Equity definitions

We want to help you make the most of your talent. So, if studying at Monash feels out of reach for financial, geographical, cultural or personal reasons, you might consider applying for one of our equity scholarships or bursaries for domestic students.

You may need to provide supporting documentation to substantiate your claim.

Financial disadvantage
To be eligible under this category, you must be either:

  • receiving a current Centrelink payment and/or benefit (e.g. Youth Allowance or a Low Income Health Care Card), or
  • experiencing exceptional financial disadvantage but not receiving any Centrelink payments or benefits.

If you are not a current Year 12 student, and are receiving Centrelink benefits, you must also apply under the difficult circumstances category. The information provided in this category will assist in determining your eligibility under the financial hardship category. You should seek advice from the scholarships unit on how to complete this statement if you are experiencing difficulty.

Indigenous Australian background
This category applies if you identify as an Indigenous Australian and are accepted as such by an Indigenous Australian Community.

Recent Refugee
For students that have had to leave or abandon their native country due to persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, personal associations, or political opinion.

Difficult circumstances
This category applies if you have experienced difficult circumstances that have affected your ability to study. This may include:

  • abusive family environment
  • carer responsibilities (e.g. ill children, parent, siblings)
  • chronic medical condition of a dependent child
  • death of a parent/guardian/close relative
  • death of a teacher/classmate/friend
  • homelessness
  • major illness of parent/guardian/close relative
  • multiple relocations/moving house
  • natural disaster (e.g. bushfire, flood)
  • parent's separation/divorce
  • relationship breakdown with significant other
  • victim of crime.

Regional and remote areas
This category applies if you live or have lived in a regional and remote area of Australia as determined by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Areas Locator.

Disability or long-term medical condition
This category applies if you have a disability or medical condition that has affected your ability to study. This may include chronic pain, major illness, drug addiction, learning disabilities and mental illness, eating disorder, glandular fever, chronic fatigue syndrome or vision or hearing impairments.

Attended an under-represented school
Our under-represented schools list was compiled based on a combination of Student Family Occupation (SFO), Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA) and transition to university data.

You must be a current Year 12 student in 2012, have attended a high school listed below, and you must select this high school in your scholarship application form.

  •  Alexandra Secondary College, Alexandra
  • Ararat Community College Secondary, Ararat                       
  • Australian International Academy of Education , Coburg                       
  • Bacchus Marsh College, Bacchus Marsh                
  • Baimbridge College, Hamilton                     
  • Bairnsdale Secondary College, Bairnsdale                   
  • Ballarat Secondary College, Ballarat                     
  • Bayside P-12 College, Altona North                 
  • Bayswater Secondary College, Bayswater                    
  • Beaufort Secondary College, Beaufort                     
  • Bellarine Secondary College, Drysdale                     
  • Benalla College, Benalla                      
  • Birchip P-12 School, Birchip                      
  • Boronia Heights College, The Basin                    
  • Brauer Secondary College, Warrnambool                  
  • Braybrook College, Braybrook                    
  • Broadford Secondary College, Broadford                    
  • Bundoora Secondary College, Bundoora                     
  • Camperdown College, Camperdown                   
  • Cann River P-12 College, Cann River                    
  • Caroline Chisholm Catholic College, Braybrook                    
  • Caroline Springs College, Caroline Springs             
  • Carrum Downs Secondary College, Carrum Downs                 
  • Carwatha College P-12, Noble Park North             
  • Casey Grammar School, Cranbourne                   
  • Casterton Secondary College, Casterton                    
  • Catholic College, Sale, Sale                         
  • Chaffey Secondary College, Mildura                      
  • Charles La Trobe P-12 College, Ivanhoe                      
  • Charlton College, Charlton                     
  • Claremont College, Claremont
  • Clonard College, Geelong West                 
  • Cobden Technical School, Cobden                       
  • Cobram Secondary College, Cobram                       
  • Cohuna Secondary College, Cohuna                       
  • Colac Secondary College, Colac                        
  • Copperfield College, Delahey                      
  • Corio Bay Senior College, Corio                         
  • Craigieburn Secondary College, Craigieburn                  
  • Cranbourne Secondary College, Cranbourne                   
  • Croydon Community School, Croydon                      
  • Croydon Secondary College, Croydon                       
  • Crusoe 7-10 Secondary College, Kangaroo Flat                
  • Dandenong High School (interim Name), Dandenong                    
  • Daylesford Secondary College, Daylesford                   
  • Derrinallum P-12 College, Derrinallum                  
  • Diamond Valley College, Diamond Creek                
  • Dimboola Memorial Secondary College, Dimboola                     
  • Don College, Devonport
  • Donald High School, Donald                       
  • Dromana Secondary College, Dromana                      
  • Drouin Secondary College, Drouin                       
  • Eaglehawk Secondary College, Eaglehawk                    
  • Echuca College, Echuca                       
  • Edenhope College, Edenhope                     
  • Elisabeth Murdoch College, Langwarrin                    
  • Elizabeth College, Hobart
  • Emerald Secondary College, Emerald                      
  • Endeavour Hills Secondary College, Endeavour Hills              
  • Epping Secondary College, Epping                       
  • Essendon East Keilor District College, Niddrie                      
  • Euroa Secondary College, Euroa                        
  • Fairhills High School, Ferntree Gully               
  • Flinders Peak Secondary College Y7-10
  • Fountain Gate Secondary College, Hallam                       
  • Galvin Park Secondary College, Werribee                     
  • Geelong High School, East Geelong                 
  • Gilmore College For Girls, Footscray                    
  • Gisborne Secondary College, Gisborne                     
  • Gladstone Park Secondary College, Gladstone Park               
  • Gleneagles Secondary College, Endeavour Hills              
  • Glenroy Secondary College, Glenroy                      
  • Goroke P-12 College, Goroke                       
  • Greensborough Secondary College, Greensborough                
  • Grovedale College, Grovedale                    
  • Hallam Senior Secondary College, Hallam                       
  • Hampton Park Secondary College, Hampton Park                 
  • Hawkesdale P12 College, Hawkesdale                   
  • Healesville High School, Healesville                  
  • Heathmont College, Heathmont                    
  • Hellyer College, Burnie
  • Heywood District Secondary College, Heywood                      
  • Highview Christian Community College, Maryborough                   
  • Hobart College, Mount Nelson
  • Hopetoun Secondary College, Hopetoun                     
  • Hoppers Crossing Secondary College, Hoppers Crossing             
  • Horsham College, Horsham                      
  • Hume Central Secondary College, Dallas                        
  • Ilim College of Australia, Broadmeadows                 
  • Irymple Secondary College, Irymple                      
  • John Fawkner Secondary College, Fawkner                      
  • Kambrya College, Berwick                      
  • Kealba Secondary College
  • Keilor Downs Secondary College, Keilor Downs                 
  • Kensington Community High School, Flemington                   
  • Kerang Tech High School, Kerang                       
  • Keysborough Secondary College, Noble Park                    
  • Killester College, Springvale                   
  • Koo Wee Rup Secondary College, Koo Wee Rup                  
  • Korumburra Secondary College, Korumburra                   
  • Kurnai College, Morwell Bc                   
  • Kurunjang Secondary College, Melton                       
  • Kyabram P-12 College, Kyabram                      
  • Kyneton Secondary College, Kyneton                      
  • Lake Bolac College, Lake Bolac                   
  • Lakes Entrance Secondary College, Lakes Entrance                
  • Lalor North Secondary College, Epping                       
  • Lalor Secondary College, Lalor                        
  • Lara Secondary College, Lara                         
  • Launceston College, Launceston
  • Lavalla Catholic College, Traralgon                     
  • Lavers Hill P-12 College, Lavers Hill                  
  • Laverton P-12 College, Laverton                     
  • Leongatha Secondary College, Leongatha                    
  • Lilydale Heights College, Lilydale                     
  • Lilydale High School, Lilydale                     
  • Lowanna College, Moe                          
  • Lyndale Secondary College, Dandenong North              
  • Lyndhurst Secondary College, Cranbourne                   
  • Maffra Secondary College, Maffra                        
  • Manangatang P-12 College, Manangatang                  
  • Manor Lakes P-12 Specialist College
  • Mansfield Secondary College, Mansfield                    
  • Marian College, Sunshine West                
  • Marian College, Myrtleford                   
  • Maribyrnong Secondary College, Maribyrnong                  
  • Marist-Sion College, Warragul                     
  • Maroondah Secondary College, Croydon                      
  • Maryborough Education Centre, Maryborough                  
  • Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College, Geelong                      
  • Mcclelland Secondary College, Frankston                    
  • McGuire College, Shepparton                   
  • Melton Secondary College, Melton                       
  • Merbein P-10 College (interim Name), Merbein                      
  • Mildura Senior College, Mildura                      
  • Mill Park Secondary College, Epping                       
  • Minaret College, Springvale                   
  • Mirboo North Secondary College, Mirboo North                 
  • Monbulk College, Monbulk                      
  • Monterey Secondary College, Frankston North              
  • Mooroolbark College, Mooroolbark                  
  • Mooroopna Secondary College, Mooroopna                    
  • Mornington Secondary College, Mornington                   
  • Mortlake P-12 College, Mortlake                     
  • Mount Clear College, Ballarat                     
  • Mount Erin Secondary College, Frankston                    
  • Mount Ridley P-12 College
  • Mt Hira College, Keysborough                   
  • Murtoa College, Murtoa                       
  • Myrtleford P-12 College, Myrtleford                   
  • Nagle College, Bairnsdale                   
  • Narre Warren South P-12 College, Narre Warren South           
  • Nathalia Secondary College, Nathalia                     
  • Neerim District Secondary College, Neerim South                 
  • Newcomb Secondary College, Newcomb                      
  • Newhaven College, Newhaven                     
  • Newstead College, Newstead
  • Nhill College, Nhill                        
  • Noble Park Secondary College, Noble Park                   
  • Norlane High School Y7-10
  • North Geelong Secondary College, Geelong North                
  • Northland Secondary College, Preston East                  
  • Numurkah Secondary College, Numurkah                     
  • Oakwood School, Nicholls Rivulet
  • Orbost Secondary College, Orbost                       
  • Ouyen P-12 College (interim Name), Ouyen                        
  • Pakenham Secondary College, Pakenham                      
  • Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College, Pascoe Vale                  
  • Patterson River Secondary College, Carrum                       
  • Payika College A Koorie Pathways School (interim
  • Pembroke Secondary College, Mooroolbark                   
  • Penola Catholic College, Glenroy                      
  • Peter Lalor Secondary College, Epping                       
  • Point Cook Senior Secondary College, Point Cook                   
  • Portland Secondary College, Portland                     
  • Preston Girls Secondary College, Preston                      
  • Red Cliffs Secondary College, Red Cliffs                   
  • Reservoir District Secondary College, Reservoir                    
  • Robinvale P-12 College (interim Name), Robinvale                    
  • Rochester Secondary College, Rochester                    
  • Rosebud Secondary College, Rosebud                      
  • Rosehill Secondary College, Niddrie                      
  • Rosny College, Rosny Park
  • Roxburgh College, Somerton                     
  • Rushworth P-12 College, Rushworth                    
  • Rutherglen High School, Rutherglen                   
  • Sacred Heart College, Yarrawonga                   
  • Sale College, Sale                          
  • Scoresby Secondary College, Scoresby                     
  • Sebastopol College, Sebastopol                   
  • Seymour Technical High School, Seymour                      
  • Shepparton High School, Shepparton                   
  • Simonds Catholic College Y7-11, Fitzroy North                
  • Somerville Secondary College, Somerville                   
  • South Gippsland Secondary College, Foster                       
  • South Oakleigh Secondary College, Oakleigh South               
  • St Albans Secondary College, St Albans                    
  • St Arnaud Secondary College, St Arnaud                    
  • St Augustine's College, Kyabram                      
  • St Joseph's College Echuca, Echuca                       
  • St Mary of the Angels School, Nathalia                     
  • St Peter's College, Cranbourne                   
  • Staughton College, Melton South                 
  • Stawell Secondary College, Stawell                      
  • Sunbury College, Sunbury                      
  • Sunbury Downs Secondary College, Sunbury                      
  • Sunshine College, Sunshine                     
  • Swan Hill College, Swan Hill                    
  • Swifts Creek School (interim Name), Swifts Creek                 
  • Tallangatta Secondary College, Tallangatta                  
  • Taylors Lakes Secondary College, Taylors Lakes                
  • Terang College, Terang                       
  • The Grange P-12 College, Werribee                     
  • Thomastown Secondary College, Thomastown                   
  • Timboon P-12 School, Timboon                      
  • Trafalgar High School, Trafalgar                    
  • Traralgon College, Traralgon                    
  • Tyrrell College, Sea Lake                     
  • Upper Yarra Secondary College, Yarra Junction               
  • Wallan Secondary College, Wallan                       
  • Wanganui Park Secondary College, Shepparton                   
  • Wangaratta High School, Wangaratta                   
  • Warracknabeal Secondary College, Warracknabeal                
  • Warragul Regional College, Warragul                     
  • Wedderburn College, Wedderburn                   
  • Weeroona College Bendigo Y1-10, Bendigo                      
  • Wellington Secondary College, Mulgrave                      
  • Werribee Secondary College, Werribee                     
  • Werrimull P-12 School, Werrimull                    
  • Westall Secondary College, Clayton South                
  • Western Heights Secondary College, Geelong                      
  • Western Port Secondary College, Hastings                     
  • Whittlesea Secondary College, Whittlesea                   
  • William Ruthven Secondary College, Reservoir                    
  • Wodonga Middle Years College Y3-10, Wodonga                      
  • Wodonga Senior Secondary College, Wodonga                      
  • Wonthaggi Secondary College, Wonthaggi                    
  • Yarram Secondary College, Yarram                       
  • Yarrawonga College P-12, Yarrawonga                   
  • Yea High School, Yea