Required documents

Documents Document type Should be

(in OASIS) notarised?
Passport Proof of Yes
citizenship
Copy of original degree certificates issued by examination Degree certificate Yes
boards including School Leaving Certificate (SLC) or equivalent
and above (not character, migration or provisional certificates).
Academic transcripts specifying divisions/grades from SLC or Academic Yes
equivalent onwards transcript
IELTS or TOEFL or PTE academic results (valid at 1 January Proof of English Yes
2023) language
proficiency
Master’s degree by coursework applicants: two referee reports Referee reports No
(one academic and one professional) (use template)
Master’s degree by research applicants: three referee reports (two Referee reports No
academic and one professional) (use template)
Development Impact and Linkages Plan (DILP) (use template) Other document No
Curriculum Vitae (CV) (use template) Other document No
Employment letter (if currently employed) and all past employment Other document No
experience letters
Certificates of special achievements or merit (if any) Other document No
Master’s Degree by research applicants only:
 Evidence (letter or email communication) that the applicant has Other document No
received in-principle support for their research topic from a
potential supervisor at the university
 Research proposal (include a proposed methodology, timeline Other document No
and a brief literature review)

Note: Applicants are requested to compile documents into single PDFs by document
category, appropriate name files (e.g. ‘Degree Certificates,’ ‘Transcripts,’ ‘Referee Reports’)
and ensure scans are complete, legible and in correct page orientation and order.
Where documents are denoted as requiring a specified format, applicants must download
the current format available on the Australia Awards—Nepal website. Documents not
complying with the specified format or using a format from a previous application round
will not be accepted.