Eligibility Criteria

1.   ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Prospective candidates will be considered for scholarships if they hold a first class honours (H1) qualification or the equivalent. 

Monash has well established procedures for assessing other qualifications, through its first class honours equivalence process (H1E). If an applicant has qualifications with research experiences equivalent to an Australian first class honours degree, the student’s qualifications may be assessed for equivalence. The following qualifications, for example, require such assessment:

• a bachelors degree requiring at least four years of full-time study, and which normally includes a research component in the fourth year, leading to an honours degree class I level, or
• a course leading to a level rated by the relevant department, faculty and committee as equivalent to an honours class I degree, or
• a masters degree that entails work, normally including a significant research component, at least equivalent to an honours degree (a ‘significant research component’ in a masters degree will vary from discipline to discipline). It is normally expected that a grade of class I has been obtained for the research thesis or project. Where ungraded, examiners' reports will be taken into account.

Candidates with the following qualifications are automatically classed as first class honours applicants:

• Australian/New Zealand bachelors degree with first class honours (H1)
• Australian/New Zealand research masters preliminary degree formally graded at H1 level
• Australian/New Zealand research masters degree formally graded at H1 level

Further information regarding equivalent qualifications is available at http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/scholarships/summary.html

2.  ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Sound academic English language skills are required for research programs. The Faculty of Business and Economics' requirement for evidence of English Language proficiency if an applicant’s first language is not English, must be satisfied in one of the following ways:

Tests  Academic level IELTS and TOEFL.  Tests that are taken more than two years prior to application will not be accepted.

• IELTS    Overall Band Score is a minimum of 7.0 and the Individual Band Scores are a minimum of  6.5.
• TOEFL   

• a minimum total score of  600 together with a score of 5.0 or more on the TOEFL Test of Written English (TWE) (paper based score);
• a minimum total score of  250 together with a score of 5.0 or more on the Essay Rating (ER) (computer-based score); or
• a minimum total score of 100 (internet based score) together with a minimum score of 25 in the written test and a minimum score of 25 in each of the reading, speaking and listening tests.

OR

Successful completion of a course of tertiary studies of at least two years’ duration conducted entirely in English and involving formal assessment of written work, in a country where English is the official language. Studies must be completed within the five year period prior to application.

Please refer to Monash Research Graduate School website  for more information on English Language Proficiency.