Scholarships

EQUITY
Scholarship Program

VIT aims to ensure that applicants from Regional and Remote areas and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who have the ability to study at VIT, get the opportunity to do so, through our Equity Scholarship Program.

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Eligible Course	Bachelor of Technology and Systems (BITS) Master of Technology and Systems (MITS) Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Eligibility / Selection Criteria	Applicants must: Be an Australian citizen, Meet all course entry requirements, Qualify for FEE-HELP, Be a commencing student studying full-time in BITS, MITS and MBA programs.
Categories of EQUITY Scholarship	There are two categories of VIT Equity Scholarship: Regional and Remote; Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
How to apply	All equity scholarship applicants must complete an Equity Scholarship Application Form – HE. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander categories applicants, additional information is required. A Confidential Statement of Support Form – HE, must accompany your Equity Scholarship Application Form – HE. All Equity Scholarship applications and queries should be forwarded to the VIT Scholarships Officer: [email protected]
Regional and Remote Areas Equity Scholarship	This category applies if you live or have lived in either Outer Regional (RA3), Remote (RA4) and Very Remote (RA5) regions of Victoria, as determined by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Areas Locator
Number and Value of Scholarships	VIT makes available scholarships of up to 25% of tuition fees for applicants who qualify under an Equity category scholarship. An internal committee will determine the distribution of equity scholarships across the various academic courses.
VIT BITS, MITS, and MBA EQUITY Scholarship Conditions	As a recipient of the scholarship, you must: Continue studies at VIT in all semesters, in line with the individual periods of the awarded scholarship. Maintain a full-time study load (comprising at least four units) Maintain satisfactory Credit academic performance average across all units, or any other specific academic performance standards required for the course. Seek your own independent advice from the relevant authorities on the effect, if any, that the Scholarship is likely to have on your eligibility for Government benefits or any taxation implications. Payments will be made in two instalments for all years the scholarship is awarded and conditions are met. If you fail to maintain the conditions as outlined in Item 1, without any exceptional circumstances, you may forfeit the scholarship. Scholarships do not apply to the ‘Cross-Institutional Study’ undertaken at another institution. The scholarship cannot be deferred. Successful students have five (5) working days to accept a scholarship. Students who take leave of absence (LOA) from their course will forfeit the scholarship and will not normally be eligible to apply for the scholarship when they recommence study. In exceptional circumstances, VIT may approve the continuation of the scholarship on returnfrom a period of LOA. Students are not permitted to apply for this scholarship through an education agent All scholarships are approved at VIT’s discretion and all decisions are final.