Financial help while you're studying
The financial help you can get depends on:
- your circumstances
- the course you're studying
- your education provider.
If you're at university, see student income support at the StudyAssist website. Your university or education provider may also be able to offer advice and/or financial assistance.
If you're studying with certain Victorian providers the government may contribute towards the cost of your course. Check if you can get government-subsidised training or talk to your school.
Victorian Government scholarships for people enrolling in secondary teaching degrees
If you enrol in a Victorian secondary school teaching degree for the first time in 2024 or 2025, you could be eligible for a scholarship that pays you while you learn and can cover costs of your studies.
More than $93.2 million will enable new scholarships to support teaching degree students with the cost of studying and living. The scholarships will be available to students who enrol in Victorian secondary school teaching degrees in 2024 and 2025, with further payments if they work in Victorian government secondary or specialist school settings after they graduate.
Total scholarship payments for students who complete their studies successfully and then teach in a Victorian government secondary or specialist school setting for 2 years will match the standard HELP fees charged by the Commonwealth Government.
Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships for people enrolling in teaching degrees
There is a limited number of scholarships for people enrolling in teaching degrees from 2024. Applications are invited from the following cohorts:
- School leavers and career changers who are high-achieving students (with an ATAR of 80 or above or equivalent academic result)
- First Nations peoples,
- People for whom English is an additional language or dialect
- People with disability
- People from regional, rural or remote locations
- Mid-career professionals, or
- People from low socio-economic backgrounds, who aspire to a rewarding career in teaching.
For further information about the eligibility criteria and application process, please visit the Commonwealth Department of Education’s website at: Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships.
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