Human Rights Scholarship at The University of Melbourne

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The University of Melbourne is pleased to offer 2 Human Rights Scholarships* (HRSs) each year. These scholarships provide support for both international and local students who will be undertaking postgraduate studies in the human rights field and who are able to demonstrate their commitment to the peaceful advancement of respect for human rights.

1. Benefits

• Living allowance of $22,000 per annum (2007 rate) for those students enrolled full-time in a research higher degree. Students enrolled in a postgraduate coursework degree will be paid pro-rata based on the number of points undertaken each semester
• Relocation Grant of $2,500 to eligible recipients who are moving from interstate or overseas in order to study at the University of Melbourne. HRS recipients may also be eligible to claim (upon application and presentation of receipts) a Relocation Allowance for specific relocation expenses
• Thesis Allowance of up to $420 (2007 rate) for masters by research and up to $840 (2007 rate) for PhD and other doctorate by research candidates.

Please note that the HRS does not cover course/tuition or HECS fees for local or international coursework programs or international research higher degree course fees.

Local research higher degree HRS recipients are not usually charged course fees as they are allocated a Research Training Scheme (RTS) place. RTS places exempt students from the Higher Education Contribution (HECS) Scheme. Time limits and other conditions apply to RTS places. For further information please contact the School of Graduate Studies (PhD, MSc, MIS and MOptom students) or your faculty office (all other students).

2. Eligibility criteria

2.1 Applicants for the HRS must be able to demonstrate that their commitment to the peaceful advancement of respect for human rights extends beyond their academic studies (such as voluntary and/or work experience).

2.2 A high H2A (ie 78-79% and above) is the minimum grade average usually required to be competitive for an HRS.

2.3 Applicants must be planning to commence or be currently enrolled in a postgraduate diploma*, masters by coursework, doctorate by coursework or research higher degree in the human rights field at the University of Melbourne.

*HRSs cannot be awarded to support studies toward a graduate diploma or postgraduate certificate.

2.4 International students must have an unconditional course offer at the University of Melbourne for the course for which they seek the support of a HRS. See section 5 below for local and international HRS application procedures.

2.5 Applicants seeking a HRS to undertake a:

• coursework program (eg postgraduate diploma, masters by coursework) must meet the normal academic requirements for the course. Please provide the relevant page from your faculty handbook that outlines the minimum entry requirements for the course for which you are seeking a HRS (this is only required from applicants who have not yet commenced the course for which an HRS is sought).
• research higher degree must normally meet the academic requirements that apply to the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) or Melbourne Research Scholarship (MRS). Click here for further details about APA/MRS Eligibility.(...Read more)

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