RMIT University

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must: identify as a woman; be an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or a permanent humanitarian visa holder; be enrolling/enrolled full-time or part-time in a certificate IV, diploma or undergraduate degree program at RMIT in semester 2 2024; have at least one semester of your program left to complete; be able to demonstrate circumstance/s which impact your ability to study such as: having a past or current experience of family violence, receiving a government tested low income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card, living with a disability, long-term medical condition or identify as neurodiverse, experiencing personal/family/social difficulties; be from an interstate or rural/regional area and moving/moved to Melbourne to study at RMIT; have previously/are currently living in foster/kinship care or are a ward of the state; be from an under-represented background such as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, were born overseas, are from a non-English background and recently migrated to Australia, current or former refugee, completed secondary school at a School Network Access Program school; not have previously completed the same level of program or higher, e.g. if you plan to study a Bachelor of Architectural Design, you should not have previously completed another Bachelor degree. Preference will be given to women who have a past or current experience of family violence and/or migrant women.