The Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship – African Women in STEM

Application Deadline: Ongoing

The Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship – African Women in STEM provides a partial tuition fee scholarship for outstanding female students from certain African countries. This scholarship is introduced to support those who share the passion to study in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, our elite and highly ranked programs at Macquarie University.

The Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship – African Women in STEM is highly competitive and will be awarded to ONE student in the year 2021 or 2022.

Awarding area: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

• Be a female.
• Have a citizenship of a country within the Sub-Saharan Africa region*.
• Have met the University’s academic and English requirements for the course to be considered for a scholarship.
• Hold a full offer of admission or package offer with English for a coursework program that is listed as in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Macquarie University (North Ryde Campus).
• Have a minimum GPA of 5.0/7.0 for postgraduate applications and a minimum ATAR equivalent of 90 out of 100 for undergraduate applications.
• Commence the degree program in 2021 or 2022. Commencement may not be deferred.
• Have applied for a course which has a full-time study load.
• Have applied for a program that is longer than one session in duration.
• Upon receipt of the scholarship application, students will be contacted with further details on submitting a selfie video as part of the assessment process.

How to Apply:

1. Applicants must complete an online course application form. Once your course application has been processed, you will receive a Macquarie University Student Number which is compulsory to submit the online scholarship application form.
2. Applicants must complete an online scholarship application form and type “African Women STEM” in the Scholarship Name field.
3. We will be in touch with you regarding sending your selfie video provided if you are assessed as to have met all other eligibility criteria.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship – African Women