RMIT Tech Ignite Scholarship

This scholarship provides $15,000 per year, for four years, and Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activities (internships) totalling 40 weeks at the donor companies.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, an Australian permanent resident or a permanent humanitarian visa holder
• be commencing full-time study in semester 1 and 2 2025 and have received a program offer by 10 January 2025* in one of the following programs:
  • Bachelor of Computer Science (BP094)^
  • Bachelor of Computer Science (Professional) (BP347)
  • Bachelor of Data Science (BP340)^
  • Bachelor of Data Science (Professional) (BP348)
  • Bachelor of Information Technology (BP162)^
  • Bachelor of Information Technology (Professional) (BP349)
  • Bachelor of Software Engineering Professional (BP096)
• be from a diverse background and/or be able to demonstrate circumstance/s which impact your ability to study such as:
  • being a strong achieving student who identifies as a woman
  • receiving a government tested low-income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card
  • living with a disability, long-term medical condition or identify as neurodivergent
  • experiencing difficult family/social circumstances
  • be from an interstate or rural/regional area and moving/moved to Melbourne to study at RMIT
  • have previously/are currently living in foster/kinship care or are a ward of the state
  • be from an under-represented background such as
    • Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
    • were born overseas, are from a non-English background and recently migrated to Australia
    • current or former refugee
    • completed secondary school at a School Network Access Program school
• be available to participate in Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activities (internships), totalling 40 weeks in your third year of study (these internships will be paid and you will gain credit points towards your program)
• if shortlisted, respond to an email in early December to answer further application questions
• be available for an interview if shortlisted**. 

*Direct to RMIT applicants must also accept their program offer by this date.

^Be willing to transfer to the Professional practice program by the third year of your study.

**RMIT has a great range of online career support resources available including a prepare for interviews section. Here you can upload your CV and practice mock interview questions. Visit RMIT’s online career support for how to prepare for interviews.

It is preferred that you apply direct to RMIT for this scholarship. 

Direct to RMIT applications

The link to the application form will be provided here once applications open.

VTAC applications

Apply online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) website (www.vtac.edu.au).

Supporting documentation

Depending on your circumstances, you will need to provide different types of evidence and material to support your scholarship application. Applications without supporting documents will not be considered.

Please visit Supporting Your Application for more information.

Application questions

If you are shortlisted for the scholarship, you will be contacted to answer further application questions. Please check the email address you nominate in your scholarship application form at least twice per week. 

Find out more about applying for scholarships.

Applications are now closed.

Applications for 2025 are now closed.

View the Coursework Scholarships Office’s terms and conditions (PDF, 698KB).

If you are a recipient of this scholarship:

• You must be willing to participate in Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activities (internships) totalling 40 weeks with the donor companies in your third year of study. These internships will be paid.

The RMIT Tech Ignite Scholarships are funded by Pepperstone, Buildxact, Two Bulls and Nintex. Together, the sponsors wanted to create something meaningful to give back to the community, with a key focus on education, particularly for under-represented or under-privileged students. Working with RMIT, we designed an IT scholarship that links with each of our businesses through IT, while supporting students' access to education and offering valuable work experiences, so scholars' graduate with a flying start - igniting their journey into IT!

Pepperstone is an award-winning provider of online trading.  Founded in 2010 to create tech-enabled trading where ambitious traders could access global markets. Today, we're regarded as one of the largest forex and CFD brokers in the world.  For more information visit Pepperstone.

Buildxact provides builders and tradies with simple online business tools, to help them run a successful and profitable business. Today, Buildxact’s cloud software is used by residential construction companies around the world, delivering new homes and renovations. Together they are estimating and project managing hundreds of millions of dollars in profitable construction jobs. For more information, visit www.buildxact.com.au

Two Bulls is a premier digital product company that has been recognised for its steadfast commitment to solving real problems for real people. Our cross-disciplinary offering spans several industries including health, family and the public sector. Underpinning our expertise is a deep belief shared by all of us – founders, employees, clients alike - that the right digital products developed with care and expertise will make a better tomorrow. For more information, visit www.twobulls.com

Nintex reimagines the way people work and today 10,000+ public and private sector organizations, including more than 50% of the Fortune 500, turn to the Nintex Process Platform to accelerate digital transformation. Nintex's process management and automation software improves the way organisations work with easy-to-use tools for visually managing, quickly automating and continuously optimizing business processes and workflows. For more information, visit www.nintex.com

Find out how to contact the Coursework Scholarships Office.