UQ Link Scholarship
- Enrolment status
- Future UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Study area
- All study areas
- Scholarship focus
- Financial hardship
- Scholarship value
- $3,000 per year, plus 5 entry rank adjustments
- Scholarship duration
- 3 years
- Number awarded
- Unlimited
Eligibility
You're eligible if you:
- are a citizen of Australia
- are a permanent resident of Australia (including humanitarian visas)
- are a citizen of New Zealand.
And you:
- intend to enrol as a commencing student in any undergraduate or associate degree program in the year the scholarship is awarded, or after an approved deferral of up to 2 years
- have not undertaken any prior tertiary study at bachelor level or higher
- have demonstrated significant financial disadvantage through achieving maximum points for the ‘Financial Hardship’ category of QTAC’s Educational Access Scheme.
How to apply
If you have completed the 'Financial Hardship' category within the Educational Access Scheme (EAS), you will be automatically assessed.
You will need to provide all of the required supporting documents and information.
For more information on how to apply please contact QTAC's directly by following this link.
Selection criteria
QTAC will consider your application based on the following:
- you, your parent/guardian, or your partner receive the maximum rate of a means and asset tested Centrelink Income Support Payment
- you participate in The Smith Family Learning for Life Program
- your gross household income is below an institution-determined threshold.
What happens next
We'll email you to let you know you've been awarded the UQ Link scholarship.
You'll have 5 entry rank adjustments automatically applied to any of your UQ preferences.
In your first semester you'll receive $500 of the scholarship to help you with up-front costs. After this, the scholarship is paid in semester instalments.
About this scholarship
This scholarship provides assistance to students who have experienced educational disadvantage as a result of financial hardship and who are undertaking tertiary studies for the first time.