Deadline: 30-Apr-21
Australia Awards scholarships are prestigious international awards offered by the Australian Government to the next generation of global leaders for development. Through study and research, recipients develop the skills and knowledge to drive change and help build enduring people-to-people links with Australia.
Australia’s international development assistance in Vietnam helps promote prosperity, reduce poverty, and enhance political stability.
Applicants are assessed on their professional and personal qualities, academic competence and, most importantly, their potential to impact on development challenges in Vietnam.
Priority fields of study
The priority areas of study for Vietnam are:
- Governance and Economic Growth (economics, competition, international trade, public policy, public finance management, corporate finance, law to support economic integration, entrepreneurship and innovation)
- Infrastructure and Transport (project management and financing, traffic forecasting, transport engineering, social and environmental safeguards, urban transport planning and management, transport master planning, public private partnership, transport economics, road safety and audit, logistics management)
- Water and sanitation (water management, water engineering, water quality and supply systems, water and waste water, water governance, water security, drought management, marine pollution)
- Education (education management, institutional governance, vocational education management)
- Gender Equality (gender and development, women’s studies)
- Agriculture and Rural Development (Agricultural sciences, agribusiness, agricultural economics, rural development, sustainable tourism management, food safety, aquaculture)
- Regional Stability and Human Rights (cyber security, criminology and public governance, international law, international human rights law, maritime sustainability and maritime security), international law of the sea
- Disability (including social work, special education)
- Climate Change (including disaster risk reduction)
- Innovation (science and technology transfer and commercialisation)
- Health (including research, health systems strengthening, and degrees that support Vietnam’s COVID-19 recovery)
Level of study
Australia Awards scholarships provide citizens of Vietnam with the opportunity to obtain a qualification at an Australian tertiary institution.
Awards will be offered for Masters Degree commencing in 2022 within the following allocations:
- Central agencies, including mass organisations
- Provincial and district-level agencies, including mass- organisations
- City-level agencies, including mass- organisations
- Vocational education and training colleges
- Universities
- Vietnamese / State research institutions
- Vietnamese companies
- Vietnamese NGOs
- International NGOs, UN agencies, embassies
Benefits
Australia Awards scholarships are offered for the minimum period necessary for the individual to complete the academic program specified by the Australian education institution, including any preparatory training.
Scholarship recipients will receive the following:
- return air travel
- a one-off establishment allowance on arrival
- full tuition fees
- contribution to living expenses
- introductory academic program
- overseas student health cover for the duration of the scholarship
- supplementary academic support,
- fieldwork allowance for research students and masters by coursework which has a compulsory fieldwork component.
Eligibility Criteria
In addition to the eligibility requirements, candidates from Vietnam must also meet the following conditions:
- have completed a formal undergraduate degree
- have at least 24-month full-time relevant work experience in Vietnam as at 30 April 2021
- not apply for a second Master degree.
For more information, visit https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/vietnam-information-for-intake
