Arts in Malaysia: ATS2882 Global City Asia

Program Cost: AU$1,622
Deposit Payment: $500 due at the time of registration
Final Payment: Remaining balance due 14 May 2026 (can be paid in instalments until this date)

Program costs includes:

• twin-share room accommodation with breakfast included
• Ground transportation to program-related events/activities
• All fieldwork expenses
• Monash travel insurance policy for the duration of the tour and 15 days either side of the study tour dates.

Program costs do not include:

• International flights
• Monash tuition fees*
• Visa (if required - see information below)
• Local travel outside of program activities
• Medical expenses (which may be claimable via the insurance policy)
• Meals and drinks not included in the program
• Personal expenses.

*Monash students will be enrolled in ATS2882: Global City Asia (6 credit points) and charged standard fees according to their verified funding status. This fee will appear on your Monash Fee Statement.

If you are an actively enrolled Monash student and participating in an approved international program, you will be provided with complimentary travel insurance. You will automatically be covered once your application has been approved and your enrolment updated to reflect your study overseas.

Under this policy, travellers will also receive access to 24/7 emergency assistance provided by Global 24 Emergency Assistance and limited coverage for personal travel days.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Please note that it is the students responsibility to ensure you have the required visa to enter the country to participate in your program.

Monash Abroad cannot provide advice regarding visa requirements. If you require a visa to enter the country where your placement is based (e.g. you are an International student), you will need to contact the relevant Consulate General or Embassy within Australia for advice. Monash Abroad can issue you with supporting documentation to lodge your visa application, to request that, please complete this form. Please note, these requests take approximately 3-5 business days, but may take longer during peak periods.

For the purposes of maintaining your Centrelink benefits during your overseas program, complete this form so that Monash Abroad can produce a letter of enrolment for you. Please note, these requests take approximately 3-5 business days, but may take longer during peak periods.

The Monash Abroad Travel Grant and OS-HELP loan (if applicable) will be paid approximately 2-4 weeks prior to program commencement and only when all Monash Abroad requirements are completed by you. Therefore, these funds will function to reimburse you for monies paid and should not be considered as your primary source of funding to pay program-related deposits and balances.

Monash students studying in Australia who are enrolled into a credit bearing unit for this program will be assessed for eligibility to receive a Monash Abroad travel grant.

You do not need to apply separately for this grant as your eligibility for this grant will be assessed as part of your application.

OS-HELP is a Commonwealth Government loan program that provides financial assistance to eligible Commonwealth Supported Place students, to undertake some of their study overseas.

If you are eligible for the loan and wish to apply, please submit your application as per the relevant OS-HELP loan term deadline, even if you have not been accepted into your overseas program by that deadline.

If you need help with study-related expenses, please refer to the student loans website and talk to a student adviser at Monash Connect.

Please refer to the travel and placements scholarship website for more information.

Places are limited and applications will be assessed on a competitive basis. To apply for this program, you must:

• be in good academic standing*
• completed at least 12 credit points of first-year Arts units or 24 credit points in total
• submit a 200-word personal statement outlining outlining why you are applying to enrol in the unit and what you hope to gain from participating in the program.

*To be classed as having a ‘good academic standing’, you must:

• Be currently and actively enrolled in a Monash degree;
• Not be subject to academic misconduct or any undischarged academic misconduct;
• Not be subject to "Unsatisfactory Academic Progress"

At all times Monash University embraces and celebrates true diversity. We strongly welcome applications from our students living with disabilities, who are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, students with caring and/or parenting responsibilities, who identify as LGBTIQA+, people of colour, and those whose identities intersect with more than one of the above.

Step 1: Apply for this program at the link below 

• Complete the Application for Overseas Study Form
• Select "Monash led programs" as the program type.
• Select “GCP | Arts in Malaysia: ATS2882 Global City Asia (Winter, 2026)”.
• Submit a 200-word personal statement outlining outlining why you are applying to enrol in the unit and what you hope to gain from participating in the program.

Step 2: Selection and enrolment

The Faculty of Arts will review all applicants after the deadline to assess eligibility to participate in this program overseas. Please note that this generally takes two weeks after applications have closed.

Step 3: Additional data collection and travel approval

Once you application has been assessed, you will be issued with an outcome email. If you are successful, your outcome email will include a letter of offer that you will need to accept. The outcome email will also include two additional forms and pre-departure module for you to complete:
1. Passport and medical details, and
2. Travel Approval Request Form.
3. Pre-departure module

Once you have actioned these, Monash Abroad will assess your Travel Approval Request and you will be notified of the outcome. We may also contact you if we have any questions or concerns that need to be addressed before you are approved for travel. Please note that travel approval takes approximately 1-2 weeks, but may take longer during peak periods and your responses.

Once you are approved for travel you will have access to the travel insurance coverage and be issued with any relevant grants and scholarships.

Important note: you must have a valid passport that does not expire until at least six months after the program end date.

PROGRAM CONTACTS

• Professor Margaret Barrett, Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance - margaret.barrett@monash.edu,
• Dr Aura Go Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance - aura.go@monash.edu;
• Ms Kerryn Morey, School Manager, Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance - kerryn.morey@monash.edu
  
  All other enquiries, please contact Monash Connect