Business Dean’s Merit Scholarship
Value
$30,000 ($10,000 per year)
Duration
3 years
Status
Closed
Opens
31/08/2024Closes
09/12/2024Quick Links
Overview
This scholarship aims to support outstanding Year 12 students experiencing financial hardship and/or other educational disadvantages to undertake an undergraduate degree at UTS.
Who is eligible?
To be eligible for the Scholarship, an applicant must meet all of the following criteria:
- Australian or New Zealand citizen, or the holder of an Australian permanent resident visa or permanent humanitarian visa; and
- Current school leavers or gap year students who graduated in the previous year where no tertiary study was undertaken in the gap year; and
- Have received an offer through UAC for a UTS Business School undergraduate degree; and
- Intended full-time enrolment in a UTS Business School undergraduate degree.
- Have applied for and/or been assessed under the Equity Scholarship or Educational Access Scheme via UAC, and therein demonstrated financial disadvantage and/or other education disadvantages (at the time of Scholarship selection).
Selection process
- Academic excellence at year 12 level, ranked in ATAR order, excluding bonus points.
- First UAC preference to a UTS Business School undergraduate degree at the time of selection will be highly regarded.
- Candidates who have applied using the optional UTS online Elite School Leavers Scholarships Application form will be highly regarded.
- Motivation to succeed in the chosen UTS Business School degree program, as demonstrated in the Scholarship application may be considered.
- Demonstrated initiative in personal and professional life as demonstrated in the Scholarship application may be considered.
- Demonstrated financial disadvantage and/or other educational disadvantages (through the UAC Equity Scholarship or Educational Access Scheme application). This may include:
- Financial Hardship
- Exceptional Financial Hardship
- Regional or remote background
- Sole parent responsibilities
- Carer responsibilities
- Long-term medical condition / disability or ongoing effects of abuse
- Indigenous Australian
- Refugee status
- Preference will be given to candidates that demonstrate in priority order:
- Financial Hardship and one or more educational disadvantages
- Financial Hardship only
- One or more educational barriers
Need more information? Contact...
UTS Scholarships
Email: scholarships@uts.edu.au
Other information
Disclaimer: The University of Technology Sydney reserves the right to review and revise these Conditions of Award at any time. Successful applicants should ensure they read and understand the ongoing eligibility criteria as outlined in their Letter of Offer.
Students who complete an application, will be considered for all UTS Elite School Leaver scholarships, as listed here (subject to meeting the eligibility criteria):
- Vice-Chancellor's Outstanding Achievement Scholarship
- Vice-Chancellor's Merit Scholarship
- Business Dean's Merit Scholarship
- Engineering and Information Technology Dean's Scholarship
- Law Dean's Scholarship
- Health Dean's Scholarship
- Science Dean's Scholarship
- Science Dean's Scholarship for Women
- UTS Science High Achiever's Scholarship
These scholarships are awarded automatically following the release of ATAR results in December, although you must be enrolling as a local student and have a University of Technology Sydney course preference on your UAC application to be eligible.
