Excellence Scholarship

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, you must:

• Be one of the following:
  • an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or an Australian permanent resident currently completing or completed* Year 12 (or equivalent) inside or outside of Australia , OR 
  • an Australian permanent resident completing or completed high school outside Australia, OR
  • an international student completing or completed* Year 12 (or equivalent) in Australia, AND 
• Achieve a minimum of ATAR 92.00 or IB Diploma 34.
• Hold a demonstrated record of leadership, initiative and service to your school and/or community.  
• Meet the standard entry requirements for your chosen program of study.

*Year 12 completion must not be more than 12 months prior to program commencement and the applicant must not have commenced any post-secondary studies. For example, students who completed Year 12 (or equivalent) in December 2022, may be eligible to apply for this scholarship to commence in the January 2024 semester. 

If you meet the eligibility criteria for this scholarship, we encourage you to apply by following the below steps:

1. Complete the Bond University Study Application Form to lodge your application for your chosen program. Learn more about this process.
2. Complete the Bond University Scholarship Application Form. Simply use the same log-in details as used for your study application and enter 'scholarship' in the keyword field on the 'Start an Application' tab.  

You must complete and submit your scholarship application before the application closing date as no late scholarship applications will be considered! 

Yes! As an Excellence Scholarship applicant, you will be required to submit the following documents as part of your scholarship application:

• Evidence of your leadership, initiative, and service to your school and/or community. Please use our Summary of Achievements template to present this evidence and upload as one Word or PDF document.  
• Essay responses to the two questions below. Essay responses should be written in a Word document and uploaded as part of the scholarship application. 

1. How important is it to contribute to the community? Drawing on personal experience, describe how you have contributed to the community in the past and how you envisage contributing to the Bond community in the future. Write a 250 word academic response.
2. Communication is essential for effective functioning in many areas of life. Describe why you think communication is important and give some examples of where you have communicated effectively and / or experienced the effects of a communication breakdown. Write a 250-word academic response.

• A school reference. As part of your application, you will be asked to provide your career advisor's details so please have these on hand. We will follow-up with them directly to request a reference. 

Yes! We encourage you to apply for as many scholarships as you are eligible for. This should all be done in the one scholarship application form. You will only be considered for the scholarships you have applied for so ensure you have included them all in your application before you submit it!

If you are applying for more than one scholarship with different application closing dates, it is important to submit your scholarship application form by the earliest scholarship closing date. 

Applications open 10am on Tuesday, 2 May, 2023 and close at 11:59pm on Tuesday, 5 September, 2023.

Please note, if you are applying for scholarships with different closing dates, you must submit your full scholarship application by the earliest closing date.