The UQ International Excellence Scholarship supports high-achieving international students commencing eligible coursework at the University of Queensland in 2027. It covers undergraduate and postgraduate coursework across all study areas, subject to the excluded-program list in the terms.
Recipients study full-time at UQ in Australia. The scholarship is awarded competitively among eligible offer holders in each commencement semester.
Benefits & funding
- A 25% reduction in tuition fees for every semester of the enrolled coursework program.
- The reduction continues for the program duration while the recipient remains eligible, enrolled full-time and making satisfactory academic progress.
- The scholarship does not include a living allowance, travel funding or other personal-cost support.
Eligibility
- Applicants must count as international students under UQ’s definition: Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens, Australian permanent residents and holders of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa are excluded; every other nationality qualifies, including people already in Australia on a temporary visa.
- The applicant must apply for an eligible full-time undergraduate or postgraduate coursework program commencing in 2027 and satisfy all conditions of the program offer.
- The applicant must meet the program entry rank and English-language requirements and achieve a score that is competitive within the relevant offer-holder pool.
- The applicant must not hold another UQ scholarship, tuition-fee reduction or rebate, except the UQ English Language Scholarship.
- The applicant must not hold a full scholarship or sponsorship from another organisation; partial external support may be considered at UQ’s discretion.
- Programs excluded by the 2027 terms are not eligible.
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Eligible nationalities
USA · Canada · Mexico · Guatemala · Costa Rica · Nicaragua · Honduras · El Salvador · Panama · Belize · Cuba · Haiti
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Jamaica · Bahamas · Barbados · Dominican Republic · Dominica · Grenada · Antigua and Barbuda · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago · Anguilla · Aruba · Bermuda · Bonaire · Saba · Sint Eustatius · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Curaçao · Montserrat · Puerto Rico · Guadeloupe · Sint Maarten · Turks and Caicos Islands · US Virgin Islands · Greenland · Brazil · Argentina · Chile · Colombia · Peru · Ecuador · Paraguay · Bolivia · Uruguay · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · Falkland Islands · UK · France · Germany · Italy · Spain · Portugal · Netherlands · Belgium · Luxembourg · Switzerland · Austria · Sweden · Norway · Denmark · Finland · Iceland · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Jersey · Isle of Man · Åland Islands · Svalbard and Jan Mayen · Ireland · Poland · Czechia · Hungary · Romania · Serbia · Greece · Bulgaria · Estonia · Latvia · Lithuania · Ukraine · Russia · Albania · Andorra · Belarus · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Croatia · Cyprus · Kosovo · Liechtenstein · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · North Macedonia · San Marino · Slovakia · Slovenia · Vatican City · China · Hong Kong · Macau · Taiwan · Japan · South Korea · North Korea · Singapore · Malaysia · Thailand · Vietnam · Indonesia · Philippines · India · Nepal · Brunei · Pakistan · Bangladesh · UAE · Saudi Arabia · Israel · Türkiye · Mongolia · Cambodia · Laos · Myanmar · Timor-Leste · Sri Lanka · Bhutan · Afghanistan · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Georgia · Iran · Iraq · Jordan · Kazakhstan · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Lebanon · Maldives · Oman · Palestine · Qatar · Syria · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Yemen · South Africa · Kenya · Nigeria · Egypt · Morocco · Ghana · Uganda · Cameroon · Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d'Ivoire · DR Congo · Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · Somaliland · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Western Sahara · Saint Helena · Fiji · Papua New Guinea · Samoa · Solomon Islands · Tonga · Vanuatu · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · Nauru · Palau · Tuvalu · American Samoa · French Polynesia · Guam · New Caledonia · Northern Mariana Islands · Pitcairn Islands · Wallis and Futuna
Education required
High School · Bachelor
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Application process
- 1Select an eligible UQ undergraduate or postgraduate coursework program that starts in 2027.
- 2Apply for admission through the route required for that program and applicant category, completing the form and submitting the required academic, identity and English-language documents.
- 3Satisfy every condition of the UQ program offer; there is no separate scholarship application because eligible offer holders are assessed automatically.
- 4If selected, accept the program offer, meet the scholarship acceptance deadline stated by UQ and pay the tuition deposit so the award can be confirmed.
Program timeline
Standard Semester 1 closing date for direct international undergraduate and postgraduate coursework applications; some programs and QTAC routes use different dates.
30 November 2026
Standard Semester 2 closing date for direct international undergraduate and postgraduate coursework applications; some programs and QTAC routes use different dates.
31 May 2027
Program-offer stage
UQ notifies selected applicants with an unconditional offer or after all conditional-offer requirements are satisfied.
Scholarship-offer deadline
The individual offer states the acceptance deadline.