Don't miss an opportunity to attend the Study Tour!

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 The Study Tour takes place from around mid-October to the end of November each year, taking Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander university students and graduates to visit leading universities in the US and the UK. 

The group of successful Study Tour applicants will spend approximately 3 weeks in the US visiting Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia, NYU and Harvard, and approximately 10 days in the UK at Cambridge, Oxford, London School of Business, and the London School of Economics. 

The Study Tour not only offers invaluable opportunities for students to gain insight into the realities of undertaking postgraduate study at these leading institutions but also provides the opportunity to travel with a group of like-minded students. The Study Tour involves meetings with key academics and administrators at each university, as well as current students in the areas of the participants' interest. 

It is possible to join for one, or both, parts of the tour. Costs associated with travel, accommodation and meals are covered. 

To be eligible applicants must: 

• Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• Have graduated from your first degree, or have completed at least two years of your undergraduate degree
• Have a distinction average or an Honours degree
• Have a strong interest in postgraduate study overseas
• Be willing to act as an ambassador of the program while overseas and on your return to Australia, committing to 5 Outreach events with school and university students​​

Application Dates:

Applications for the Study Tour open from March - May annually. 

For further information on the Aurora Study Tour, please visit the Aurora Indigenous Scholarships Portal or email the Aurora Scholarships Team on scholarships@aurorafoundation.com.au.

The 2019 Aurora Scholars at Berkeley

Going into the Aurora Study Tour, I had certain expectations as to the kinds of things I might learn: about application processes, about finding supervisors, a little about campus culture and about whether it would be realistic for me to apply. … I think what the Tour did for me was different and a lot greater from that.  I managed to get answers to all of the questions I had anticipated.  I also got a good sense of whether I would be right for a university and whether a university would be right for me.  But by far the most important thing to come from the trip was that I started to see myself there, at these kinds of institutions.        

Jessyca Hutchens, 2013 Study Tour Participant
​Jess went on to study her DPhil in Fine Art at Oxford University as a Charlie Perkins Scholar
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You can read more about the experience in the words of participants by clicking below:
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2019 Study Tour Reflections

2018 Study Tour Reflections

2017 Study Tour Reflections