UWA Humanitarian Excellence Award

Scholarship Details

 Provider Name:  University of Western Australia

 Scholarship Name:  UWA Humanitarian Excellence Award

 Description:  The Humanitarian Excellence Awards are a special category of the UWA Excellence Awards Program. Nominations are welcome from all schools in Western Australia for students who arrived in Australia on a Humanitarian Visa (Refugee, Special Humanitarian or Onshore Protection Visa).

 Study Level:  Bachelor Degree (Pass)

 Study Fields:  General

 Support Type:  Scholarship

 Offer Frequency:  Annual

 Annual Amount:  $500

 Annual Comment:  The award provides a one-off payment of $500.

 Length:  1 year(s)

 Gender:  Co-Ed

 Eligibility:  Applicants must: be Australian citizens or permanent residents; have been nominated by their school; be completing year 12 or equivalent in the year of application; meet the admission requirements for entry to UWA (WACE, competence in English and any prerequisite requirements for particular courses); achieve an ATAR (or equivalent) of 80+; have applied through TISC for a place at UWA, nominating a UWA course as their first preference; and have arrived in Australia on a Humanitarian Visa (Refugee, Special Humanitarian or Onshore Protection Visas). Selection is based on academic merit.

 Study Location:  Australia – WA: Perth Metropolitan WA: Great Southern

 Closing Date:  End October

 Number Per Year:  6

 Scholarship Website:  http://www.scholarships.uwa.edu.au/search?sc_view=1&id=152 (opens in new window)

Scholarship Contact Details

 Contact Title:  Prospective Students Office

 Contact Phone:  61 8 64882477

 Contact Email:  http://ask.uwa.edu.au/

 Contact Postal Address:  Prospective Students Office, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia

Provider Details

 Provider Name:  University of Western Australia

 Provider Phone:  61 8 64886000

 Provider Fax:  61 8 64881226

 Provider Website:  http://www.uwa.edu.au (opens in new window)