International students are invited to apply for the Science International Scholarships to study in Australia at the University of Queensland. The University of Queensland International Scholarships are awarded annually to international freshmen on the basis of academic excellence and financial need.If you are a high-performing student who wants to study in Australia for free and are engaged in science, you can take advantage of this scholarship opportunity to achieve your dream of education.The University of Queensland is a public research university in Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland. It was established in 1909 by the Queensland Parliament.The university is one of the six sandstone universities, an informal designation for the oldest university in each state. The University of Queensland was ranked second nationally and second in Australia by the Australian Research Council in their latest research assessment, based on the average of four major global university rankings.The University of Queensland is a founding member of edX, Australia’s leading group of eight, and the international research-intensive Association of Pacific Rim Universities.The main St. Lucia campus occupies much of the riverside inner suburb of St. Lucia, southwest of Brisbane’s CBD. Other University of Queensland campuses and facilities are located throughout Queensland, the largest of which are the Gatton campus and Mayne Medical School.The University of Queensland is a public research university in Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland. It was established in 1909 by the Queensland Parliament.The University of Queensland’s overseas facilities include the UQ North America office in Washington D.C. and the UQ-Ochsner Clinical School in Louisiana, USA.The University of Queensland offers associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and postgraduate degrees through a college, graduate school and six faculties.The university includes over a hundred research institutes and centers offering research programs including the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Boeing Research and Technology Australia Centre, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and the UQ Dow Center for Sustainable Engineering Innovation.Recent notable research at the university includes pioneering the invention of the HPV vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, developing a COVID-19 vaccine that was in human trials, and developing high-performance superconducting MRI magnets into wearables Human limb scanning.The University of Queensland boasts two Nobel Prize winners (Peter C. Doherty and John Harsanyi), over a hundred Olympians who have won numerous gold medals, and 117 Rhodes Scholars among its alumni and former staff. Alumni of the university also include the University of California, the Chancellor of San Francisco Sam Hawgood, Australia’s first female Governor-General Dame Quentin Bryce, former President of King’s College London Ed Byrne and a member of the British Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology Max Lu, Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Geoffrey Rush, three-time Grammy Award winner Tim Munro, former CEO and Chairman of Dow Chemical Andrew N. Liveris and current director of several organizations including IBM.
Benefits
The Science International Scholarships are worth AUD 8,000 (one payment).
You qualify if you:
- an international student
- study full time
- Start your first semester at the University of Queensland
- Start of a UQ Faculty of Science program (minimum duration one year). Please see the Terms and Conditions below for a full list of qualifying programs.
And you:
- Have met the conditions of your offer by the scholarship application deadline (you do not have to accept your full offer by the scholarship application deadline)
- show strong academic achievements in your previous studies.
Date, schedule and location of the interview for Science International grants
We will take into account:
- Your ability to effect change and contribute to science (based on the personal statement you submitted in your Science International Scholarships application).
- Your academic performance (based on the academic transcripts you submitted in your application for the UQ Faculty of Science program).
The University of Queensland values diversity and inclusion and may take this into account when considering your application.
The University of Queensland values diversity and inclusion and may take this into account when considering your application.
If you are interested and eligible for Science International Scholarships, click here to apply. Fill out the online application form.
You will need:
a personal statement.
Make sure to include all your supporting documents before submitting your application. You must submit your online application by 11:59 pm AEST on the closing date.
For more inquiries visit the UQ website.