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Post Graduate Scholarships to support your passion towards sustainability
Are you an international student ready to take up some of the many challenges of our time by studying and researching with us?
Then, you are in the right place. Choose from our thirty globally recognised undergraduate and postgraduate programs. We are offering a $10,000 multi-year Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) scholarship* for Post Graduate business students starting in Q4 2025, encouraging you reach your career goals related to the SDG’s.
For more information, please register your interest with us and one of our team members will get in touch with you!
A World Leader for supporting United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
We placed 1st overall worldwide for the fourth consecutive year, a first for a university in these ranking tables. These prestigious rankings assess universities on their commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through their teaching, research, outreach and stewardship. Highlights for our top individual SDGs include:
- 4th in the world for SDG 15 Life on Land
- 7th in the world for SDG 5 Gender Equality
- 8th in the world for SDG 13 Climate Action and SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- 9th in the world for SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation and SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 10th in the world for SDG 14 Life Below Water and SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Our students are making a positive impact on the world!
Yushika has just completed her Masters in Greenhouse Horticulture & Agriculture at Western Sydney University. Yushika is a climate advocate working on climate change projects with rural communities in Nepal. Her passion also extends into her professional life working with farmers on using organic fertilisers. By applying to study at Western Sydney University, you can also find your unlimited.
Dauda has just completed her Masters in Science at Western Sydney University and is now studying her PHD. Dauda is passionate about feeding the world more efficiently with less pollution. This was an important part ofDauda’s Masters which focused on fertigation, where farmers can use moreefficient irrigation systems and nutrition to obtain their maximum yield. If you want to help people and our planet, join us at the world’s number one university for UN Sustainability goals
Samanda studying a master’s in social work is dedicated to reducing employment inequalities for asylum seekers. Through her placement with the United Nations, she worked on initiatives related to SDG 10, researching how to streamline the recognition of qualifications for asylum seekers before they arrive. Her work highlights the UN’s partnership with the university to influence policy and improve opportunities for vulnerable populations.
Harley is a passionate advocate for sustainability and social change. Harley a graduate in Bachelor of Business (marketing major) recently completed summer scholarship projects. focused on researching modern cloth nappy (MCN) communities and creating action on social media to encourage reusability and pro-environmental care. If you are passionate about sustainable values, apply to Western Sydney Uni and join us on the path to creating a sustainable world.
What makes us #1 in the world?
We take a shared institutional approach when it comes to sustainability. Our key areas of Curriculum, Operations, Research and Engagement addresses the broad spectrum of our sustainability agenda and response to many challenges of our time. Here are a few ways we are working towards these goals.
Shaping curriculum to empower all of our future graduates to contribute to a sustainable, diverse and socially-just world through our Sustainability Graduate Attribute.
Achieving recognised carbon neutrality status in 2023 (fast-tracked ahead of schedule) with 100% of our total energy used for campus electricity from renewable resources.
Championing research that aligns with the SDGs fostering multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches for realworld change across the institution, including through our Research Theme Program.
Building collaborative sustainability partnerships and programs locally and globally across industry, government and community, such as the Hawkesbury-Nepean Waterkeeper Alliance.
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