UNSW Undergraduate Scholarships

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UNSW Engineering is Australia’s largest and best-known engineering faculty with a long and proud history of graduating Australia’s top engineers and producing research that has led to positive change in countless lives.

We are committed to supporting students to thrive and to we currently support over 150 students with Scholarships from the Faculty, Industry and Philanthropic donors. We also offer Over 40 scholarships available for Rural, Women in Engineering and Indigenous students as well as scholarships for merit, equity and school specific scholarships in addition to a range ofUniversity Scholarships.

Find out more about our 2024 scholarships

  • Scholarship Value and Duration Program Eligibility

    Faculty of Engineering Rural Scholarship (UGCE1003)

    $15,000 per annum for the minimum duration of program -Multiple Offers Available

    Be commencing full-time undergraduate study (single or double degree) in any Faculty of Engineering degree program.

    Luciano Ferracin Memorial Rural Engineering Scholarship (UGCE1171)

    $15,000 per annum for the minimum duration of program

    Be commencing full-time undergraduate study (single or double degree) in any Faculty of Engineering degree program.

    Graham Painton Rural Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship (UGCE1249)

    $15,000 per annum for the minimum duration of program


    Be commencing full-time undergraduate study (single or double degree) in one of the following degree programs:

    Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical)

    Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Telecommunications)

    Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechanical and Manufacturing)

    Exclusions: Flexible First Year


    The Emeritus Professor Peter Oxley Memorial Scholarship (UGCA1090)

    $15,000 per annum for the minimum duration of program


    Be commencing full-time undergraduate study (single or double degree) in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.

    Exclusions: Flexible First Year


    Campbell Family UNSW Endowment Rural Scholarship (UGCE1120)

    $15,000 per annum for the minimum duration of program


    Be commencing full-time undergraduate study (single or double degree) in any School of Civil and Environmental Engineering program.

    Exclusions: Flexible First Year


    UNSW Minerals Industry Scholarship (Rural) (UGCE1438) - spererate application

    $15,000 per annum for the minimum duration of program


    Be commencing full-time undergraduate study (single or double degree) in the following degree program:

    Bachelor of Engineering (Minerals and Energy Resources)


    Mitsubishi Rural Scholarship in Mining Engineering (UGCE1031)

    $15,000 per annum for the minimum duration of program (up to 5 years)


    Be commencing full-time undergraduate study (single or double degree) in the following degree program:

    Bachelor of Engineering (Minerals and Energy Resources)


    Anna Gotthard Rural Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship (UGCE1248)

    $15,000 per annum for the minimum duration of program


    Be commencing full-time undergraduate study (single or double degree) in the following degree program:

    Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

    Flexible First Year is permissible.

  • Scholarship Value and Duration Program Eligibility

    Faculty of Engineering Women in Engineering Scholarships (UGCE1394)

    $10,000 per annum for the minimum duration of program -Multiple Offers Available

    Be commencing full-time undergraduate study (single or double degree) in any Faculty of Engineering degree program.
    Charles Warman Women in Engineering Scholarship (UGCE1333)
    $10,000 per annum for the minimum duration of program (up to 5 years)

    Be commencing full-time undergraduate study (single or double degree) in any School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering degree program.
    Flexible First Year
    Alexandria Ada Lam Scholarship (UGCE1068)

    $10,000 per annum for the minimum duration of program (up to 4 years)


    Be commencing full-time undergraduate study (single or double degree) in any Faculty of Engineering degree program.

  • Scholarship Value and Duration Program Eligibility
    Origin Foundations Grant King Indigenous Scholarships

    $25,000 p.a. towards residential fees + $5,000 p.a. stipend for standard program duration


    Assists Indigenous students commencing an undergraduate degree program in the Faculty of Science or Faculty of Engineering at UNSW. The Scholarship will be paid as accommodation fees directly to the accommodation provider.

    The recipients will also receive a UNSW President and Vice-Chancellors Equity Scholarship (UGCE1319) valued at $5,000 per annum stipend for the duration of a single or double degree program. Students must have applied and received an offer to UNSW Shalom College or another UNSW on-campus accommodation provider to be eligible.


    Dean's Engineering Equity Scholarship

    $15,000 p.a. for standard program duration

    Assists students from a disadvantaged background studying an undergraduate degree in Engineering.

    CCFF Women in STEM Scholarship

    $12,000 p.a. for standard program duration


    The purpose of the Scholarship is to support women to study STEM at the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering.


    The Ian and Barbara Burgess Memorial Rural Engineering Scholarship

    $15,000 p.a. for standard program duration

    The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage, and support disadvantaged rural students from regional or remote areas studying a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) program at the UNSW Faculty of Engineering. Enrolment in a double degree is also permissible.

    Al Willis Scholarship

    $10,000 p.a. for standard program duration

    Supports students undertaking an undergraduate program in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW.

    ARUP Women in Engineering Scholarship

    $10,000 p.a. standard program duration (up to 5 years)

    Supports a female student to undertake an undergraduate degree at the Faculty of Engineering in any of the following disciplines: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Computer Science and Engineering.

    Darcy & Patricia Wentworth Rural Scholarship in Renewable Energy

    $10,000 p.a. standard program duration (up to 4 years)

    Supports students from regional or remote areas studying in the fields of Environmental Engineering, Photovoltaics Engineering or Renewable Engineering at the UNSW Faculty of Engineering.

    Eliathamby Ambikairajah BE ME in Electrical Engineering Scholarship

    $5,000 p.a. for standard program duration (up to 5 years)

    The purpose of the Scholarship to is to encourage a high school leaver to study a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Master of Engineering (BE ME) in Electrical Engineering at the UNSW Faculty of Engineering.

    CSE Equity Scholarship

    $10,000 for one year


    The purpose of the Scholarship to is to encourage a high school leaver to study a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Master of Engineering (BE ME) in Electrical Engineering at the UNSW Faculty of Engineering. Supports students from low socio-economic* background undertaking study in the School of Computer Science & Engineering at UNSW.

    *Based on residential address at the time of application. Residential address must be identified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as being in the lowest 25% of socioeconomic disadvantage in Australia.

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