UTSScienceHighAchiever'sScholarship
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UTS Science High Achiever's Scholarship
VALUE
$2,000 per year
Application Open
31/08/2025
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Application Close
08/12/2025
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DURATION
The Scholarship covers the standard duration of an eligible UTS Faculty of Science.
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STATUS
Closed
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Overview
To attract top performing high school students to specific UTS undergraduate Science degrees.
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 leaver; or gap year student who received an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) or equivalent score in the previous year, where no university study was undertaken in the gap year; and
- Have a Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) preference to one of the courses at UTS in the Faculty of Science listed in clause 5.2 for the Autumn session directly following the Scholarship selection; and
- Academic excellence in the final year of high school (ATAR of 90 or above, excluding bonus points).
Eligible courses:
To be eligible for the Scholarship, all applicants must have a UAC preference and intention to enrol full-time in one of the below courses at the UTS Faculty of Science in the Autumn session directly following the Scholarship selection:
Science single degree courses:
- C10242: 607003: Bachelor of Science (Mathematics)
- C10242: 607005: Bachelor of Science (Chemistry)
- C10242: 607009: Bachelor of Science (Physics)
- C10242: 607011: Bachelor of Science (Environmental Sciences)
- C10457: 607081: Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences
- C10223: 607033: Bachelor of Environmental Biology
- C10228: 607035: Bachelor of Marine Biology and Climate Change
Science combined degree courses:
- C10243: 609250: Bachelor of Science Bachelor of International Studies (specified majors*)
- C10162: 609170: Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Business (specified majors*)
- C10458: 609601: Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences Bachelor of International Studies
* Scholarship is only applicable for specific majors: Mathematics; Chemistry; Physics; Environmental Science.
Please note, eligibility for some courses in the Conditions of Award may be subject to change for UTS Science High Achiever's Scholarship.
Selection process
- Ranked in ATAR (or equivalent score) order.
- First UAC preference to one of the specified UTS Faculty of Science undergraduate degrees 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 specific Faculty of Science 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.
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.
Applications closed
Scholarship applications will re-open in August 2025 for 2026.Once these scholarships open for 2026 the application form for these scholarships will become available. Whilst the application form is not compulsory we strongly encourage students to apply.
If you would like to be notified when these scholarships open, please email: scholarships@uts.edu.au and we will add you to a contact list.
Contact us
UTS Scholarships
Email: scholarships@uts.edu.au
UTS Science
Website: www.science.uts.edu.au
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