Access Scholarships 2026 - VTAC

Access Scholarships aim to ensure that Australians from low SES backgrounds who have the ability to study at university get the opportunity to do so.

Students offered an Access Scholarship may undertake any on-campus undergraduate degree course at Swinburne.

Apply via VTAC

Applicants should complete the VTAC Equity Schemes (SEAS) and Scholarship Application Form which is available through their VTAC user account.

All applicants who receive an offer from Swinburne and have completed the VTAC Equity Schemes (SEAS) and Scholarship Application Form will automatically be assessed for this scholarship.

To be considered, students must preference and be offered a place in any on-campus Swinburne undergraduate course.

Refer to the VTAC webpage for application dates.

Any on-campus undergraduate course offered by Swinburne University of Technology.

To be eligible for the Access Scholarship, applicants must:

1. Meet the following criteria
   • Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or holder of a permanent humanitarian visa
2. Meet the following enrolment criteria:
   • be a commencing Swinburne student in Semester 1, 2026
   • enrolled full-time or part-time and on-campus in an eligible course (see courses eligible in section above)
3. demonstrate financial hardship
    
4. demonstrate personal hardship

Please note: Previous recipients of any type of Swinburne University ACCESS (Equity) Scholarship are not eligible to apply for any other Swinburne University ACCESS (Equity) Scholarship.

This scholarship is valued at $5,500 in the first year and $5,000 per year for the subsequent two years, paid bi-annually, whilst you remain enrolled.

The scholarship is awarded for a maximum duration of 3 years and will be paid no later than Week 1 of each semester.

Apply via VTAC

Applicants should complete the VTAC Equity Schemes (SEAS) and Scholarship Application Form which is available through their VTAC user account.

All applicants who receive an offer from Swinburne and have completed the VTAC Equity Schemes (SEAS) and Scholarship Application Form will automatically be assessed for this scholarship and notified after Round 1 offers.

Refer to the VTAC webpage for application dates.

To be considered, students must preference and be offered any on-campus Swinburne undergraduate course.

Fees and Scholarships Team, Student Administration.
scholarship@swin.edu.au