Business Dean’s Merit Scholarship

This scholarship aims to support outstanding Year 12 students experiencing financial hardship and/or other educational disadvantages to undertake an 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 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).

• 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

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 (more information coming soon)
• 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.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you will need to apply to Centrelink (or make a claim) for the Youth Allowance/Abstudy or other Centrelink benefit applicable to you. Only applicants receiving a Centrelink means-tested income support payment, or demonstrating exceptional financial hardship with supporting evidence will be considered.

Steps to complete a UAC Equity Scholarship application:

1. Apply for a means-tested income support payment (such as Youth Allowance, Austudy, Abstudy) via Centrelink. Centrelink will provide you with your own Centrelink Reference Number (CRN)
2. Apply for a UAC Equity Scholarship with your Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN).
3. If your Centrelink claim wasn't approved at the time of applying you will need to update your UAC Equity Scholarship application at UAC once you receive confirmation that your benefit has been approved.
4. You must submit or update your details on UAC website by the closing date.

UTS Scholarships
Email: scholarships@uts.edu.au