Other eligibility requirements

You must be one of:

• an international student who has completed high school (or International Baccalaureate) in Australia or an Australian curriculum overseas

You must also be:

• be graduating Year 12 in 2022 or have graduated Year 12 in 2021
• be starting university for the first time in 2023
• have achieved a minimum unadjusted ATAR of 98 or equivalent
• have placed QUT as your first preference on your QTAC application.

Conditions

To keep your scholarship, you must:

• remain enrolled full-time
• maintain an overall grade point average (GPA) of 5.00 or higher each semester.

You can:

• take a leave of absence for up to two years but only after you have completed one semester of study. You won't receive scholarship payments during this time
• If you defer your course, you can defer your QUT Excellence Scholarship, provided you haven't undertaken university study in the meantime.

You can't:

• defer your offer and undertake alternative university studies
• hold any other scholarship, except an Equity Scholarship. If you have any questions about holding other scholarships.

Scholarships available include:

• scholarships valued at AUD $30,000 each for study in any discipline
• scholarships valued at AUD $30,000 each for courses in the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering only.

These scholarships will be paid as a study stipend of up to AUD $5,000 after the HECS-HELP census date of each semester for up to three years (AUD $10,000 per year).

scholarships valued at AUD $10,000 each for study in any discipline.

This scholarship will be paid as a study stipend of AUD $2,500 after the HECS-HELP census date of each semester for the first four semesters of your course (AUD $5,000 per year).