ELICOS+ Scholarship
Scholarship focus
Key information
Benefit amount
Up to $5,000 (discount on tuition fees)
Eligible citizenship
Eligible student type
Eligible level of study
Study area
About the scholarship
This scholarship is worth up to 10 weeks of our English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) tuition fees offered to international students commencing their studies for the first time in 2027 at our Hawthorn campus.
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must have also applied for an undergraduate or postgraduate by coursework course as your principal course, but have not satisfied the English language requirements of the principal course.
What's included
Once you have finished ELICOS and started your principal course, you will receive a deduction of tuition fees across the first three semesters worth up to 10 weeks of your ELICOS tuition fees.
The scholarship applies to tuition fees only. It does not apply to any other fee, such as practicum training, Overseas Student Health Cover or other non-tuition fee costs.
Eligibility and selection criteria
Applicants must be an international student. Australian citizens and permanent residents and New Zealand citizens are not eligible.
Applicants must:
- be enrolled in ELICOS and have applied for an undergraduate or postgraduate by coursework course*
- be commencing studies at Swinburne's Hawthorn campus for the first time in 2027.
*The undergraduate or postgraduate by coursework course will be referred to as the principal course.
Excluded courses:
- master degrees by research
- doctorate degrees
- Study Abroad and Exchange programs
Applications will be assessed based on the applicants' academic performance in their previous studies.
This scholarship is related to the following study areas:
- Aviation
- Built Environment and Architecture
- Business
- Design
- Education
- Engineering
- Film and Television
- Health
- Law
- Nursing
- Psychology
- Science
- Games and Animation
- Media and Communication
- Information Technology
- Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Please note that this scholarship may only be available for particular courses within these study areas. Learn about the inclusions and exclusions.
No supporting documentation is required.
You must:
- meet any course or scholarship-specific entry requirements, the terms and conditions of the scholarship and the conditions outlined in your letter of offer
- not be in receipt of another tuition fee scholarship or reduced fee arrangement from Swinburne at any time*
- not be in receipt of another tuition fee scholarship or reduced fee arrangement from another organisation at the same time.
*Swinburne will apply the most favourable scholarship or arrangement.
How to apply
Please note that the allocation of this scholarship is subject to a quota. We recommend early applications as the scholarship may no longer be available once the quota is exhausted.
No extra application is required for this scholarship
When you apply to commence an intake in an eligible course for the first time at Swinburne's Hawthorn campus, we automatically consider you for the available international scholarships based on the grades of your previous study.
If your application for study is successful, you will receive a letter of offer from us. In that same letter of offer, you will be notified if you have received an international scholarship. Visit our how to apply page for course application details.
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“Australia has always been my dream destination for higher education. This dream of mine became a reality when Swinburne offered a scholarship for the entirety of the course.”
Arnav , Swinburne international student and scholarship recipient from India
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