UNSW Community Plus Scholarship UGCE1411

Key
Key
Scholarship Details
Criteria
High School Leavers UAC & EAS
Stage

High school leavers

Opens

12/07/2024

Closing Date

See below
For commencement Term 1 2025

Value

$25,000
Scholarship(s) available
For Duration of program (minimum)

Residency

No residency requirements

Outline

The purpose of the Scholarship is to support commencing students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds with on-campus accommodation at UNSW.

This Scholarship will pay up to $25,000 per annum towards accommodation fees at UNSW-operated Accommodation. Independent Colleges or Apartments are not eligible. No monetary contribution will be paid to the recipients.

Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Have applied for the Gateway Admissions Pathway (GAP) in 2024 in Round 1 or 2*
  • Be commencing full-time in an undergraduate UNSW degree program in Term 1, 2025.
  • Be from a low-SES background based on residential address at the time of application.
    • Low-socioeconomic areas (bottom 25%) are based on IRSAD and IEO indexes of SEIFA criteria.

*For the Gateway Admissions Pathway round application dates, please see key dates.

Selection

Applicants will be considered on the basis of their UAC application or other UNSW admissions pathway program, and who have demonstrated they are from a low-SES background.


How to apply

You will need to apply for the Gateway Admissions Pathway (GAP) in 2024 and complete the expression of interest form to be considered for the UNSW Community Plus Scholarship.

If your application is successful, you will receive a conditional scholarship offer after the Gateway Admissions Offers are released in September and December 2024.

Interviews

Applicants that receive a conditional offer will be required to undertake a placement call with UNSW Accommodation to determine the most suitable UNSW Accommodation on campus.

Contact

UNSW reserves the right not to award a scholarship, where there is no applicant of sufficient merit, or if the applicant does not meet the scholarship eligibility and/or selection criteria.

UNSW Scholarships work in partnership with the Office of the PVC Indigenous and Nura Gili, Centre for Indigenous Programs. In some cases UNSW may prioritise Indigenous students for Equity scholarships. While Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity is unique and sacred to every person, UNSW scholarships prioritising Indigenous students will require proof of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity and heritage. If you have not already provided proof of identity and heritage to Nura Gili, any Indigenous specific scholarship offer made by UNSW Scholarships will be conditional upon receipt of proof of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage to Nura Gili as outlined on the Nura Gili website. For more information, please visit: https://www.indigenous.unsw.edu.au/confirmation-aboriginal-andor-torres-strait-islander-descent.


You are not able to apply for this scholarship through My Application Online - UNSW Scholarships.

No application required (alternate selection criteria apply).