Scholarships

Scholarships and awards are available for eligible HDR candidates at UOW. These scholarships include annual stipends, living allowances and tuition fee costs.

Opportunities

Prestigious PhD Scholarships in Engineering disciplines

A national research entity funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) and headquartered at the University of Wollongong (UOW), ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre (ITTC) for Innovative Composites for the Future of Mining Equipment (Composites for Sustainable Mining) is comprised of seven Australian universities (participating organisations) and eight local and international industry organisations.

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Study area: Computer Science & Information Technology, Engineering

Student type: Domestic students, International students

Scholarship amount: Successful candidates will receive a tax-free stipend of up to $AUD 36,161 per annum for the duration of the award.

Application closing date: When positions are filled

PhD opportunity – Properties of Slags in an Electric Smelting Funance

An opportunity is available for a PhD candidate to undertake a research project on a low emission ironmaking technology – the Electric Smelting Furnace (ESF), in collaboration with BlueScope Steel at the University of Wollongong (UOW).

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Study area: Engineering

Student type: Domestic students

Scholarship amount: Successful candidates will receive a tax-free stipend of up to $AUD 45,000 per annum for the duration of the award.

Application closing date: Wednesday 31 July 2024

UOW / UoS Joint Dual Degree PhD Scholarship - AFDM-SCMA: A Paradigm Shift in IoT Connectivity and Sensing

The purpose of the scheme is to foster international collaboration by enabling PhD students to spend time at Surrey and Wollongong, with supervisors from both institutions.

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Study area: Computer Science & Information Technology

Student type: Domestic students, International students

Scholarship amount: Candidates will receive a stipend scholarship and fee waiver.

The stipend scholarship will be no less than AUD $34,000, indexed annually for the term of the scholarship.

Application closing date: Wednesday 31 July 2024

UOW / UoS Joint Dual Degree PhD Scholarship - Evaluating residual stress for manufacturing optimisation in advanced TiC-graphene hybrid-reinforced Al matrix composites.

The purpose of the scheme is to foster international collaboration by enabling PhD students to spend time at Surrey and Wollongong, with supervisors from both institutions.

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Study area: Computer Science & Information Technology

Student type: Domestic students, International students

Scholarship amount: Candidates will receive a stipend scholarship and fee waiver.

The stipend scholarship will be no less than AUD $34,000, indexed annually for the term of the scholarship.

Application closing date: Wednesday 31 July 2024

UOW / UoS Joint Dual Degree PhD Scholarship - Gravity compensation strategies in origami-based morphing structures

The purpose of the scheme is to foster international collaboration by enabling PhD students to spend time at Surrey and Wollongong, with supervisors from both institutions.

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Study area: Engineering

Student type: Domestic students, International students

Scholarship amount: Candidates will receive a stipend scholarship and fee waiver.

The stipend scholarship will be no less than AUD $34,000, indexed annually for the term of the scholarship.

Application closing date: Wednesday 31 July 2024

UOW / UoS Joint Dual Degree PhD Scholarship - Molecular mechanisms of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) proteinopathies

The purpose of the scheme is to foster international collaboration by enabling PhD students to spend time at Surrey and Wollongong, with supervisors from both institutions.

Faculty: Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health

Study area: Health

Student type: Domestic students, International students

Scholarship amount: Candidates will receive a stipend scholarship and fee waiver.

The stipend scholarship will be no less than AUD $34,000, indexed annually for the term of the scholarship.

Application closing date: Wednesday 31 July 2024