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UTS:Engineering Undergraduate Scholarships |
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The Scholarship Program is not only designed to provide financial support, it also promotes your development as a future leader in engineering through partnerships between the university and engineering industry. You will have the opportunity to meet industry leaders early on in your career and establish relationships with them. There are four types of scholarships that you can apply for: Engineering Cooperative Scholarships There are up to 20 industry sponsored scholarships available from UTS:Engineering each year. These scholarships are not available for a combined degree. International Studies Cooperative Scholarship This scholarship is available for the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts in International Studies combined degree. It is not available for all majors. RTA Full Degree Scholarships An RTA Full Degree Scholarship provides you with financial support for the full duration of your studies in the Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), Diploma in Engineering Practice (5 years full time). You will complete both your internships with the RTA. These scholarships are available for the Civil Major only and not available for a combined degree. Engineering Equity Scholarships There are three Engineering Equity Scholarships available. These scholarships provide you with financial support if you have experienced long-term educational disadvantage/financial hardship due to any of the following: > Personal illness/disability > English language difficulty > Rural or isolated school > Difficult family circumstances > Indigenous Australian The Scholarships available in this category are: > Linden Little Engineering Equity Scholarship which is available to all engineering students completing the Bachelor of Engineering, Diploma in Engineering Practice. > Keycorp Engineering Equity Scholarship in memory of Gil Rintoul. There are two scholarships available to students completing the Bachelor of Engineering, Diploma in Engineering Practice with a major in Information and Communication Technologies Engineering. RTA Rural Scholarships In 2007, there were 20 RTA Rural scholarships made available to applicants for the Bachelor of Engineering, Diploma in Engineering Practice with a major in Civil or Civil & Environmental Engineering who resided in areas designated as rural/regional NSW. These scholarships may be offered again in 2008 subject to approval. Check the website for updates. VALUE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP Financial The financial value of each Cooperative Scholarship is $12 000 tax free for one year (your first year). The RTA Full Degree Scholarships are valued at $48 000 tax free over five years. The Linden Little Engineering Equity Scholarship is valued at $24 000 tax free over two years. The Keycorp Engineering Equity Scholarships are valued at $5 000 tax free for one year. Relationships The real value of a UTS:Engineering Scholarship is the opportunity for you to meet, establish links and develop relationships with our industry sponsors facilitated by the Faculty during the first year of your degree. These early contacts often become supportive employers, interested in the development of your future. There’s no obligation on either side, so you can also retain the flexibility and freedom of choosing your own work opportunities during your internships and when you graduate (RTA Full Degree scholars will need to take internships with the RTA). APPLICATION AND INTERVIEWS To apply, you need to: > be a successful High School candidate in the current year’s NSW Higher School Certificate (or equivalent) or have successfully completed the NSW Higher School Certificate (or equivalent) in 2006 and taken a gap year* in 2007. The successful candidate will generally have a minimum UAI of 90. > be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident > meet the admission requirements for the five-year Bachelor of Engineering, Diploma in Engineering Practice Only applications submitted on the appropriate application form in this brochure or online at www.eng.uts.edu.au/scholarships and submitted by the closing date, will be considered. NB: those applying for an Engineering Equity Scholarship MUST submit the UTS:Engineering Scholarship Application Form and apply for an Equity Scholarship through UAC. Applications are short listed by a panel of University staff. Students who are short listed will be invited to attend an interview in person on Tuesday 4 December (except Engineering Equity Scholarship applicants). It is important that you are available during this week as interviews cannot be re-scheduled. Attendance at your interview is essential if you are to be considered for a scholarship. * You are classified a Current School Leaver and eligible to apply for a scholarship if you have taken ‘gap year’ in 2007, following the completion of your HSC in 2006. If you have studied a university or TAFE diploma level course or above during this gap year, you are not classified a Current School Leaver and you will therefore not be eligible to apply for a UTS:Engineering scholarship. CONDITIONS All scholarship holders are expected to maintain a credit average during their studies. Conditions applying to the individual scholarships will be consistent with this information and advised when the offer is made. IMPORTANT DATES > Closing date for scholarship applications – same as UAC On-time applications (generally last Friday in September) > Interviews – held on Tuesday 4 December (not applicable to Engineering Equity Scholarship applicants) > Information Evening – a Scholarship Information Evening will be held on 20 June 2007 > Offers – Provisional offers are expected to be made in late December 2007. Confirmation of provisional offers are made after notification of HSC results. SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS IN 2007 FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Engineering Outreach Ph: 02 9514 2666 |
