Robert and Mary Macmillan Bursary
This scholarship will open in January 2025.
- Enrolment status
- Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic, International
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Study area
- Engineering
- Scholarship focus
- Academic excellence, Experiences and employability
- Scholarship value
- One half of annual income from endowment
- Scholarship duration
- up to 2 years
- Number awarded
- 1
- Applications open
- January 2025
- Applications close
- March 2025
Eligibility
You're eligible if you:
- can demonstrate financial hardship
- are enrolled full-time in the
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/ Master of Engineering or
- dual engineering program
- have completed between 28 - 44 units towards the Approved Program
- are not less than 23-years-old in the year the bursary is awarded.
Preference will be given to candidates who have engineering trade qualifications.
How to apply
Apply using the online application portal.
You'll need to provide:
- a cover letter
- a resume
- a copy of your recent studies report
- evidence of your financial hardship.
You can save your application and come back to it any time.
Use our tips for putting together a great application to help you through this process.
Selection criteria
We'll consider:
- academic records
- financial circumstances
- responsibilities of candidates, and anything else deemed relevant.
Preference will be given to candidates who have engineering trade qualifications.
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
Established in 1972 by a bequest of the sum of $20,000 under the will of the late Robert Edward Leslie Macmillan, Fitter and Turner of Brisbane, who died in September 1970.