Scholarship details
Study levels
Undergraduate
Student type
Future students and Current students
Study area
All study areas
Eligibility criteria
Struggling financially, From regional and rural or remote areas
Citizenship
Australian or New Zealand
What you'll receive
You'll receive:
- a scholarship valued at $7,500 per year for up to four years, paid in instalments of $3,750 each semester.
This scholarship is offered in Semester 1 each year.
Eligibility
You must be one of:
- a permanent resident of Australia
- an Australian citizen (or dual citizen)
- a permanent humanitarian visa holder
- a New Zealand citizen.
You must also be:
- from a regional or remote area in Queensland or the Northern Territory
- from a low-income background
- experiencing financial hardship
- enrolled full time in or applying for an undergraduate course and intending to study full time.
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.
The Tim Fairfax AC Regional and Remote Learning Potential Fund Scholarships are for low-income students from regional and remote areas in Queensland and the Northern Territory who are studying or who want to study an undergraduate degree. They have been established by Mr Tim Fairfax AC as a tribute to rural and regional education. These scholarships are intended to be offered as 32 individual named scholarships in perpetuity through the QUT Learning Potential Fund. The scholarships encourage disadvantaged and low-income students from regional and remote areas in Queensland and the Northern Territory to study an undergraduate degree in the faculty of their choice at QUT.
Contact us
Equity Scholarships Team
- Phone
- 3138 5582
- Int. phone
- +61 7 3138 5582
- equityscholarships@qut.edu.au
- Location
- Postal address
- QUT Equity Scholarships
- Victoria Park Rd
- Kelvin Grove QLD 4059