University of Sydney Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Award 2025

The Vice Chancellor’s Global Mobility Award provides coursework students from low socio-economic and diverse backgrounds with financial support to access the Semester Exchange Program or a short-term global mobility experience* overseas during their course. 

• Table of Content
• About University Of Sydney
• Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Award
• Aim and Benefits of Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Award
• Requirements for Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Award Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Award
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University Of Sydney

When William Charles Wentworth proposed the idea of Australia’s first university in 1850, he imagined “the opportunity for the child of every class to become great and useful in the destinies of this country”. We’ve stayed true to that original value and purpose by promoting inclusion and diversity for the past 160 years. It's the reason that, as early as 1881, we admitted women on an equal footing to male students. Oxford University didn't follow suit until 30 years later, and Jesus College at Cambridge University did not begin admitting female students until 1974. It's also ... continue reading

Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Award

Aim and Benefits of Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Award

The Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Award is valued at $5000 for a Semester Exchange Program or up to $2500 for eligible in-person short-term global mobility programs. 

Requirements for Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Award Qualification

Applicants must be an Australian citizen (including Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holders), New Zealand citizen, or Australian Permanent Resident, and 

• You must have successfully completed a minimum of 24 credit points at the University of Sydney in your current course and be meeting the progression requirements of the relevant course resolutions and the Coursework Policy 2014, and
   
• You must have applied for admission to the University of Sydney through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) and were admitted to the University through one of the following admission pathways:
  • MySydney Entry and Scholarship Scheme
  • Broadway Scheme
  • Early Offer Year 12 (E12) Scheme (pre-2024)
  • Regional and Remote Entry Scheme
  • The Gadigal Program or you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, or
     
  • You entered your parents' highest educational qualifications at the point of your first enrolment at the University of Sydney and your responses support that you are first in your immediate family to study at university. If you did not complete the parental qualifications fields or your responses do not support your first in family status, and you have not met at least one of the eligibility criteria listed above, you will not be eligible to receive the Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Award.
     
• You must have met the minimum academic eligibility and credit requirements of the specific global mobility program and have received confirmation of acceptance into
  • a Semester Exchange Program, or
  • Short-term global mobility experience*, or
  • Faculty/School administered unit of study with an embedded overseas study and/or fieldwork component.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Vice Chancellor's Global Mobility Award

You should not apply for the OS-HELP loan until you have received an acceptance letter from your host university/program provider which must include your name and the start date of the semester/program. The start date you enter in your OS-HELP loan application and OS-HELP debt confirmation form must match the start date in your host acceptance letter or your loan application will be withdrawn, and you will be asked to submit a new application with the correct start date. You must complete both the OS-HELP loan application and the OS-HELP debt confirmation form in Sydney Student prior to your loan application being reviewed.  

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit University of Sydney Scholarship webpage