QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)

Eligibility criteria

You must: be graduating Year 12 in 2025, or have graduated Year 12 in 2024 be starting university for the first time in 2026 have not undertaken/commenced any tertiary study, other than studies in special university programs designed for secondary school students (eg. START QUT) have QUT as your first preference at the time of the main December and main January admissions offer rounds have applied for a tertiary place through the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) and received a QUT offer in your first preference have achieved a minimum unadjusted Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of 98.00 or a minimum unadjusted selection rank of 98 for an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma to be considered. You must also be one of the following: an Australian citizen or Australian Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holder an Australian Permanent Resident, New Zealand citizen, or international student who has completed Year 12 in Australia. Not all applicants on an unadjusted ATAR or IB selection rank of 98.00 or above will be made an offer. Scholarship offers are allocated across faculties. This provides opportunities for outstanding students in various fields of study.