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 2024, may be eligible to apply for this scholarship to commence in the January 2026 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. It is a COMPULSORY component of your application to use our Summary of Achievements template to present this evidence. You will need to complete all sections of the template provided and upload it as one Word or PDF document, to your scholarship application. 
  Your application CANNOT be considered if you provide your evidence in any other form, such as a personal CV or resume. 
   
• Academic responses to two questions. Your responses should be entered into your scholarship application where prompted. We suggest drafting your responses in a Word document first and then copying and pasting them into the relevant fields in your application:
  1.    Success means different things for different students. In your opinion, what do you think success at university means? Write a 250-word academic response using first person language. Do not include research, quotes or referencing and do not use generative AI, such as ChatGPT.
  2.    Working in teams can be challenging. Reflect on when you have worked in a team either at school or outside school, analyse what difficulties were faced and explain what you have learned from the experience. Write a 250-word academic response using first person language. Do not include research, quotes or referencing and do not use generative AI, such as ChatGPT.
   
• 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 for 2026 entry open on Thursday, 1 May, 2025 and close on Thursday, 28 August, 2025.

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