Applications have opened for the Scholarships at the University of Queensland in Australia. The name of the scholarship is Palmer | Starkoff Regional Scholarship 2020. Interested candidates can apply until 8th March 2020. The University is providing the scholarship for the Bachelor’s degree in the following fields

• Agriculture, Environment, Architecture, and Planning
• Also, Business, Economics, Engineering, and Computing, Health and Behavioural Sciences, Law, Medicine

Eligibility

The candidates must meet the following requirements to be eligible for Scholarships at the University of Queensland in Australia

• They must submit an application to the Academic Registrar by the closing date for applications.
• Also, they must be domestic students in accordance with UQ’s Fee Policy.
• They will be a commencing student in the year of the award.
• Additionally, they should be able to demonstrate that they are financially disadvantaged.
• Similarly, they will have completed their secondary schooling at a high school in an eligible region in the year immediately before attending their first year at UQ.
• Also, the candidates must enroll or intend to enroll full-time in an approved program at UQ.
• Furthermore, they should not hold another scholarship that the Academic Registrar considers to be similar.

Selection Criteria

The University will consider the following criteria while selecting the applicants

• academic achievements in their secondary studies.
• Also, personal qualities, motivation and leadership potential.
• contribution to their community.
• Furthermore, other evidence that may be deemed relevant by the selection committee to the recipient’s future academic success.

Value of the scholarship

• The value of this scholarship is Partial Funding, AUD 4,000 per year.

About the University

• The University of Queensland (UQ) is a research university primarily located in Queensland’s capital city, Brisbane.
• It is one of Australia’s oldest and most selective universities, consistently ranked among the top in global rankings.
• Additionally, it is particularly popular for business and life sciences.
• Also, it is colloquially known as a sandstone university.
• Furthermore, the main campus occupies much of the riverside inner suburb of St Lucia, southwest of the Brisbane central business district.
• Also, other UQ campuses and facilities are located throughout Queensland, the largest of which are the Gatton campus and the Herston medical school.

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