Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) are a bilateral program within the Australian scholarships program.
Australian Development Scholarships are a highly valued form of development cooperation that aims to contribute to the long term development needs of Australia’s partner countries to promote growth and stability. They provide opportunities for people from developing countries to undertake full time undergraduate or postgraduate study in Australia.
Fields of study are targeted to address agreed priority human resource and development needs of recipient countries, in line with Australia’s bilateral aid program.
Australian Development Scholarships equip scholars with the skills and knowledge to drive change and influence the development outcomes of their own country through obtaining tertiary qualifications at participating Australian higher education institutions and technical colleges.
Scholarship holders are required to return to their country of citizenship for two years after they have completed their studies to contribute to the development of their country.
Countries eligible for Australian Development Scholarships
List of countries eligible for ADS and country-specific eligibility criteria.
Asia
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan [RTF 197kb]
- Burma (Myanmar) [RTF 174kb]
- Cambodia [RTF 1mb]
- China (People’s Republic of) [RTF 183kb]
- Indonesia [RTF 181kb]
- Laos PDR [RTF 1mb]
- Maldives [RTF 182kb]
- Mongolia [RTF 185kb]
- Nepal [RTF 175kb]
- Pakistan [RTF 1mb]
- Philippines [RTF 1.1mb]
- Sri Lanka [RTF 183kb]
- Timor-Leste [RTF 177kb]
- Vietnam [RTF 1mb]
Pacific
- Fiji [RTF 1mb]
- French Polynesia [RTF 186kb]
- Kiribati [RTF 176kb]
- New Caledonia [RTF 186kb]
- Papua New Guinea [RTF 184kb]
- Samoa [RTF 183kb]
- Solomon Islands [RTF 1mb]
- Tonga [RTF 175kb]
- Tuvalu [RTF 190kb]
- Vanuatu [RTF 189kb]
- Wallis and Futuna [RTF 186kb]
Africa
Eligibility criteria for each of the following countries is available at the Australian Development Scholarships—Africa website [external site]
- Angola
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Ethiopia
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
Caribbean
One set of eligibility criteria applies for the following Caribbean countries [RTF 178kb]
- Belize
- Jamaica
- Haiti
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Dominica
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saint Lucia
- Barbados
- Grenada
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Guyana
- Suriname
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sisay Tadesse says
thank yopu giving achance scholar ship for me and for my country . i am sisay Tadesse from ethiopia .
i was graduated BSC in the field of nursing from ethiopia. so that i am intersted to study at austria in the field of master in international public health .
thank you
sisay
Mulugeta Tamene says
thank for your email Mr.samuel(ADs)
can i eligible to study in one of the university of austrulia in MPH, FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY, MATERNITY,NUTRITION AND OTHER RELATED fields. i have Bsc in occupational health and safety from university of Gondar (Ethiopia) in 2008.
thank you
david ruberwa says
Dear,
I extend my thanks to you for offering africans a chance to study in Australia and hence to realize people’s dreams, howeever i am delighted to know whether chances are still open this year as i would like to check on chances by applying to study a MPH.
Thank you in advance for answering
david
Tel:(+250 788687196)
Mazhara Pomokai says
I am really interested in this scholarship.Thank you for giving us a chance to enhance our skills to develop and improve our public sector services to the community in our home countries.
I am Mazhara from Zimbabwe.I graduated from University of Zimbabwe in July 2005 and have been working for the Meteorological Services Department which falls under the Public Service Commission for 5 years now as a systems engineer responsible for systems installations,maintenance and repair of our systems;either software or hardware.Our main speciality is telecommunication;satellite,radios,radars,sonde tracking systems and other weather special systems.My passion is to develop my career in Telecommunication system so as to enhance my skills in the network monitoring and management in the department.I had a distinction in telecommunication systems as a subject that i did as a fourth year student.So i believe i can excel in this course up to Msc level. I will realise my dream if you award a full free scholarship for either a graduate diploma/masters in telecommunication.
Again my job requires me to have project management skills,considering i am the head of the engineering branch in the department.I am also responsible in supervising projects at our major airports on meteorological instrumentations with a vision of meeting World Meteorlogical Organisation /& International Civil Aviation Organisation standards,so it is my wish to train in Project management.I also play participatory roles in some projects like Automatic weather stations(installations,maintenance and repair).This course will help me to plan,monitor and implement these national projects.
I am looking forward to your considerations so that i realise my dream and this will go a long way in benefiting the department and the nation at large
Thank you in advance.
Daba Mengesha Adula says
I satsified in this scholarship, thank you for giving us this chance!
I am Daba from Ethiopia I was graduated from Addis Ababa university in 2006 from biology department
,and i have four years expriance in teaching, and know I am very satisfactory if I gote full free scholarship in medical Health (healty servise management or medical microbiology,or medical labratory or medical physiology ), and biology fields.pealse realize my dream!
Thank you in advance!