Scholarship details
Study levels
Research and PhD
Student type
Future students
Study area
Architecture and built environment and Engineering
Eligibility criteria
Academic performance
Citizenship
Australian or New Zealand
Application dates
- Applications close
- 29 February 2024
What you'll receive
QUT's Faculty of Engineering has PhD scholarships available for domestic students commencing by 30 September 2024.
Successful applications will receive:
- an annual stipend paid fortnightly and indexed annually to support living costs. For 2024 the annual stipend rate is $33,637 (AUD) full-time for scholarships centrally funded by QUT. The scholarship is tax exempt for full-time students
- as a domestic student, you will receive a Research Training Program (RTP) Fees Offset funded by the Australian Government.
As the scholarship recipient, you will have the opportunity to work with a team of leading researchers, to undertake your own innovative research in a QUT - Doctor of Philosophy.
Eligibility
You must:
- be a domestic student
- meet QUT’s academic and English language entry requirements found on the QUT - How to apply website, for the Doctor of Philosophy (IF49)
- hold a Bachelor degree with Honours (H2A minimum) or a Masters degree (with a research component and appropriate GPA), in a discipline of relevance to the research topic
- be applying to study full-time and at a QUT campus (internal study mode)
- start your research degree by 30 September 2024
- not have secured an external sponsorship (e.g. from government, other funding body or current employer)
- not have secured an internally funded scholarship (e.g. scholarship from supervisor, school, or faculty) unless it has been explicitly identified as a bridging scholarship.
- have already made contact with a proposed supervisor
How to apply
To be considered for this scholarship, you will need to apply for and be accepted into a PhD at QUT.
How to apply for a research degree
Submit your expression of interest to study a PhD, which must include a draft research proposal, by 11.59pm AEST on Thursday 29 February 2024.
To indicate your interest in this scholarship you must include the name of this scholarship in the financial details section of the application (question 2).
What happens next?
Applicants invited to submit part 2 of the application will be contacted directly to finalise this within the timeframe specified in the email. Failure to do so could deem you ineligible for a scholarship.
Conditions
The conditions for retaining the scholarship are set out in the rules of the QUT Postgraduate Research Award (Domestic).
If a student receives a conditional offer (for example, conditional on completion of a Masters or Honours Degree), conditions must be met by 31 July 2024.
About the scholarship
QUT's Faculty of Engineering has PhD scholarships available for domestic students interested in undertaking research projects.