Women Leading in Business Global Executive MBA Scholarship

Background:

The scholarship is offered to address the under-representation of women in leadership roles and to accelerate progress toward gender equality. The University of Sydney Business School is committed to addressing the under-representation of women in senior leadership roles. 

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) gender indicator figures released in August 2015 reveal that men continue to hold the majority of Australia’s top leadership positions. This includes senior positions within corporate Australia, the judiciary, federal and state parliamentarians, and managers in the Australian Public Service. 

To help address this under-representation and to accelerate progress toward gender equality The University of Sydney Business School is offering one scholarship annually from 2017 to a woman undertaking the Global Executive MBA. 

Open to:

• Open to all women who have received and accepted an offer of admission to the degree Executive Master of Business Administration.
• Recipients must not hold other University scholarship fund(s) awarded to assist with tuition fees.  

Value: Valued at 66% the total degree tuition fees and is tenable for the 1.5 year span of the degree  

Open Date: No separate application is required. Applicants are considered during their application for course candidature.

Close Date:  2nd December

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