Diversity Access Scholarship (Institution Equity Scholarship)
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
UTS offers the Diversity Access Scholarship program to assist students from low socio-economic backgrounds who may also be experiencing other forms of educational disadvantage which make it difficult to achieve their educational goals. This scholarship is available to undergraduate, postgraduate and research students.
Eligibility
Applicants must: be Australian or New Zealand citizens, or permanent resident; be enrolled or intend to enrol at UTS in a minimum of 18 credit points/session; and be able to demonstrate financial hardship by receiving a means-tested Commonwealth income support payment or by providing comprehensive information demonstrating exceptional financial hardship. Selection is based on: financial hardship and disadvantages: includes the following: rural or regional background; sole parent responsibilities; carer responsibilities; long-term medical condition/disability or ongoing effect of abuse; Indigenous Australian; and refugee background.
Further details
Receiving the scholarship in one year, does not automatically make students eligible to receive it in future years. All applicants must submit a new Equity Scholarship application each year via UAC to be considered for the Diversity Access Scholarship. When applying through UAC for UTS Equity Scholarships, Family Tax Benefit will not be considered as demonstrative of financial hardship. Only applicants receiving a Centrelink means-tested income support payment, or demonstrating exceptional financial hardship with supporting evidence will be considered.
| Frequency | Multiple/year |
|---|---|
| Duration | year |
| Student type | Australian and New Zealand |
| Gender | Co-Ed |
| For Australian students | |
| For international students | |
| Level of study | Undergraduate / VET Postgraduate |
| Field of studys | Accounting Agriculture Architecture Psychology Built environment Business and management Communications Computing and information technology Creative arts Dentistry Economics Education and training Engineering and technology Environmental studies Tourism and hospitality Health services and support Humanities and social sciences Languages Law Para-legal studies Mathematics Medicine Nursing Pharmacy Rehabilitation Sciences Social work Sport and leisure Surveying Veterinary science |
