Arts Global Languages Scholarship

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

1. Be enrolled in a UoM degree or diploma during the scholarship application round.
2. Graduate students must have completed 50 points in their enrolled course.
3. Undergraduate students must have completed 100 points in their enrolled course (students must have completed 25 points of modern language study at UoM or through approved complementary language subjects at other institutions which are credit against the enrolled degree or diploma) before submitting their application.
4. Be currently enrolled in a language subject as per their overseas study target language at the time of application.
5. The target language to be studied must be a native language to the intended country of exchange or study abroad.
6. The proposed overseas program of study must be equivalent to at least 12.5 points delivered in the target language and be credit bearing towards the currently enrolled UoM course.
7. Overseas programs shorter than a semester in duration must be of an intensive delivery mode with a minimum of three weeks in duration. For UMOS subjects, the minimum duration is two weeks. Students applying for these programs are not required to submit their approved proposed Study Plan.
8. The overseas study program must be approved by the Faculty and University.
9. The student must have achieved an H2B 70% average in the target language and overall WAM of 70% across their academic record, with no results below an H2B (70+) in the target language subjects.
10. The student is ineligible for a Melbourne Global Languages Scholarship (MGLS) if they have previously been, or have currently been awarded either of the following:
    1. Melbourne Mobility Awards, and/or
    2. Melbourne Global Languages Scholarship (MGLS)
11. The Scholarship cannot be deferred, students unable to travel in the period the scholarship is awarded should reapply again in a future round.
12. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
13. Refer to study overseas for updates about Covid-19 Study Overseas Information.

Selection criteria

Students are considered against the eligibility criteria by the Languages Scholarship Committee, and eligible applicants are awarded a Scholarship to an amount determined based on the duration of the course and the country of travel. Should the number of successful applicants outstrip the funding available, successful applicants will be rank ordered by WAM and scholarships will be awarded based on highest WAM until the funding runs out.

Conditions

Awards will be made only for courses that can be credited to a University of Melbourne degree or diploma. Students must obtain School and Faculty approval to credit their chosen overseas course to their degree. Please see a Discipline Advisor and Stop 1 to have your application form approved.