Flinders University is offering a full tuition fee scholarship to one postgraduate Indian student of business management. The university, based in Adelaide, Australia, has partnered with BW Businessworld magazine in India to launch the Flinders University BW Businessworld Scholarship. It will be awarded to a student with an outstanding level of academic merit, a passion for innovation and the determination to become part of the next generation of game changers.

To support other students develop their personal enterprise and innovation skills, Flinders University will also offer 15% tuition fee scholarships to eligible Indian students with an offer to a Flinders Business postgraduate course.

The range of scholarships was launched at the Australian High Commission in Delhi on Thursday. Top officials of Flinders University currently in India for the launch of Flinders Business include Professor Phyllis Tharenou, Vice President and Executive Dean of Flinders University’s College of Business, Government and Law, Mr Matthew Schultz, Director, Marketing and Recruitment, and Mr Mark Charnley, Regional Manager South Asia and North America. Undergraduate accounting student Zak Robson, whose numerous achievements include the 2016 Accountants’ Daily Australian Accounting Student of the Year award, is also part of the team.

Prof. Tharenou says that within 10 years, 40% of the tasks most people perform will have changed. “We have transformed business and commerce degrees at Flinders University to prepare our students to adapt and thrive in the future,” she says. “With a host of new staff with international business experience, Flinders Business offers our students opportunities for industry projects with real clients, work placements in prestigious firms, and practical opportunities to develop networks with professionals and alumni.”

Flinders Business notes its key strengths as technology and innovation, digital marketing, banking and finance, and startup enterprises. Its workplace training programs provide students opportunities to apply their knowledge to the real world, while building networks and developing work-ready skills.

Some of its popular innovation and enterprise electives are ‘Innovative and Creative Thinking’, ‘Agile Innovation for STEM’, and ‘Collaboration and Co-creation’. These electives, which can be combined with business studies, engineering, or arts, are offered in collaboration with the Fox School of Business at Temple University, Philadelphia, one of the top 10 business schools in the United States for entrepreneurship.

Flinders University’s New Ventures Institute leverages university resources to feed innovation and entrepreneurship. As of December 2016, it had supported a total of 184 startups (76 of them in 2016 alone), and trained nearly 2,000 people including 1,585 students in projects and 121 student entrepreneurs.

Flinders Business partners with more than 150 industry organizations, giving students the opportunity to work at one of the Big Four accounting firms, internationally recognized consumer brands, government departments in South Australia, and large banking and finance institutions.

Established in 1966, Flinders University is ranked in the top 2% of universities globally. It enjoys a good reputation for teaching and research, and is ranked number 1 in Australia for international student support.

In Flinders Business, at the undergraduate level, specializations offered include Advanced Leadership, Human Resource Management, Innovation and Enterprise, International Business, Management, Marketing, Accounting, Business Economics, and Finance. At the Master’s level, specializations include Accounting, Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Marketing, Business, and Human Resource Management. Students can also take advantage of combined degree programs, which may take a little longer to complete than a regular degree but can help build an impressive CV.

Information about specializations, English requirements for international students, and other details can be found here.