Scholarships
High Potential Scholarships
Scholarships recognising excellence, engaged leaders, elite athletes, and Western program participants. These scholarships are designed for students who show exceptional promise within and beyond their academic achievements. Strong academic performance and excellence in extracurricular activities, sports, the arts, community service or leadership all hold the key to success.
To apply for scholarships in this category you only need to submit one application through the Western Sydney University Scholarship Application Form. We will ask you a range of questions, and once we know more about you, we will assess your eligibility for each available scholarship in this category, and in the High Potential category.
High Potential Scholarships
The scholarships available will be continuously added to the table below over the coming months. By submitting an application form, you will be assessed for every scholarship released until the closing date.
| Scholarship | Group | Eligibility | Value1 | Availability3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Excellence Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 4 years | Awarded annually |
| Academy U Engagement Scholarship | A | New students, Undergraduate | $7,500 for up to 3 years | Open for S1 2026 |
| Academy U Excellence Scholarship | A | New students, Undergraduate | $7,500 for up to 3 years | Open for S1 2026 |
| Bartier Perry Leadership Scholarship for Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year duration of degree2 | Under assessment |
| Better Rehab Occupational Therapy Scholarship - Final Year | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 for up to 1 year | Awarded |
| Better Rehab Occupational Therapy Scholarship - First Year | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year for up to 4 years | Awarded |
| Brenton Banfield Medical Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 5 years | Allocated |
| Brian Schwartz AM Scentre Group Scholarship for Excellence | B | New students, Undergraduate | $10,000 per year for up to 3 years | Awarded |
| CBRE Scholarship for Women in Property | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to one year | Allocated |
| Dahua Civil Engineering Scholarship | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $8,750 for up to 1 year | Allocated |
| Dahua Group Australia Civil Engineering Scholarship | B | Continuing students Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to one year | Allocated |
| Dialysis Australia Professional Experience Placement Bursaries in Nursing | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $2,000 for up to 1 year | Awarded |
| Dialysis Australia Scholarships in Nursing | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 2 years | Allocated |
| EA Southee Undergraduate Research Scholarship | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $2,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
| EJ Dibbs Business Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
| EJ Dibbs SCEM Scholarship for Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$10,000 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
| Fast Forward Academic Excellence Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 4 years | Open for S1 2026 |
| Fast Forward Leadership and Community Scholarship | A | New students, Undergraduate | $5,000 per year for up to 4 years | Open for S1 2026 |
| Frasers Property Australia Masters of Architecture Urban Transformation Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Postgraduate |
$30,000 per year for up to 2 years | Allocated |
| GE Healthcare Biomedical Engineering Scholarship for Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$10,000 per year for up to 2 years | Under assessment |
| GE Healthcare Cardiac Sonography Scholarship | B | New & continuing students, Postgraduate | $10,000 per year for up to 2 years | Awarded |
| George Bennett Memorial Scholarship in Science | B | New students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 1 year | Allocated |
| George WH Lan Business Scholarship | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
| Harvey Norman Young Women's Leadership Academy Scholarships | B | New & continuing students Undergraduate | $10,000 per year for up to 3 years | Awarded |
| Hawkesbury City Council Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
| Honours Scholarship | A | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $5,000 for up to 1 year | Open for S1 2026 |
| Jennie Gordon Smith Grant for Nursing Students on Placement | B | New & continuing students | $2,000 per year for up to 2 years | Awarded |
| JG & C Seddon Scholarship for Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year duration of degree2 | Awarded |
| John Holland Building Scholarship for Women in Construction Management | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $10,000 per year for up to one year | Allocated |
| John R Marsden Memorial Scholarship for Gay Men and Lesbians | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
| Julie Evans Scholarship in Midwifery | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year for up to 3 years | Allocated |
| J. Wyndham Prince Civil Engineering Scholarship for Women | B | New and continuing students, Undergraduate and Postgraduate | $10,000 per year for up to four years | Under assessment |
| Katie Page Scholarship for High Achieving Women | B |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate |
$10,000 per year for up to 3 years | Awarded |
| Liverpool Boys High School Scholarship for First Years | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 per year for up to 1 years | Awarded |
| Margaret Duffy Law Scholarship | B | New students | $7,500 per year for up to 1 year | Allocated |
| Matt Metri Memorial Scholarship | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 5 years | Awarded |
| MistryFallahi Scholarship | B |
Continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 2 years | Allocated |
| Neville Amy Scholarship in Science | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 1 year | Allocated |
| PATHE Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 4 years | Open for S1 2026 |
| B | Continuing students Undergraduate | $3,750 for 6 months or | Awarded | |
| Professor B. Bhaskara Rao Memorial Scholarship | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $10,000 per year for one year | Under assessment |
| Q Agency Scholarship for Excellence | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $10,000 per year for up to one years | Awarded |
| Robert Hayes Memorial Scholarship | B |
Continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year duration of degree2 | Allocated |
| Rotary Club of Narellan Medical Scholarship | B | New students, Undergraduate | $6,000 per year duration of degree2 | Awarded |
| Rotary Club of Richmond Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$7,500 for up to 1 year | Allocated |
| Rowe Scientific Chemistry Scholarship | B |
Continuing students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
| School of Medicine Rural Accommodation Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate | One year's on-campus accommodation at Campbelltown Campus | Allocated |
| School of Medicine Rural Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$10,000 for up to 1 year | Allocated |
| SGS Economics and Planning Graham Larcombe Scholarship | B | Continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 1 year | Allocated |
| Sports Scholarship | A |
New & continuing students, Undergraduate, Postgraduate |
$5,000 for up to 1 year | Open for S1 2026 |
| Sydney Zoo Engineering & Robotics Scholarship | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $10,000 per year for up to 3 years | Allocated |
| The Liz Hallahan Scholarship in Diabetes Care | B | New students Postgraduate | $6,000 per year for up to 1 year | Under assessment |
| The Matthew Hotchkis Sports Podiatry Scholarship | B | Continuing students Undergraduate | $3,750 for six months or | Awarded |
| The Moruya Medical Centre & Liz Hallahan Scholarship in Diabetes Education | B | New students Undergraduate | $6,000 per year for up to 1 year | Allocated |
| Turner Freeman Scholarship in Succession and Elder Law | B | Continuing students Undergraduate | $10,000 per year for up to three years | Under assessment |
| Two Blues Charter Hall Scholarship | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $15,000 per year for up to 1 year | Awarded |
| Vice-Chancellor's Leadership Scholarship | A |
New students, Undergraduate |
$10,000 per year for up to 5 years | Open for S1 2026 |
| Western Sydney University’s THE Impact Scholarship | A | New students, Undergraduate | $8,500 for up to 3 years | Allocated |
| Westpac Young Technologists Scholarship | B |
New students, Undergraduate |
$5,000 per year for up to 3 years | Awarded |
| Yara Australia Scholarship for Emerging Leaders in Protected Cropping | B | New & continuing students, Postgraduate | $5,000 per year for up to 2 years | Allocated |
| Young Academics Early Learning Centre Scholarship | B | New & continuing students, Undergraduate | $7,500 per year for up to 4 years | Awarded |
1 Per year amount is the maximum annual scholarship entitlements. Payments are based on enrolment. Refer to the Scholarships for Coursework Students Policy.
2 Duration of Degree means the scholarship entitlements are determined by an assessment of the degree you were enrolled in at the time the offer is made and the credit points remaining to complete the degree.
3 Availability:
- Under assessment - Applications are currently being assessed. Scholarship offers will be sent via email to successful applicants over the coming months.
- Open - scholarship is included in application process.
- Awarded - scholarship has been awarded this year.
- Allocated - scholarship was awarded in a previous year.
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