Scholarship details
Study levels
Undergraduate
Student type
Future students and Current students
Study area
Engineering, Games and interactive environments, Information technology, Mathematics, Science, technology and engineering and mathematics
Eligibility criteria
Struggling financially
Citizenship
Australian and Australian or New Zealand
What you'll receive
You'll receive a scholarship valued at $5,000 for one year, paid in two instalments of $2,500.
This scholarship is offered in Semester 1 each year.
Eligibility
You must be one of the following:
- an Australian citizen (including dual citizens)
- a permanent resident of Australia
- a permanent humanitarian visa holder
- a New Zealand citizen.
You must also be:
- from a low-income background
- experiencing financial hardship
- enrolled in or applying for either:
- Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Games and Interactive Environments
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) / Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Games and Interactive Environments / Bachelor of Mathematics.
This scholarship is not available to:
- single-unit study students - studying an individual unit at QUT, but not enrolled in a QUT course
- cross-institutional students - enrolled in a course at another university, but studying specific units at QUT and receiving credit towards your course at the other university
- QUT College students - studying one of the pathway programs offered by our international college, including foundation courses, university diplomas and English language courses.
How to apply
What happens next?
All applications are assessed against selection criteria. We allocate scholarships based on need. Students with the greatest need will receive the highest value scholarships.
About the scholarship
The Learning Potential Fund provides support through scholarships and bursaries to students in financial need.
Philanthropist Des Donnachie graduated in 1990 from the Brisbane College of Advanced Education (BCAE), Kedron Park which later became part of QUT. Des has often remarked to QUT staff on his good fortune to have attended BCAE, of his fond memories and how, from then on, there 'was no looking back' in his fortunes.
It is from his memories of his impoverished early life that he made the decision to pass on the fruits of his studies to dedicated students studying information technology at QUT and who, like he was, are experiencing financial difficulties. His hope was to be able to share his good fortune and give future students 'the break' they, like him, need to progress in their chosen career.
Contact us
Scholarship Team
- Phone
- 3138 7624
- Int. phone
- +61 7 3138 7624
- scholarships@qut.edu.au
- Website
- https://www.qut.edu.au/scholarships
- Postal address
- Queensland University of Technology
- GPO Box 2434
- Brisbane QLD 4001