Foundation Study Bursaries

RMIT is excited to announce two new Foundation Studies Bursaries for offshore students.

If you plan to study an English pathway to our Business Foundation Studies course in 2024 or 2025 you may be eligible for our English to Foundation Studies Pathway Bursary.

If you are a citizen of Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines or Thailand planning to study a Business or Communication and Social Context Foundation Studies course in 2024 or 2025 you may be eligible for our South East Asia Foundation Bursary.

Find out more about each bursary and how to apply below.

English to Foundation Studies Pathway Bursary

If you plan to study an English pathway to our Business, Communication and Social Context, Health or Information Technology (IT) Foundation program in 2025, you may be eligible to receive a 20% bursary on your English language course and a 10% bursary on your Business Foundation Studies fees.

The new English to Foundation Studies Pathway Bursary is available to offshore students from the following regions. 

  • China, Hong Kong SAR 
  • South-East Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia)
  • North Asia (Taiwan, Japan and South Korea) 

Value and Duration

A 20% bursary (tuition fee reduction) to an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) English Language pathways program with a study period between 25 September 2023 – 4 July 2025. 

AND

A 10% bursary (tuition fee reduction) to Foundation Studies: Business (FS022BUS), Foundation Studies: Communication and Social Context (FS022COM), Foundation Studies: Health (FS022SHH) or Foundation Studies: Information Technology (FS022SIT) with the study period commencing in 2025.

How to apply

Choose an eligible course

Choose an eligible course to study at RMIT which you can package with EAP/and or Foundation Studies.

Submit your application

Submit an application to study at RMIT and indicate in the application form that you would like to package EAP/and or Foundation Studies.

After your application

If you are successful, you will receive an offer letter with the bursary details outlined.

If you have already accepted an offer

If you have already accepted an offer, the Bursary will be applied to your Academic English/Foundation Studies Business Programs when you accept the offer. Any excess prepaid tuition fees will be transferred to your formal RMIT University course.

Open date

Applications are open now.

Terms and Conditions

  1. The bursary is only available to students who have applied from outside Australia
  2. You must have an ELICOS + Foundation FS022BUS + RMIT award course package offer.
  3. The 20% ELICOS bursary will be applied to your English for Academic Purposes tuition fees for a study period between 25 September 2023 – 4 July 2025.
  4. The 10% Foundation Business bursary will be applied to tuition fees for a Foundation Studies Business (FS022BUS) program commencing in 2024 or 2025.
  5. This bursary is available to students from Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines,  Indonesia, China, Hong Kong SAR, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan

South East Asia Foundation Bursary

If you are a citizen of Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines or Thailand you may be eligible for a 10% bursary on your Business or Communication and Social Context Foundation programs in 2024/2025.

Value and Duration

A 10% bursary (tuition fee reduction) on Business or Communication and Social Context Foundation Studies programs for study commencing in 2024 or 2025.

How to apply

Choose an eligible course

Choose an eligible course to study at RMIT which you can package with EAP/and or Foundation Studies.

Submit your application

Submit an application to study at RMIT and indicate in the application form that you would like to package EAP/and or Foundation Studies.

After your application

If you are successful, you will receive an offer letter with the bursary details outlined.

If you have already accepted an offer

The bursary will be applied to your Foundation Studies Program when you accept the offer. Any excess prepaid tuition fees will be transferred to your formal RMIT University course.

Open date

Applications are open now.

Terms and conditions

  • The bursary is available to citizens of Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines or Thailand who are commencing their Foundation Studies programs in 2024 or 2025 
  • You must apply from outside Australia
  • The 10% bursary will be applied to Foundation Studies: Business (FS022BUS) or Communication and Social Context (FS022COM) tuition fees
  • Students are eligible with or without an English for Academic Purposes package offer

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.