Colin Gordon James Electrical Engineering Scholarship
This scholarship will open in January 2025.
- Enrolment status
- Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Study area
- Engineering
- Scholarship focus
- Financial hardship, Rural or remote
- Scholarship value
- Equal to the annual income from the endowment.
- Scholarship duration
- 1 year
- Number awarded
- Up to 2
- Applications open
- January 2025
- Applications close
- March 2025
Eligibility
You're eligible if you:
- are an Australian citizen
- are enrolled full-time in an Approved Program
- have completed at least the first year of an approved undergraduate engineering program
- do not hold another scholarship that the Head of School considers to be similar.
Approved program
- Bachelor of Engineering
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/ Master of Engineering
- Engineering dual programs
How to apply
Apply using the online application form.
You'll need to provide:
- a cover letter
- a copy of your resume
- a copy of your studies report from mySI-net
- evidence of financial, social or geographical disadvantage.
Use our tips for putting together a great application to help you through this process.
Selection criteria
We'll consider:
- academic achievement
- your commitment to the study of electrical engineering
- personal qualities, including leadership potential
- any other matter that the selection committee considers to be relevant to your future success in the engineering profession.
Preference will be given to an applicant who can demonstrate financial, social or geographical disadvantage.
What happens next
If you're shortlisted, we may contact you to arrange an interview. We will also email you the outcome of your application.
About this scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2016 and is maintained by the income from a bequest from Margaret Anne James in memory of her late husband Colin Gordon James to assist and encourage students in their studies of electrical engineering.