Postgraduate Access and Equity Scholarship at Murdoch University 2026

Postgraduate Access and Equity Scholarship

The Postgraduate Access and Equity Scholarship is provided by Murdoch University, and it provides support and incentive for postgraduate students from a background of hardship to continue their education at the university.

Eligibility criteria of the Postgraduate Access and Equity Scholarship:

• The applicant must be an Australian Citizen, a permanent resident with a Humanitarian Visa, or a Permanent Resident who has been in Australia continuously for the last 12 months.
• The applicant must be a postgraduate student at the university.
• The applicant must demonstrate that they are experiencing financial hardship.
• The applicant must intend to enrol in an eligible postgraduate level course such as a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Master's by Coursework.
• The applicant must not be enrolled in a Commonwealth HECS-supported postgraduate course such as the Master of Teaching or Master of Applied Psychology in Clinical Psychology.

Application process for the Postgraduate Access and Equity Scholarship:

• This scholarship opens for applications from the first week of September each year.
• The applicant must provide evidence of financial hardship.
• The applicant must provide evidence of personal hardship.
• The applicant must provide a statement of no more than two A4 pages addressing what their living arrangements are in terms of dependents and people who support them. 
• The applicant must provide a statement of no more than two A4 pages addressing unusual circumstances of hardship that they have experienced that have impacted their ability to study, if any.
• The applicant must provide a statement of no more than two A4 pages addressing their personal and career goals.
• The applicant must provide a statement of no more than two A4 pages addressing how the scholarship will assist them in achieving their personal and career goals.
• The applicant must save all files and name them with their surname, first name initial, and date.