Melbourne Business School MBA Scholarships

Melbourne Business School runs Australia's most consistently top-ranked MBA, and the fee reflects it: AUD 120,384 for international students in 2026, which at 210 rupees to the Australian dollar is about LKR 25.3 million for the tuition alone, before living costs in one of Australia's more expensive cities. For a Sri Lankan candidate that number only becomes navigable through scholarships, and MBS is unusually forthcoming about how many it gives. The school states that more than 40 per cent of students receive some financial support, ranging from AUD 5,000 up to a full-fee scholarship. At the top of that range sits the Ian Harper AO Scholarship for Excellence, a full-fee award made to an international student on the Full-time MBA who can demonstrate academic excellence, a global outlook and the ambition to become a respected leader in business and the community. Below it, the merit-based MBS Scholarship requires no separate application at all — you simply indicate on your admission application that you wish to be considered. Two practical points shape a Sri Lankan application. First, timing: MBS advises international applicants to submit both the course application and the scholarship application by the end of round three, because scholarship funds are committed as rounds progress and a late-round applicant competes for what is left. Second, the MBA is a work-experience degree — MBS is looking at your professional trajectory, GMAT or GRE result and leadership record, not your undergraduate transcript alone. Sri Lankan candidates from banking, telecoms, apparel manufacturing, technology and the professional services firms present well here, particularly where they can evidence P&L or team responsibility.