Law Diversity and Equity Scholarship

This Scholarship has been established to support UTS undergraduate law students from refugee, asylum seeker, migrant, or Indigenous backgrounds facing barriers to education.

To be eligible for the Scholarship, an applicant must meet the following criteria:

• Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or the holder of an Australian permanent resident visa or humanitarian protection visa; and
• Be a commencing, or continuing student (with of minimum of at least 36 credit points to complete), in an undergraduate UTS Faculty of Law degree (or combined Law degree); and
• Be intending to enrol or enrolled full-time (minimum of 18 credit points per session) in the session of selection; and
• Demonstrate financial hardship as assessed by a UAC Equity Scholarship application or an independent financial assessment through the Financial Assistance Service that confirms they meet the financial hardship criteria; and
• All candidates must apply using the UTS online Scholarships Application form to be eligible.
• All candidates must be available to attend an interview (in person or via Zoom).

As demonstrated in the Scholarship application and interview:

• Motivation to succeed in their chosen Faculty of Law course;
• Demonstrated initiative to seek opportunities to continually advance their professional and personal lives;
• Motivation to contribute to the community;
• Financial Hardship as outlined by the UAC Equity Scholarship or as confirmed by the Financial Assistance Service.

Preference may be given to female students who:

• Hold a permanent humanitarian visa; or
• Have temporary asylum seeker or refugee residence status and hold a Bridging Visa E or A (and has made an application for a Protection Visa), or Temporary Protection Visa (Subclass 785), or Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (Subclass 790)3; or
• Are of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent and provide either:
  • a Confirmation of Aboriginality from a Local Aboriginal Land Council or other Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation; or
  • UTS Statutory Declaration form accompanied by two written references from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people from the applicant’s community who can confirm their identity and are not an immediate family member; and

UTS Scholarships Office
Email: [email protected]