The scholarship offer process

Depending on the institution offering the scholarship, advice will either be emailed to you directly or available in your VTAC account. There will be two types of advice provided:

  • Advice that your scholarship application is on a waiting list. Should you be successful, further information will be sent to you directly from the institution once course offers have been determined.
  • Advice that the scholarship application has not been successful.

Institutions will then contact applicants directly to let them know that their application has been successful.

Being allocated a scholarship does not guarantee you an offer for a course.

Advice will be posted online in your user account around late November/early December. If you have not heard from VTAC or institutions by the end of December, please contact institutions directly. VTAC does not determine scholarship eligibility or make scholarship award decisions.

How do institutions provide scholarship advice to you?


Deakin University Will provide provisional scholarship offers following the release of ATARs in December and will continue to award scholarships progressively until all scholarships are offered.
Successful applicants will be notified by email. Unsuccessful applicants will not be notified.
Federation University Provisional scholarship offer advice will be provided via your VTAC account. Confirmation of offers will be made by Federation University in February and March following the course enrolment process. Successful applicants will be notified by email.
La Trobe University

Shortlisted potential recipients will be informed that we retain an interest in your scholarship application via your VTAC account. Scholarship offers will be emailed direct to you from the La Trobe University Scholarships email address on the same day you receive your La Trobe course offer email. 
RMIT University Offers will commence in early December, with further offers being made in January and February. Unsuccessful applicants will not be notified. 
Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne communicates scholarship offers directly to successful applicants via email.

For VTAC applicants, eligible scholarships, such as Access Scholarship or the Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship, will be sent alongside their VTAC offer. All eligible recipients receive formal confirmation with details about their scholarship, next steps, and any documentation requirements.
Victoria University Offers will be made in January and February to coincide with VTAC course offers.