Sponsored students
Sponsored students are students who receive financial assistance from a government, organisation or company (not private individuals or relatives) to undertake studies.
La Trobe University currently supports over 500 sponsored students from around 90 sponsoring agencies.
View the Frequently Asked Questions for Sponsored Students here.
Accepting an offer
Sponsored students accepting an offer from La Trobe will need to indicate this in the appropriate section of the Offer Acceptance Form (PDF 12KB), and will need to submit a letter of guarantee from an authorised person within the sponsoring organisation on the sponsoring organisation's letterhead.
La Trobe International's Sponsored Programs Coordinator (SPC) at the Melbourne campus will contact your sponsor and once the sponsorship registration is approved, the SPC then serves as the central contact between the student, sponsor and the University.
How our sponsored programs coordinator can help
The Sponsored Programs Coordinator provides the following services:
- Designated staff member to liaise between sponsor, student and the University
- Helps students in fulfilling the requirements of their sponsorship agreements
- Provides advice to students on academic, budgeting and personal issues
- Keeps in regular contact with students and Faculty staff to monitor academic progress
- Provides Academic results and progress reports as requested by sponsors
- Third-party billing for registered sponsors
- Coordinates sponsor visits to La Trobe University campuses
- Provides communication services for students for sponsorship related matters, including use of office fax, telephone and express mail.
For enquiries or information on sponsored students or how to become a registered sponsor, email the Sponsored Programs Coordinator.