Excluded programs
If your program is listed below, you will not be eligible for the scholarship.
| Duration | 0 |
| Residency | International Student |
| What best describes me | New student |
| Level of study | Undergraduate, Postgraduate |
| Degree | All |
| College | All |
| Type of scholarship | High achiever/academic |
The Adelaide Merit Scholarship offers a 15% tuition fee reduction and is automatically assessed and awarded to students with a credit average.
This scholarship supports international students commencing undergraduate or postgraduate coursework degrees who are committed to their academic achievement.
This scholarship supports international students commencing undergraduate or postgraduate coursework degrees who are committed to their academic achievement.
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible for this scholarship you must:
- be an international student
- be applying to study a bachelor degree (minimum 72 units / 2 years equivalent) after the application of any credit/RPS, or a master degree (minimum 48 units / 1.5 years equivalent) after the application of any credit/RPS, at Adelaide University;
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satisfy one of the following in the qualification used as the basis of admission to the Adelaide University degree:
Undergraduate only:
- A minimum ATAR of 80 for students who have completed the Australian Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (SSCE).
- A minimum ATAR of 85 (or international equivalent) for any other secondary certificate.
- Successful completion of a competency-based vocational qualification in Australia with an overall non-graded pass.
Undergraduate and postgraduate:
- A minimum overall Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.5 (on a 7.0 scale) for an award completed at Adelaide University (or with a comparable score for a qualification completed at an Australian University).
- A minimum overall Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.0 (on a 7.0 scale) or comparable.
- A minimum overall Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.5 (on a 7.0 scale) or equivalent from a program completed at an approved Adelaide University pathway provider.
- not be applying to study one of the Excluded Programs (see below);
- not be an Australia Awards recipient; and
- not be an International Sponsored Student entitled to a tuition fee waiver equal to or greater than the scholarship value, in which case the fee waiver amount will apply.
Note: a student cannot receive both a scholarship and a sponsor tuition fee waiver concurrently.
Important information
Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) to maintain:
The scholarship recipient must maintain a minimum overall GPA of 4.5 on a 7.0 scale in reviews of academic progress carried out each compulsory study period to ensure the scholarship recipient continues to meet the conditions of the scholarship. The scholarship may be suspended for any study period in which the recipient's GPA falls below the minimum GPA. If a recipient's overall GPA falls below the minimum GPA, the scholarship will not be applied to the next invoice. If a recipient's GPA returns to the minimum GPA or above, the scholarship will recommence and will be applied to the next invoice.
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