Government Education Portal - Australia

AusAID: Scholarships  

URL:  http://www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/

Category:  Australian Government sponsored  Australian Government sponsored  Australian Government sponsored  Australian Government sponsored 

This web page provides information on scholarships to study in Australia and out of Australia.

Australian Scholarships  

URL:  http://www.australianscholarships.gov.au/

Category:  Australian Government sponsored  Australian Government sponsored  Australian Government sponsored 

Australian Scholarships is an Australian Government initiative focussed on scholarship opportunities in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Australian Scholarships includes scholarship programmes managed by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST): Australian Development Scholarship (ADS); Australian Leadership Awards (ALA); and the Endeavour Programme.

DEST - University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) Programme  

URL:  http://www.dest.gov.au/...roup/current_apec_endorsed_projects.htm

Category:  Australian Government sponsored 

The Australian UMAP Programme provides funding to Australian higher education institutions to subsidise the cost of their establishing and monitoring, and of Australian students' participation in, UMAP student exchanges with counterpart higher education institutions in the Asia Pacific Region.

International Scholarships and Exchanges Funded by the Australian Government  

URL:  http://www.dest.gov.au/...onal_scholarships_exchanges/default.htm

Category:  Awards and Exchanges  Exchanges, Fellowships and Study Grants  Australian Government sponsored  Australian Government sponsored 

This DEST website provides information about Australian government funded awards and exchanges including the Endeavour Programme, General Sir John Monash Postgraduate Student Awards, and the Fulbright Awards.

Study Overseas  

URL:  http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/...ickfind/StudyOverseas/Default.htm

Category:  Australian Government sponsored  Australian Government sponsored 

For students in Australia interested in opportunities for doing part of their studies overseas, this page provides information on formal exchange programmes, study abroad programmes, Australian overseas campuses, study tours, and the kinds of assistance available.

University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP)  

URL:  http://www.umap.org/

Category:  Australian Government sponsored  Multilateral 

This voluntary association of government and non-government representatives of the higher education (university) sector in the region aims to achieve enhanced international understanding through increased mobility of university students and staff. A range of documents are available from the site, including the Strategic Plan, Declarations, Credit Transfer Scheme (UCTS), and others.

University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) Program  

URL:  http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/...ms/international/umap/

Category:  Australian Government sponsored 

Founded in 1993 by Australian Vice Chancellors Committe as a voluntary association of government and non-government representatives of the higher education (university) sector in the Asia and the Pacific region. UMAP aims to achieve enhanced international understanding through increased mobility of university students and staff. A number of principles guide the UMAP exchange programs. These include the participation of student in formal study, the waive of tuition fees by hosting institutions, credit for study while on an exchange program will be accepted by the home university and both post-graduate and undergraduate students can participate in UMAP.