Australia’s Macquarie University offers scholarships worth ₹28.5 lakh for Indian students

Macquarie University in Australia is providing substantial scholarships to Indian students, with total funding reaching up to ₹28.5 lakh for four-year undergraduate or postgraduate programs.

The support includes India’s Early Acceptance Scholarship and the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship.

The India’s Early Acceptance Scholarship offers ₹5.7 lakh (10,000 Australian dollars) in the second semester of the first year, followed by around ₹2.8 lakh per semester until the program is completed.

Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship provides a one-time grant of ₹5.7 lakh, adding to the overall financial assistance.

Indian students may also apply for additional awards, such as the Faculty of Science and Engineering Sustainability Scholarship and the FIRST Australia Scholarship, each worth 5,000 Australian dollars per year.

Eligibility for India’s Early Acceptance Scholarship requires students to be Indian citizens, accept their Letter of Offer, pay the commencement fee by the deadline, maintain enrollment in all compulsory study periods, and not hold a government-sponsored scholarship covering full tuition without prior approval from the Macquarie University Scholarship Team.

Students can apply online at Macquarie University’s official portal at any time of the year. Further scholarship opportunities are detailed under “Macquarie University Scholarships 2025.”

The university offers programs in key areas including Banking & Finance (Fintech, Environmental Finance, Financial Management), Data Science, Information Technology (IoT, AI, Cyber Security, Networking, Information Systems), Engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Civil, Construction, Renewable Energy, Software), Business Analytics, Management, Medicine, Arts, Media, and Communications.