Pathways
Local First Nations Education Information
Beyond Local
All Victorian and Australian public universities have Indigenous Higher Education Units. These student support centres can help students during the application process as well as post-offer, enrolment, and throughout their degree. IHE Units offer different services, including scholarship information and study supports. For the most up-to-date information on the services they provide, contact the unit directly.
National Opportunities (Yr 7-12)
Yalari — the Rosemary Bishop Indigenous Education Scholarship is available to Indigenous students from regional and remote communities and towns throughout Australia who will be entering Year 7 and meet the application requirements. Note: the application process begins in Grade 5.
The Smith Family — Indigenous Youth Leadership Program — provides scholarships and leadership opportunities to young Indigenous Australians with a focus on students from regional and remote areas. Scholarships are to attend partnering boarding schools.
Australian Indigenous Education Foundation — offers scholarships to Indigenous students in financial need to one of AIEF partner schools.
Aurora Education Foundation — an Indigenous organisation supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to realise their full education and employment potential. Aurora offer a general scholarship search engine on their website, as well as a funded internship program.
Melbourne Indigenous Transition School — offers full scholarship and boarding program for Year 7-8 First Nations students, with the aim of students continuing the rest of their secondary education at one of the MITS partner boarding schools. MITS continue to provide board for those students in Years 9-12.
CSIRO — Young Indigenous Women’s STEM Academy Program — ‘A national program delivered online, through contact with schools, and outside regular school hours for young Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women from high school through to higher education, tertiary pathways and graduate employment, in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths)’.
Australia-Wide University Indigenous Higher Education Units
Victoria
- Deakin University — NIKERI Institute
- Federation University — Aboriginal Education Centre
- Monash University — William Cooper Institute
- Swinburne University of Technology — Moondani Toombadool Centre
- La Trobe University — Indigenous Strategy and Education
- Victoria University of Technology — Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Unit
- University of Melbourne — Murrup Barak
- RMIT — Ngarara Willim Centre
New South Wales
- Southern Cross University — Indigenous Australian Student Services
- University of New England — Oorala Aboriginal Centre
- University of Newcastle — Wollotuka Institute
- Charles Sturt University — First Nations Student Centre
- Macquarie University — Walanga Muru
- University of New South Wales — Nura Gili
- University of Sydney — Gadigal Centre
- University of Technology Sydney — Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research
- Western Sydney University — Badanami Centre for Indigenous Education
- University of Wollongong — Woolyungah Indigenous Centre
Queensland
- University of Queensland — Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (ATSIS) Unit
- Griffith University — GUMURRII Student Success Unit
- Queensland University of Technology — Oodgeroo Unit
- University of Southern Queensland — College for First Nations
- University of the Sunshine Coast — Buranga Centre
- Bond University — Nyombil Centre
- James Cook University — Indigenous Education and Research Centre
- Central Queensland University — Nulloo Yumbah
South Australia
- The University of Adelaide — First Nations Student Services
- Flinders University — Yungkurrinthi Student Engagement
Western Australia
- University of Western Australia — School of Indigenous Studies
- Curtin University — Centre for Aboriginal Studies
- Edith Cowan University — Kurongkurl Katitjin
- Murdoch University — Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre
Northern Territory
- Charles Darwin University — Office of Indigenous Academic Support (Gurinbey Centre & Akalтye Centre)
Tasmania
- University of Tasmania — Riawunna Centre for Education
ACT
- Australian National University — Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre
- University of Canberra — Ngunnawal Centre
