The University of Queensland MBA Scholarships for Domestic and International Students in Australia
The University of Queensland and the Business School offer a range of scholarships to assist students from many different backgrounds to assist in paying for their university fees.
The University of Queensland offers a range of scholarships for undergraduate, postgraduate and Higher Degree by Research students, information relating to these scholarships can be found on the University’s Scholarships website.
You will find information relating to scholarships offered exclusively by the Business School below:
Please be advised strategic funding for scholarship support for 2022 is under consideration. Please contact info@business.uq.edu.au for further assistance.
What is the scholarship?
The Business School is offering up to thirteen (13) 25% tuition-fee waiver scholarships to outstanding students commencing the MBA program (and MBA articulation pathway) each year. Scholarship applications are only open to new students each semester.
The scholarship will entitle the successful applicant to receive a 25% discount on their course tuition fees for a maximum period of 24 months. If the scholarship recipient exceeds the 24 month timeframe they become solely responsible for the full tuition cost of any and all remaining courses after the date specified in the scholarship offer.
For scholarship holders who do not continue to meet all of the requirements of the program, the scholarship will be withdrawn and the student will not be eligible to re-apply for any MBA scholarship.
From this pool of 13 scholarships, UQ Business School will specifically award up to:
- Five (5) of the 25% tuition-fee waiver scholarships on offer to outstanding MBA students studying either full-time or part-time
- Four (4) of the 25% tuition-fee waiver scholarships on offer to outstanding MBA students who are women
- Two (2) of the 25% tuition-fee waiver scholarships on offer to outstanding international MBA students studying full-time
- Two (2) of the 25% tuition-fee waiver scholarships on offer to outstanding indigenous MBA students
How to apply?
Meet the entry requirement to receive an unconditional offer for the MBA program (or GCBA/GDipBA articulation pathway to the MBA); and
Provide a personal statement in video format*, of no more than five minutes in length, answering the following three questions tell the Scholarship Panel,
- About your motivations for choosing to study an MBA degree and your career aspirations
- About a time you overcame a professional or personal obstacle
- What have you done to make your work environment or your community a better place
- Provide your CV and two written work related references. These documents can be the same ones you use for your program application.
*Instructions for the video submission are provided in the application form.
Submitting an application
Scholarship application closing dates:
- Semester one – International student, 31 October of the previous year
- Semester one – Domestic students, 30 November of the previous year
- Semester two – International student, 30 April of the year of commencement.
- Semester two – Domestic students, 31 May of the year of commencement.
Submit your application online to the Coordinator, MBA Student Liaison Team, UQ Business School.
Terms and conditions
Applicants will be notified in writing of the outcome of the scholarship selection process within two months of the closing date. No late applications will be considered. Not every scholarship will be awarded annual.
The Scholarship Panel considers the applicants academic merit, managerial experience, community involvement, and personal statement responses in their deliberations. Scholarships are limited and awarded on a competitive basis.
Scholarship deferrals to future semesters are not permitted. Scholarships will not be extended beyond the 24 month timeframe.
All scholarships are awarded at the discretion of the MBA Director whose decision is final.
Further Information
Further information is available from the MBA team. Telephone +61 7 33467111, email mba@business.uq.edu.au or request a call back.