AusAID and Sponsored Students at Swinburne

Australian Development Scheme The overall objective of the Australian Development Scheme (ADS) is to provide AusAID sponsored students with valuable knowledge, skills and qualifications to enable them to make a positive contribution to the development of their country.

Swinburne's AusAID program Swinburne has provided an AusAID student program to students from the Asia-Pacific region for over 10 years. Download an AusAID flyer and learn more about some of the priority courses offered to Swinburne awardees.

AusAID and Swinburne University

In 2000, AusAID released its first competitive tender for the Provision of Training Services. Of the 39 institutions who tendered, Swinburne was one of 19 universities that were successful and one of only three for the TAFE sector nationally.

Swinburne has provided an AusAID student program for over 10 years. We've hosted a variety of scholarships (including ADS, ALA, APS and Endeavour Awards) to students from countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, East Timor, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Laos, Maldives, Micronesia, Mongolia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam and Wallis and Futuna.

Within Swinburne International, the Sponsored Students Unit is the first point of contact for all AusAID students. An AusAID Student Contact Officer (SCO) is responsible for ensuring that Swinburne complies with the terms and conditions of the AusAID contract. The SCO oversees the academic and social well-being of all AusAID students and ensures that those students who have come to Australia with families are provided with appropriate community support.

Learn more about services provided to AusAID sponsored students.

Australian Scholarships

Australian Scholarships continues the spirit of the Colombo Plan which greatly enhanced common purpose and mutual understanding in the Asia-Pacific region. The Australian Government has committed A$1.4 billion to the Australian Scholarships initiative. Over five years, the number of educational and professional development awards offered to the Asia-Pacific will double to 19,000.

Australian Scholarships brings under one umbrella the programmes administered by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST).

These programs provide a variety of opportunities across the undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational education sectors as well as research and professional development.

	Australian Leadership Awards
	Australian Development Scholarships
	Endeavour Programme

AusAID contacts at Swinburne

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