Vice-Chancellor's Merit Scholarship
Value
$12,500 per year
Duration
For the standard duration of UTS Course
Status
Closed
Opens
31/08/2024Closes
09/12/2024Quick Links
Overview
The Vice-Chancellor’s Merit Scholarship was established to attract top achieving financially disadvantaged high school students to UTS undergraduate degrees.
Who is eligible?
To be eligible for the Scholarship, an applicant must meet the following criteria:
- Australian or New Zealand citizen, or the holder of an Australian permanent resident visa or permanent humanitarian visa; and
- Current school leaver; or gap year student 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 undergraduate degree; and
- Intended full-time enrolment in a UTS undergraduate degree, which is their first undergraduate degree; and
- Academic excellence in the final year of high school (ATAR of 90.0 or above, excluding bonus points); and
- Have applied for and/or been assessed under the Equity Scholarship or Educational Access Scheme via UAC, and therein demonstrated financial disadvantage (at the time of Scholarship selection).
Selection process
- Demonstrated financial disadvantage (through the UAC Equity Scholarship or Educational Access Scheme application)
- Academic excellence at year 12 level, ranked in ATAR order, excluding bonus points.
- First UAC preference to a UTS undergraduate course at the time of selection will be highly regarded
- Candidates who have applied using the optional UTS online Elite School Leaver’s Scholarships Application form will be highly regarded.
- Motivation to succeed in the chosen degree program, as demonstrated in the Scholarship application or as determined by UTS
- Initiative in personal and professional life, as demonstrated in the Scholarship application or as determined by UTS
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.
The Conditions of Award for the Vice-Chancellor's Merit Scholarship is currently under review and will be finalised prior to award on Wednesday 18 December 2024.
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 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.
