Australia Awards Scholarships 2023 for Bangladesh students

Fully funded Australia Awards Scholarships 2023, commencement in 2024. This year the scholarships are added for African students. 

Australia’s international development assistance in Bangladesh helps promote prosperity, reduce poverty, and enhance political stability.

Australia Awards scholarships are prestigious international awards offered by the Australian Government to the next generation of global leaders in developing countries. Through study and research, recipients gain the skills and knowledge to drive change and help build enduring people-to-people links with Australia. Australia Awards will support Bangladesh to meet strategic, development, and economic challenges in priority sectors.

Applicants are assessed on their professional and personal qualities, academic competence and, most importantly, their potential to make an impact on development challenges in Bangladesh.

Applications are strongly encouraged from women, people with disability and other marginalised groups.

Australia Awards benefits

Australia Awards Scholarships are offered for the minimum period necessary for the individual to complete the academic program specified by the Australian higher education institution, including any preparatory training. The following benefits generally apply:

• full tuition fees
• return air travel–payment of a single return, economy class airfare to and from Australia, via the most direct route
• establishment allowance–a once only payment as a contribution towards accommodation expenses, text books, study materials
• Contribution to Living Expenses (CLE) – a fortnightly contribution to basic living expenses paid at a rate determined by the department.
• Introductory Academic Program (IAP)–a compulsory program prior to the commencement of formal academic studies covering information on living and studying in Australia
• Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the duration of the award (for award holder only)–provided to cover the scholar's basic medical costs (with the exception of pre-existing conditions)
• Pre-course English (PCE) fees–if deemed necessary PCE may be available for students for in-country and/or in-Australia training
• supplementary academic support may be available to ensure a scholar's academic success or enhance their academic experience
• fieldwork (for research awards and Masters by coursework which have a research component where fieldwork is compulsory) may be available for eligible research students for one return economy class airfare via the most direct route to their country of citizenship or within Australia.

Level of study

Australia Awards scholarships provide citizens of Bangladesh with the opportunity to obtain a qualification at an Australian tertiary institution.

The scholarships will be offered for Master's degree study (by coursework or research) for study commencing in 2024.

Priority fields of study

The priority areas of study for Bangladesh are:

Priority areas Fields of study

Blue economy Fisheries & aquaculture

Marine & maritime studies

Maritime domain awareness

Seaports & shipping

Health Health management, leadership, economics

Global & public health

Nutrition

Pharmaceutical science

Development Environment Sustainability Agriculture development

Climate change & disaster risk reduction

Environmental management

Emergency & humanitarian response management

Water resources management

Trade

Industry

Financial planning & management

International trade & business

ICT & entrepreneurship

Sustainable tourism

Public Policy

Economics

Governance

Human rights & international relations

Foreign policy

Power, energy & mineral resources

Public policy & management

Public administration

Public finance & economics

Infrastructure Science Engineering Computer science including artificial intelligence & machine learning)

Engineering

Information technology

Transport & infrastructure

Robotics

Security studies Countering trafficking

Countering terrorism and violent extremism

Cyber awareness & security

Gender peace and security

Maritime security

Police studies & intelligence

Strategic studies 

Award conditions

Applicants who want to accept an Australia Awards Scholarship will need to sign a contract with the Commonwealth of Australia declaring that they will comply with the conditions of the scholarship.

Scholars are required to leave Australia for a minimum of two years after completing their scholarship. Failure to do so will result in the scholar incurring a debt for the total accrued cost of their scholarship.

Application dates

For study commencing in Australia in 2024:

Opening date: 1 February 2023

Closing date: 1 May 2023 (11:59PM AEST)

Applications and/or supporting documents received after the closing date will not be considered.

The application process

Online applications 

All applications must be lodged online through https://oasis.dfat.gov.au

Eligibility

In addition to the eligibility requirements, candidates from Bangladesh must also meet the following conditions:

• Must be from one of the following target groups:

- Group A: Cadre Officials from the Government of Bangladesh, officials of the Bangladesh Bank, and Judicial Services officials

- Group B: Workers from development organisations, particularly non-government organisations, civil society organisations, or community-based organisations

- Group C: Entrepreneurs or employees of private sector organisations

- Group D: Individuals from academia, research institutions, media and cultural organisations

Be a citizen of Bangladesh and be residing in and applying for the scholarship from Bangladesh.

• Not be married, engaged to, or a de facto of a person who holds, or is eligible to hold, Australian or New Zealand

citizenship or permanent residency, at any time during the application, selection or mobilisation phases.

• Not be currently serving as military personnel.

• Not be applying for another long-term Australia Award unless they have resided outside of Australia for twice the length

of the total time that they were in Australia.

• Must be able to satisfy admission requirements of the Australian institution where the Award will be undertaken.

• Must be able to satisfy all requirements of the Department of Home Affairs to hold a Department of Foreign Affairs and

Trade supported student visa.

• Must have achieved an IELTS (Academic) score of at 6.5 or higher (with no individual band score of less than 6.0) or an

equivalent TOEFL or PTE score. Scores must be valid on 1 January 2024.

Link: https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/australia-awards-bangladesh-information-for-intake.pdf

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