The University of Adelaide offers a number of Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarships to outstanding international graduates from any country who wish to apply to Masters or Doctorate degrees by research at any faculty of the University. Priority will be given to candidates who undertake research in areas of University research strength.

  • Afghanistan
  • Aland Islands
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • American Samoa
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Anguilla
  • Antarctica
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bermuda
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bonaire, Sint-Estatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Bouvet Island
  • Brazil
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos Islands
  • Colombia
  • Comoros
  • Congo
  • Congo
  • Cook Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Curacao
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Eland Islands
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Guiana
  • French Polynesia
  • French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • French Southern Territories
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guadeloupe
  • Guam
  • Guatemala
  • Guernsey
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jersey
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kosovo
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Martinique
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mayotte
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia
  • Midway Islands
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • North Korea
  • North Macedonia
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Palestine
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Reunion
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Barthelemy
  • Saint Helena
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Sint-Maarten
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • South Korea
  • South Ossetia
  • Southern Sudan
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • St. Maarten
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Vatican
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Virgin Islands, U.S.
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Western Sahara
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Deadline: Jul 10, 2026

Comments: Course starts January

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical & Marine Engineering
  • Agriculture, Forestry, Animal & Related Sciences
  • Animation
  • Anthropology
  • Applied Sciences & Professions
  • Art
  • Art & Art History
  • Astronomy
  • AuPair
  • Behavioral Science
  • Bio & Biomedical Engineering
  • Biology
  • Biomedicine
  • Business
  • Business & Technology
  • Business Administration
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil & Private Law
  • Civil Engineering, Architecture & Construction
  • Climate Studies & Meteorology
  • Communications
  • Computer Science & IT
  • Criminal Law and Criminology
  • Dentistry
  • Design
  • Development & Social Policy and Planning
  • Earth Sciences
  • Ecology, Biodiversity & Conservation
  • Econometrics
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics & Embedded Technology
  • Energy Engineering
  • Engineering & Business
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Engineering Physics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Biotechnology
  • Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology
  • Environmental Economics
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Impacts & Human Health
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Environmental Systems Analysis
  • Ethnic Studies
  • European Law
  • Family and Consumer Science
  • Fashion, Textiles and Luxury goods
  • Film and Theatre Studies
  • Finance
  • Gender Studies
  • Geo-information
  • Geography
  • History
  • Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • Human Medicine
  • Human Resource Management
  • Humanities
  • Hydrology & Water Management
  • Information Science
  • International Law
  • Internship + English
  • Journalism and Mass Communications
  • Language, Literature and Cultural Studies
  • Law
  • Life Sciences, Medicine & Health
  • Management
  • Management & Organisation
  • Marketing studies
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Science
  • Music
  • Natural Sciences
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Physiotherapy
  • Political Science & International Relations
  • Project Management
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health
  • Public Law
  • Religious Studies and Theology
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Soil Science & Soil Ecology
  • Sport
  • Supply Chain Management & Logistics
  • Sustainable Management, Policy & Governance
  • Veterinary Medicine

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Quota: Not specified

The scholarship is for a period of up to 3 years. The following are awarded:

  • • Research Training Program Fee Offset.
    • Research Training Program Living Allowance of AUD 28,092 (2020 rate, indexed annually) per annum for up to 2 years for a Research Master degree, and up to 3 years (with a possible 6 month extension) for a PhD.
    • Research Training Program Allowance, which provides financial support for an Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) Worldcare policy, plus relocation and publication expenses.
    • Relocation allowance of AUD 1,000 per adult (maximum of 2 adults) and AUD 500 per dependent child.
    • Publication Allowance of AUD 840 for Doctoral candidates and AUD 420 for Masters by Research candidates.

The scholarship is for a period of up to 3 years. The following are awarded:

  • Research Training Program Fee Offset.
  • Research Training Program Living Allowance of AUD 28,092 (2020 rate, indexed annually) per annum for up to 2 years for a Research Master degree, and up to 3 years (with a possible 6 month extension) for a PhD.
  • Research Training Program Allowance, which provides financial support for an Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) Worldcare policy, plus relocation and publication expenses.
  • Relocation allowance of AUD 1,000 per adult (maximum of 2 adults) and AUD 500 per dependent child.
  • Publication Allowance of AUD 840 for Doctoral candidates and AUD 420 for Masters by Research candidates.

Applicants must be international students who are commencing Masters or Doctorate by research degrees at the University of Adelaide. Applicants with a qualification in progress will not be eligible for consideration until the qualification has been satisfactorily completed. They must also meet the University of Adelaide’s English language proficiency requirements for direct entry.

Eligible applicants are those with at least the equivalent of an Australian Honours degree. Only commencing students are eligible. The offer of a scholarship is contingent upon a student not being offered another award by the Commonwealth of Australia, the University of Adelaide, or an overseas sponsor.