NSW Scholarships

Certificate IV & Diploma courses

Starting 2016 and spread out over four years, the New South Wales Government will be offering 25,000 scholarships for selected qualifications under their Smart and Skilled Program.

“People with skills in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) are in high demand. If you are interested in training in these skills, you may be eligible for a $1,000 Jobs of Tomorrow scholarship under the NSW Government’s Smart and Skilled Program” – Smart and Skilled Program website

Eligibility
To be eligible for a Jobs of Tomorrow Scholarship, students must meet the Smart and Skilled personal eligibility criteria. This includes being enrolled in a qualification that is eligible, such as the Certificate IV and Diploma in Surveying. To enrol in a Certificate IV or Diploma, a six-month Certificate III in Surveying and Spatial Information Services is typically required, so please check with relevant institutions for more details.

For a list of eligible qualifications, click here.

Interested? Here’s what you need to do:

• Check your eligibility
• Apply at the Smart and Skilled Program website – be quick as the first 6,250 students to have successfully applied will be offered a scholarship

The information below is current as of January 2020 – please confirm the availability and eligibility details of each scholarship with the respective university scholarship office.

University of Newcastle

Scholarship name	Amount	Number available	Application criteria	Contact
NSW Surveyor General’s Woman In Surveying Undergraduate Scholarship	$5,000	One	Applications for 2020 open soon then close March  Be enrolled in the first year of the Bachelor of Surveying or combined degree including Bachelor of Surveying Be enrolled full-time Not have previously received this scholarship Demonstrate a) academic achievement, and b) educational disadvantage Be a woman	Phone: 02 4921 5000 Email: scholarships@newcastle.edu.au

University of New South Wales

Depending on your own set of unique circumstances, you may be eligible to apply for a number of scholarships at the University of New South Wales. Their website has a comprehensive rundown of all the possible undergraduate options, but we have pulled out a couple of the key scholarships for you in the table below.

Scholarship name	Amount	Number available	Application criteria	Contact
Faculty of Engineering Rural Scholarship Program	$12,000	One (for four years)	Applications closed for 2020 entry You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia Your family home has to be or have been located in a rural or isolated area* for at least four of your high school years You should have attended secondary school in a rural or isolated area* for at least four years (exemption: rural students in receipt of a scholarship to attend a metropolitan secondary boarding school) You must be completing the NSW HSC or equivalent in 2018, or have undertaken a Gap year (but you may not have commenced tertiary study) You need to have a superior record of involvement and achievement in school activities and community affairs You should expect to achieve an ATAR (including adjustment factor points) of 92 or more in the HSC or equivalent You must apply to the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) for admission to programs at UNSW You must be entering an Engineering Program (single or dual, excluding combined with Law) in Term 1, 2019	Phone:02 9385 1078 Email: scholarships@unsw.edu.au
Women in Engineering Scholarships	$10,000	Four (for up to four years)	Applications closed for 2020 entry Be a woman Be an Australian Citizen or Australian Permanent Resident Have completed the NSW HSC (or interstate equivalent) or IB, either: in the year prior to commencing study at UNSW, or in the previous two years prior to commencing at UNSW, provided no tertiary study was undertaken during this period. Be commencing full-time undergraduate study in an eligible UNSW Engineering program