Boeing Scholarship

There are four scholarships available valued at $5000 for one year.

To be eligible for this scholarship applicants must:

• be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or Australian permanent humanitarian visa holder
• be enrolled full-time in one of the programs listed in the table in the value and duration section at RMIT in semester 1 and 2 2021
• have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.7 or higher at the end of semester 2 2020
• for undergraduate or postgraduate by coursework program students
  • have completed a minimum of 96 credit points in your current program
  • have at least 72 credit points of enrolment in courses remaining to graduate from your current program
• be able to demonstrate financial and/or educational disadvantage such as
  • receiving a Government tested low income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card
  • having a long term medical condition or disability which impacts your study
  • have previously/are currently living in foster/kinship care or are a ward of the state
  • experiencing difficult family/social circumstances
  • have/will be relocating from interstate or rural/regional Victoria to Melbourne to study at RMIT
  • were born overseas, are from a non-English speaking background and recently migrated to Australia
  • are a current or former refugee
  • completed your secondary education at a Schools Network Access Program school

The online application form will be made available here when applications open. In order to be considered for this scholarship, you must submit a complete online application. Partial applications will not be assessed.

Supporting documentation

Depending on your circumstances, you will need to provide different types of evidence and material to support your scholarship application. Applications without supporting documents will not be considered.

Please visit Supporting Your Application for more information.

Application questions

If you are shortlisted for the scholarship, you will be contacted to answer further application questions. Please check the email address you nominate in your scholarship application form at least twice per week. The questions are listed below to allow you time to prepare your answers in advance.

• Discuss your passion for studying in your chosen field, including the steps you have taken to achieve your educational goals.
• What are your future plans and career aspirations?
• Describe your two best academic achievements or learning experiences in your current program.
• Describe a situation or challenge that you have met and overcome (and what you learned from this situation) which reflects one or more of the following:
  • teamwork
  • professionalism
  • leadership
  • volunteerism
  • imagination
  • innovation
• How do you intend to use this scholarship and how will it assist you to achieve academic success?
• Tell us what you know about Boeing and how your interests, studies or goals are of significance to Boeing.
• Briefly outline your involvement in an extra-curricular activity such as a university club or committee, student leadership, volunteering or community involvement, or sporting team.

Find out more about applying for scholarships.

These scholarships will be awarded based on criteria that includes:

• demonstrated level of disadvantage
• financial need
• the impact of the scholarship to assist the applicant to achieve their goals
• the applicants’ motivation as illustrated by past academic endeavours
• career goals
• responses to questions in the application form.

Academic results will account for 40% of the weighting.

View the Coursework Scholarships Office’s terms and conditions.

Failure to maintain strong academic performance at the end of semester 1 or to meet the ongoing eligibility may result in cancellation of the scholarship. 

Scholarships cannot be deferred or suspended in any way.

Successful applicants must attend an RMIT award ceremony (date to be advised). Failure to attend (without extreme extenuating circumstances) may result in cancellation of the scholarship.

The Boeing Scholarships are offered to students at RMIT University in support of Boeing International Higher Education Philosophical Guidelines that states that Boeing's will partner with strategically selected colleges and universities to:

• enhance the skills required for as many students' academic and professional success as possible while improving access for underrepresented populations (includes but not limited to financial need, gender, rural and ethnic minorities) and targeting high academic achievers
• promote interest in continuing higher education for students, faculty and Boeing employees in aerospace areas of interest
• increase our knowledge of higher education institutions' intellectual and technical capabilities and their knowledge of our critical skill needs
• leverage our academic partnerships to enhance Boeing's visibility/ presence in key geographic markets.

The intent of the Boeing Scholarship is specifically to give a large number of students the opportunity to apply for support. In addition, Boeing places an emphasis on supporting vocational education (advanced diplomas), undergraduate (associate and bachelor degrees and postgraduate (masters) students who are under-represented, in financial need and/ or demonstrate high academic merit who have technical or business aptitude.