Diversity & Merit Awards

Awards will be made in the following categories:
• One award for the highest-ranking student to gain admission via the ‘2 subject + STAT’ route
• One award for the highest-ranking student to gain admission via the ‘STAT alone’ route
• Two awards for the highest-ranking Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students
• Two awards for the highest-ranking students from a low income background
• Two awards for the highest-ranking students with a disability (The Just Ability Awards)
• Two awards for the highest-ranking students from a non-English speaking background
• Two awards for the highest-ranking female students studying a course within the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
• Six awards for the highest-ranking students from a rural or remote region

Eligibility

To be eligible for consideration for an award, students must:
• be permanent residents or citizens of Australia; and
• have applied through TISC for a place at UWA, nominating an appropriate UWA course as their first preference for the first round of offers

Students who are awarded a Group of Eight Scholarship will not be eligible to receive a Diversity and Merit Award.

Value

$2000 one-off payment

Application & Closing Date

CLOSING DATE: UWA Diversity and Merit Awards for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, students from a low-income background, students with a disability and students from a non-English speaking background require applicants to complete the relevant application form by close of business on Friday 30th October 2009.

All other awards will be made automatically to the highest-ranking students who meet the eligibility criteria.

Application guidelines