CHC OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS TO HELP THEM REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WHILST STUDYING

APPLICATIONS DUE:

  • Applications for Semester 1, 2025 scholarships close 7 February 2025
  • Applications for Semester 2, 2025 scholarships close 11 July 2025

 

FIRST NATIONS SCHOLARSHIP

Availability

The scholarship is available for a student who identify as first nations and studying full-time.

Value

Valued up to $8,000 per year for the length of the course (up to four years for undergraduate courses and up to two years for postgraduate courses).

Plus, a ATAR adjustment of up to 5 ranks

Application Details

To apply submit a completed online form and upload the required documentation that addresses the scholarship criteria indicated

Equal Opportunity

Applications must address the following criteria and include evidence in relation to each one.

  1. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status. This would usually take the form of confirmation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status under the common seal of a community organisation. Where exceptional circumstances apply, statutory declarations and other forms of documentation may be considered. Original or certified copies of supporting documentation must be provided.
  1. Academic achievement

For undergraduate courses, please provide:

  • Your most recent school report.
  • University subjects/units completed, VET units of competency, or Certificates/Diplomas completed.

For postgraduate courses, please provide:

  • Your most recent official academic transcript.

  • The scholarship is awarded subject to the applicant meeting normal CHC admission requirements for a nominated course and will be implemented once all academic enrolment procedures are finalised.
  • The semester value of the scholarship will be applied to the recipient鈥檚 student account and cannot be redeemed for cash, in part or in whole.
  • Recipients of scholarships/grants must maintain a full-time study load of 40 credit points (4 units) per semester in their course of enrolment in order to remain eligible for their scholarships/grants. Approved cross-institutional study will be included when determining recipients鈥� study loads (this does not include concurrent enrolment in two courses).
  • From the second semester of the scholarship, continued eligibility for the scholarship is contingent upon the recipient maintaining satisfactory academic progress by passing all units in the preceding semester (minimum GPA of 4.0).

Applications for this scholarship will not be processed unless CHC has received an application for an eligible course.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application, to the email address provided on the application form, within 20 working days of the close of applications.

Successful applicants are to send a reply email to confirm their acceptance of the offer of the Indigenous Scholarship.

By accepting the Indigenous Scholarship, recipients acknowledge that they accept the terms and conditions outlined above as well as the general terms and conditions noted in the General Information section.

To apply please fill-in the select “equity-based scholarship”

Ready to Study CHC

Applications must address the following criteria and include evidence in relation to each one as requested.

  1. Financial hardship

In a statement of 200 words, please describe how financial hardship has caused you education disadvantage.

Applicants must also apply in the 鈥楩inancial Hardship鈥� category of the QTAC Educational Access Scheme (EAS) on the .

CHC will access your ATAR (if eligible) and EAS Financial Hardship score via QTAC.

  1. Value of an education in an eligible course

In a statement of 200 words, describe why completing a degree in an eligible course is important to you and how you see it as representing or embodying a pathway to achieving the goals you have set for your life and work.

  1. Contribution to CHC鈥檚 values and ethos

In a statement of 200 words, describe how you would support and contribute to CHC鈥檚 values, culture and community.

Applicants are to complete an application for an eligible course via QTAC, including the 鈥楩inancial Hardship鈥� category of the EAS (Educational Access Scheme).

To apply for the Provision scholarship, applicants are to submit a completed online CHC Scholarship Application form and upload the required documentation that addresses the scholarship criteria indicated. Apply through ‘Equity-Based Scholarships’.

  • The scholarship is awarded subject to the applicant meeting normal CHC admission requirements for an eligible course and will be implemented once all academic enrolment procedures are finalised.
  • In the first year of the scholarship, $500 of the annual value will be paid in the first week of the student鈥檚 first semester of study to help offset initial study costs, with the balance to be paid in two equal instalments after the census dates in Semesters 1 and 2.
  • In the subsequent years of the scholarship, the annual value will be paid in two equal instalments after the census dates in Semesters 1 and 2.
  • Recipients of scholarships/grants must maintain a full-time study load of 40 credit points (4 units) per semester in their course of enrolment in order to remain eligible for their scholarships/grants. Approved cross-institutional study will be included when determining recipients鈥� study loads (this does not include concurrent enrolment in two courses).
  • From the second semester of the scholarship, continued eligibility for the scholarship is contingent upon the recipient maintaining satisfactory academic progress by passing all units in the preceding semester (minimum GPA of 4.0)

Scholarship Offer and Acceptance Process

Applications for this scholarship will not be processed unless CHC has received an application for an eligible course.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application, to the email address provided on the application form, within 20 working days of the close of applications.

Successful applicants are to send a reply email to confirm their acceptance of the offer of the Provision Scholarship.

By accepting the Provision Scholarship, recipients acknowledge that they accept the terms and conditions outlined above as well as the general terms and conditions noted in the General Information section.

PROVISION SCHOLARSHIP 鈥� Financial Hardship

Availability

Scholarships are available in 2025 (one in each of Semesters 1 and 2) for students who are Australian citizens or permanent residents, who are enrolling in Bachelor-level studies for the first time and who have experienced educational disadvantage as a result of financial hardship.

An applicant will be deemed to have demonstrated significant financial disadvantage by being awarded the maximum possible points for the 鈥楩inancial Hardship鈥� category of the QTAC EAS (Educational Access Scheme).

For further information about the QTAC Education Access Scheme, see

Value

These scholarships are valued at $1,500 per year for a maximum of three years, or four years for Bachelor-level initial teacher education courses.

APPLICATION DETAILS

  • Please fill-in the select “equity-based scholarship”
  • You may be required to provide further information or documentation to support your application

FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS

To be eligible for this scholarship, the student must be the first individual within their family to engage in tertiary level studies. Applicants do not need an ATAR score to apply for thus scholarship. This scholarship is for students enrolling in any degree at CHC and open to Australian citizens and permanent residents.
Availability

The scholarship is available for a student who is the first individual within their family to engage in tertiary level studies.

Applicants do not need an ATAR to apply for this scholarship.

Value

Valued up to $1,000 per annum.

Application Details

To apply submit a completed online form and upload the required documentation that addresses the scholarship criteria indicated

  • The scholarship is awarded subject to the applicant meeting normal CHC admission requirements for a nominated course and will be implemented once all academic enrolment procedures are finalised.
  • The semester value of the scholarship will be applied to the recipient鈥檚 student account and cannot be redeemed for cash, in part or in whole.
  • Recipients of scholarships/grants must maintain a full-time study load of 40 credit points (4 units) per semester in their course of enrolment in order to remain eligible for their scholarships/grants. Approved cross-institutional study will be included when determining recipients鈥� study loads (this does not include concurrent enrolment in two courses).
  • From the second semester of the scholarship, continued eligibility for the scholarship is contingent upon the recipient maintaining satisfactory academic progress by passing all units in the preceding semester (minimum GPA of 4.0).

Applications for this scholarship will not be processed unless CHC has received an application for an eligible course.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application, to the email address provided on the application form, within 20 working days of the close of applications.

Successful applicants are to send a reply email to confirm their acceptance of the offer of the Indigenous Scholarship.

By accepting the Indigenous Scholarship, recipients acknowledge that they accept the terms and conditions outlined above as well as the general terms and conditions noted in the General Information section.

To apply please fill-in the select “equity-based scholarship”

Applications for this scholarship will not be processed unless CHC has received an application for an eligible course.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application, to the email address provided on the application form, within 20 working days of the close of applications.

Successful applicants are to send a reply email to confirm their acceptance of the offer of the Indigenous Scholarship.

By accepting the Indigenous Scholarship, recipients acknowledge that they accept the terms and conditions outlined above as well as the general terms and conditions noted in the General Information section.

  • Please fill-in the聽聽select 鈥渆quity-based scholarship鈥�
  • You may be required to provide further information or documentation to support your application

REGIONAL EQUITY SCHOLARSHIP

The Regional Equity Scholarship is open to Australian citizens and permanent residents taking on a full-time study load. Applicants do not need an ATAR score to apply for this scholarship.

Availability

The scholarship is available for full-time study only.

Value

The Regional Equity scholarship is valued at $8,000 per course.

FUTURE CHRISTIAN TEACHERS

Availability

The scholarship is open to Australian citizens and permanent residents.

Applicants do not need an ATAR to apply for this scholarship.

Value

Valued up to $8,000 per course.

Application Details

To apply submit a completed online form and upload the required documentation that addresses the scholarship criteria indicated

Equal Opportunity

  • The scholarship is awarded subject to the applicant meeting normal CHC admission requirements for a nominated course and will be implemented once all academic enrolment procedures are finalised.
  • The semester value of the scholarship will be applied to the recipient鈥檚 student account and cannot be redeemed for cash, in part or in whole.
  • Recipients of scholarships/grants must maintain a full-time study load of 40 credit points (4 units) per semester in their course of enrolment in order to remain eligible for their scholarships/grants. Approved cross-institutional study will be included when determining recipients鈥� study loads (this does not include concurrent enrolment in two courses).
  • From the second semester of the scholarship, continued eligibility for the scholarship is contingent upon the recipient maintaining satisfactory academic progress by passing all units in the preceding semester (minimum GPA of 4.0).

Applications for this scholarship will not be processed unless CHC has received an application for an eligible course.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application, to the email address provided on the application form, within 20 working days of the close of applications.

Successful applicants are to send a reply email to confirm their acceptance of the offer of the Future Christian Teachers Scholarship.

By accepting the Future Christian Teachers Scholarship, recipients acknowledge that they accept the terms and conditions outlined above as well as the general terms and conditions noted in the General Information section.

To apply please fill-in the select “equity-based scholarship”

Applications for this scholarship will not be processed unless CHC has received an application for an eligible course.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application, to the email address provided on the application form, within 20 working days of the close of applications.

Successful applicants are to send a reply email to confirm their acceptance of the offer of the International Students’ Equity Bursary.

By accepting the International Students’ Equity Bursary, recipients acknowledge that they accept the terms and conditions outlined above as well as the general terms and conditions noted in the General Information section.

  • Please fill-in the聽聽select 鈥渆quity-based scholarship鈥�
  • You may be required to provide further information or documentation to support your application

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ EQUITY BURSARY

International students can access a discount in course fees of up to 20%

  • Open to International students
  • Applicants may enrol in any degree and may be asked to provide a statement of why they want to study at CHC

LIFELONG LEARNING BURSARY

CHC Alumni

CHC values lifelong learning and is providing scholarships to selected alumni who have been accepted to commence an eligible CHC course in Semester 1 or Semester 2, 2025.

The scholarship is available to domestic students and international students alike.

Value

The scholarship is valued at a 10% reduction in the applicable tuition fees for the duration of enrolment in the course (domestic students) or for the standard full-time duration of the course (international students).

To be eligible for a Lifelong Learning Scholarship, students must meet the following criteria:

  • Completion of a CHC Bachelor degree or higher
  • Acceptance to commence a CHC postgraduate course in Business, Counselling, Education or Human Services in Semester 1 or Semester 2, 2025
  • Enrolment in a full-time study load (international students only)

Applicants are not eligible for a Lifelong Learning Scholarship if they are:

  • Transferring from another CHC course
  • Receiving another tuition fee reduction (scholarship, fee rebate) in the same study period

APPLICATION DETAILS

  • Applicants are to complete an application for an eligible course (either via QTAC or direct to CHC, as appropriate) and complete the associated unit enrolment processes for their first semester of study in the course.To apply for a Lifelong Learning Scholarship, applicants are to submit a completed online form and upload the required documentation that addresses the scholarship criteria indicated.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  • The scholarship is awarded subject to the applicant meeting normal CHC admission requirements for an eligible course and will be implemented once all academic enrolment procedures are finalised.
  • The semester value of the scholarship will be applied to the recipient鈥檚 student account and cannot be redeemed for cash, in part or in whole.
  • From the second semester of the scholarship, continued eligibility for the scholarship is contingent upon the recipient maintaining satisfactory academic progress by passing all units in the preceding semester (minimum GPA of 4.0).

SCHOLARSHIP OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE PROCESS

Applications for this scholarship will not be processed unless CHC has received an application for an eligible course.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application, to the email address provided on the application form, within 20 working days of the close of applications.

Successful applicants are to send a reply email to confirm their acceptance of the offer of the Lifelong Learning Scholarship.

By accepting the Lifelong Learning Scholarship, recipients acknowledge that they accept the terms and conditions outlined above as well as the general terms and conditions noted in the General Information section.

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Australian Government Support Services

The Australian Government provides a range of support for students while they study including support for students who are experiencing hardship or who face other challenges.

There are differing eligibility requirements depending on the support sought. The link to the complete list of support services including financial support can be found .

Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships

Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships are being offered for commencing ITE students who are commencing full-time teaching degrees from 2024

  • The Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships Program offers scholarships of up to $40,000 per student for full time undergraduate ITE students.
  • More information and to apply, please visit