apply for Admission and Scholarships
HDR Scholarship Enquiries
Research Student Centre
Phone (Australia) (02) 4221 5452
Phone (International) +61 2 4221 5452
Facsimile (02) 4221 5697
E-mail: research_student_centre@uow.edu.au



















