Melbourne Scholarships

Scholarship Variations

If you make a change to your enrolment, such as enrolling in a concurrent diploma or taking a Leave of Absence from your course, then this variation will affect your scholarship.

Before applying for a variation to your scholarship, please read your offer letter and the Terms and Conditions of your scholarship to clarify if your scholarship allows for the variation. Your scholarship offer letter specifies the duration of your scholarship.

Once you have confirmed that your scholarship will allow for the variation, please send an application email to scholarships-administration@unimelb.edu.au with the required information detailed below. The email must come from your UoM student email account. We cannot process emails from any other email account.

Enrolment in a Concurrent Diploma

Please note, students in receipt of an International Undergraduate Fee Remission Scholarship are not eligible.

Information to include in your email:

• Your student ID:
• Your given name:
• Your family name:
• The title of your scholarship:
• The title of your degree course:
• The title of the concurrent diploma:
• I am applying for my scholarship to be extended by one year to cover my enrolment in a concurrent diploma and I will email you again once I have been Admitted and Enrolled into the diploma so that my application can be processed.

Enrolment in an Honours Year

University of Melbourne Scholarships cannot be transferred to an honours year. Exception: Commonwealth Scholarships may be transferred to an honours year as long as you remain eligible.

Information to include in your email:

• Your student ID:
• Your given name:
• Your family name:
• The title of your scholarship:
• The title of your degree course:
• The title of the honours degree:
• I am applying for my scholarship to be extended by one year to cover my enrolment in an honours degree and I will email you again once I have been Admitted and Enrolled into the honours degree so that my application can be processed.

Leave of Absence

Information to include in your email:

• Your student ID:
• Your given name:
• Your family name:
• The title of your scholarship:
• The title of your degree course:
• I wish to take a Leave of Absence from my scholarship for one semester OR
• I wish to take a Leave of Absence from my scholarship for two semesters

Part-Time Enrolment

All Melbourne Scholarships are awarded on the basis that you maintain a full time enrolment for the duration of your scholarship. Your scholarship offer letter specifies the duration of your scholarship.

Please note, students in receipt of an International Undergraduate Fee Remission Scholarship are not eligible.

You may only apply to hold your scholarship while enrolled part time if you have a socially compelling reason such as a long term medical condition. Employment is not a valid reason. Please note, according to the Australian Taxation Office, scholarships are only tax-exempt for students who are enrolled full-time. Scholarships held by students who are enrolled on a part-time basis are not tax exempt.

You must submit a Tax File Number Declaration form and supporting documentation together with your application. If you are approved to retain your scholarship while enrolled part time, the University is required to withhold PAYG tax from the scholarship payment at your marginal tax rate or as required by the tax declaration form. Tax declaration forms can be obtained from the ATO, selected newsagents or Melbourne Scholarships.

Information to include in your email:

• Your student ID:
• Your given name:
• Your family name:
• The title of your scholarship:
• The title of your degree course:
1. I wish to retain my scholarship while I am enrolled part time.
2. My socially compelling reason is that:
3. I have included a tax declaration form
4. I acknowledge that tax will be deducted from my payment
5. I have attached my supporting documentation:

OR

6. I wish to take a Leave of Absence from my scholarship while I am enrolled part time.

Transfer to a New Course

Please note, students in receipt of an International Undergraduate Fee Remission Scholarship are not eligible.

You may be permitted to transfer your scholarship to another course at the University of Melbourne providing that you remain eligible. Normally approval will be given if the new course is at the same level as the original course, and students enrolled in the new course also would be eligible for the scholarship concerned.

Transferring to a new course does not constitute grounds to extend the duration of your scholarship. The duration of your scholarship is the normal duration of your new course if you undertake a full study load. Calculation of the expired duration of your scholarship will take into account the component of the original course you have already undertaken.

Information to include in your email:

• Your student ID:
• Your given name:
• Your family name:
• The title of your scholarship:
• The title of your current degree course:
• The title of the new degree course:

Exchange

There is no requirement to notify MS of your Exchange. Your scholarship will continue as long as you are enrolled full-time and continue to meet all other eligibility criteria.

Outcome of your Application

You will be notified via your UoM student email account of the outcome of your application.