Thread by @Oludeewon

Admission and Scholarship in Australia (Part A)

Generally, there are four routes to Msc and PhD Admission and scholarship in Australia.

Get a cup of coffee, tag your friends and unwind this 🧵.

A. Conventional route: This involves the following:

1. Check the list of all schools that offer your course via this link: 4icu.org/au/

2. Go to the International student page and check the scholarship

available for Int'l students.

See the ones applicable to your country.

Check the eligibility, open and closed date.

See two examples of the scholarship page in three schools below:

sydney.edu.au/scholarships/i…

scholarships.uq.edu.au/future-student…

research.unsw.edu.au/international-…

Check to see if you are eligible, see the conditions then apply.

B. Advertised Projects:

Many schools have advertised Msc and PhD positions available, although it is very competitive. These positions are usually posted on the school's website. Click the link,

check the requirements and apply.

You should have IELTS or TOEFL for sure.

Advertised Projects are good because you know exactly the research you want to do.

The school will ask you to write a proposal in that field.

Another way is to first look for a supervisor in your field, submit a proposal, then work with the supervisor to get funding.

To convince the supervisor, the publication is an added advantage, but as I said in my previous post on Australia, you can use your undergraduate

or masters thesis as proof.

The quality of your proposal determines your ultimate chance.

Let me demonstrate point B practically using the University of New South Wales as an example:

Let's assume Karen finished with a 2 1 and she's in social sciences.

This is what she can do:

a. Look for a Research Supervisor here:

arts.unsw.edu.au/study-us/postg…

b. Send email to as many lecturers as possible using the tips discussed in tweet 5-8 of my pinned tweet (please check).

If she is able to convince any of the supervisors, he/she will follow up with her and tell her exactly which scholarship or projects to apply to.

c. She can also check the list of all research projects in the faculty of arts:

arts.unsw.edu.au/our-research/r…

d. Let's say she picked 1800RESPECT evaluation, the page will show the number of professors involved in this research, funding agency, etc as shown below:

Her job is to apply for the advertised post by sending emails and attaching the following:

-Proposal for the advertised position.

-TOEFL/IELTS Result

- Well written academic CV (publication will be added advantage as it makes you more competitive)

-Transcript

If she wins anyone's heart, then she's on her way to getting the funds.

C. Self-developed Projects: This is the third way of getting a scholarship in Australia. especially if you have a research proposal at hand.

Develop your proposal yourself, look for the programs co-ordinator of your proposed department.

Send email to the person saying that you

have a proposal and you need a supervisor that matches the proposal for possible supervision. Tell him/her to help you send the proposal to Professors in that department.

If your proposal is really interesting, someone in the department will contact you and that's it.😎

The person will then tell you how to move on.

Getting a supervisor's attention is the big deal here.

D. Expression of Interest: This is the fourth and last method of getting a scholarship.

Join me in my next tweet for info on this as well as general tips to becoming more

competitive.

In case anyone missed my first tweet on Australia, kindly check this:

https://twitter.com/Oludeewon/status/1340065853895786496?s=20

You need this tweet to understand what Australia offers.

Thanks for reading😎

I hope you have not finished the coffee?😃

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My friend @AaronAkpuPhilip gave me some of this info.

He is presently in Australia. Bombard his dm, but don't mention my name🤣😃