Name of the Organisation : University of Melbourne (unimelb.edu.au)
Type of Announcement : Prestigious University of Melbourne Scholarships-IIT Madras – 2013
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Application Deadline : 10th April 2013

Prestigious University of Melbourne Scholarships-IIT Madras – 2013

Please forward your applications to Office of International Relations, 2nd floor, IC & SR building, IITM includingfull CV, copies of academic transcripts and a covering letter that clearly indicates
1) Your expected GPA from an IIT Madras degree (BTech, MTech, MSc. Etc)
2) PhD topic: a) You may choose a topic from the list of projects provided, in which case you need to communicate with the Melbourne supervisor directly and seek his/her approval b) topic you are interested in but not given in the list: You need to communicate with saman@unimelb.edu.au to organise an alternative project/supervisor.
3) Evidence of communication with the potential Melbourne supervisor (email attached is fine) as described in 2)
4) Expected starting date of PhD and expected completion date of the IIT Madras degree
5) Call for applications for PhD

Eligibility:
For IIT-Madras educated students only
Student must have a GPA of 8.5/10 or better from a degree conducted at IIT Madras.

Value and the duration of the scholarship:
Living stipend of AUD 25,600 + full tuition waiver of AUD 34,000= AUD 59,600 per annum .
Scholarship is initially for 3 years extendible for further 6 months.
Teaching assistantships (tutoring) are available and you will be paid approx AUD 100 per hour in addition to the scholarship. But you are not required to take teaching or any research assistantship as the scholarships fully cover your PhD project.

Possibility of conducting a part of the study at IIT-Madras:
Co-supervision from IIT-Madras academic colleagues is welcome.
Supervisors and students can agree on the time they spend at IIT Madras.
Scholarship amount will not be changed for the period of time spent at IIT Madras.

Standing of the University of Melbourne:
Australia’s highest rank University and 25th in the world ranking (THES 2013)

More details get here : http://www.oir.iitm.ac.in/Melbourne_...chols2013.docx