Communication Scholarship

The scholarship is available exclusively to the prospective students enrolling in the Bachelor of Professional Communication, or Bachelor of Languages, who have demonstrated excellent creativity or passion within their existing practice through communication.

• 2 scholarships will be provided to recipients at the Saigon South campus
• 1 scholarship will be provided to a recipient at the Hanoi campus
• These scholarships are 50% of the tuition fees

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• Be a citizen of Vietnam;
• Have completed high school with a minimum grade 12 GPA of 7.0/10.0; or IB diploma with a minimum of 25 points in total; or GCE ‘A’ Levels (UK) of minimum 7 points for three Advanced subjects (A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1), or equivalent;
• Achieve IELTS (academic) 6.5+ (no band below 6.0) or equivalent. For other international English entry requirements, please view the English equivalency requirements (links to Australian website);
• Have applied for admission to one of the following programs and meet the program entry requirements (conditional offer may be considered):
  • Bachelor of Professional Communication
  • Bachelor of Languages
• Be commencing study in the respective Bachelor’s degree program in a semester in 2025*;
  
• Be able to demonstrate outstanding creativity in communication/language through the digital portfolio.

* If successful, the scholarship will only apply from semester 3 2025 (October 2025).

Note

• Once accepted, this scholarship cannot be transferred to another degree program and campus.
• For Vietnamese high school transcripts that do not include a yearly cumulative GPA, the Scholarships Office will calculate the GPA for each year by averaging the GPA of the subjects assessed on the 10-point scale. Subjects assessed as pass/fail will not be included in the calculation. 

Applicants for this scholarship should submit 2-3 examples of your work in digital format. Your Digital Portfolio may include some of the following:

• Examples of translation or interpretation services for the community, blogs, articles etc.
• Any other example of your chosen creative works in digital format.

Most importantly, your Digital Portfolio should be structured and/or narrated to explain exactly the work you are showing. It should not be left to the viewer to try and work out what the video contains. Ultimately, your digital portfolio should portray you, and your creative accomplishments, as worthy of an RMIT scholarship.

Format

The Digital Portfolio will consist of either a video file (max 3 minutes) or other digital files (portfolio size to be 30 MB or less). It must contain a title page (Digital Portfolio) and clearly include your name. Your Digital Portfolio should be uploaded to an online platform (such as Vimeo, YouTube) or any other online repository (GoogleDrive, etc) and a link provided. Submissions will not be accepted in any other way than online.

Note

All portfolio works must be original and created by the candidate and presented in English.