Engineering and Information Technology Dean’s Equity Scholarship

This scholarship aims to support outstanding Year 12 students experiencing financial hardship and/or other educational disadvantages to undertake an FEIT undergraduate degree at UTS.

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 Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology undergraduate degree; and
• Intended full-time enrolment in a UTS Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology undergraduate degree [1].
• 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).

[1]  Students undertaking the Bachelor of Information Technology (Co-op) are not eligible.

• Academic excellence at year 12 level, ranked in ATAR order, excluding bonus points[1].
• First UAC preference for a UTS FEIT 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. As demonstrated in the Scholarship: 
  • Motivation to succeed in the chosen UTS FEIT degree program
  •  Demonstrated initiative in personal and professional life 
• 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 who can demonstrate in priority order: 

• Financial Hardship and one or more educational disadvantages
• Financial Hardship only
• One or more educational barriers 

[1] Scholarships that are not able to be awarded may be opened for application to U@Uni Pathways or UniReady Enabling Program students. A separate application and selection committee may be required. 

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 
Faculty Women in Engineering and Information Technology Scholarship
Engineering and Information Technology Dean’s Equity 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 domestic student and have a University of Technology Sydney course preference on your UAC application to be eligible. 

The application form is optional and can be completed online at the Elite School Leaver Scholarship Application Form.

UTS Scholarships

Email: scholarships@uts.edu.au