Adelaide Merit Scholarship (15%)

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

be an international student
be applying to study a CRICOS registered bachelor degree (minimum 72 units / 1.5 years equivalent) after the application of any credit/RPL, or a CRICOS registered master degree (minimum 48 units / 1 year equivalent) after the application of any credit/RPL, at Adelaide University

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.