Stipends and fee remissions

Available scholarships for living expenses (stipends) and course tuition fees (fee remissions)

FBE Doctoral Program Scholarships

This scholarship package supports competitive applicants for our 5-year programs in Accounting, DRFS (Decision, Risk and Financial Sciences), Economics, Finance, Management and Marketing.  The package includes an annual stipend for living expenses, a relocation grant, full course tuition fee coverage and overseas student health insurance cover (OSHC).

Visit our dedicated FBE Doctoral Program Scholarships page for more details.

Melbourne Graduate Research Scholarships

The University of Melbourne offers graduate research scholarships for a range of purposes including living stipends, fee remissions (tuition fees), research-related travel and top-ups. These scholarships are only available for those students who have been made an offer of a place in a graduate research masters or doctorate course.

FBE Eligibility for Graduate Research Scholarships

Applicants for the following programs are eligible and automatically considered for these scholarships:

  • Actuarial Studies, Analytics and Business Administration doctoral programs
  • Joint PhD programs

Five-year doctoral program applicants are automatically considered for these scholarships upon successful completion of their coursework component of their program.

There are two main graduate research scholarship funding sources for Faculty of Business and Economics graduate researchers:

The Australian Government's Research Training Program

The Research Training Program (RTP) supports domestic and overseas students undertaking research doctorate and research masters degrees.

Visit the RTP Frequently Asked Questions page for students on the Department of Education website

Find out more about the RTP

University of Melbourne Graduate Research/Melbourne Research Scholarships

These scholarships provide living stipends, fee remissions and single Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for a research masters or research doctorate at Melbourne.

Find out more about Graduate Research Scholarships

Other Scholarships for Graduate Researchers

Australia Awards Scholarships

This scholarship is offered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to applicants from participating countries. The study and research opportunities provided by Australia Awards Scholarships develop the skills and knowledge of individuals to drive change and contribute to development in their own countries.

FBE doctoral program applicants must check for 5-year doctoral program admission requirements for their chosen discipline beforehand.

Find out more about the Australia Awards scholarship

China Scholarship Council-University of Melbourne PhD Scholarships

This scholarship supports high-performing international students with an unconditional offer to study a PhD at the University of Melbourne.

FBE doctoral program applicants must check for 5-year doctoral program admission requirements for their chosen discipline beforehand

Find out more about the CSC-Melbourne PhD scholarship