The University of Western Australia (UWA)

UWA Winthrop Scholarship

The UWA Winthrop Scholarship is one of UWA''s most prestigious academic scholarships and is named in honour of Sir John Winthrop Hackett KCMG, an influential politician, agriculturalist, editor, and inaugural Chancellor of UWA.He believed people should be able to utilise their talents without restriction. As such, he was influential in the establishment of free, compulsory, and secular education in Western Australia in 1899.

Eligibility Requirements

be a domestic student; in the year prior to commencing an undergraduate course at the University— have accepted an Early Offer to the University, or applied through the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) whilst in Year 12 for a place at the University, nominating a course at the University as their first preference in the first round of offers; and achieve an ATAR of 95 or above be a commencing student; be enrolled, or eligible to enrol— full-time and in an undergraduate degree course.