Scholarship details
Study levels
Undergraduate
Student type
Future students
Study area
Business and Law
Eligibility criteria
Academic performance
Citizenship
Australian or New Zealand
What you'll receive
A scholarship valued at $5,000 in your first year of study in a business, law, or property economics single or double degree.
The scholarship will be paid as a stipend of $2,500 after the HECS-HELP census date in your first and second semester of study, as long as you have an active enrolment and meet all the scholarship conditions.
Faculty of Business and Law Excellence Scholarship recipients will receive automatic membership into QUT's College of Excellence.
Eligibility
You must:
- be graduating Year 12 in 2025, or have graduated Year 12 in 2024
- be starting university for the first time in 2026
- have not undertaken/commenced any tertiary study, other than studies in special university programs designed for secondary school students (e.g. START QUT)
- have applied for a tertiary place through the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) and received a QUT offer in your first preference
- have achieved a minimum unadjusted Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of 95.00 or a minimum unadjusted selection rank of 95.00 for an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma to be considered.
- have placed one of the eligible courses as your first preference on your QTAC application at the time of the main December and main January admissions offer rounds:
- BS05 Bachelor of Business
- BS08 Bachelor of Business – International
- LW38 Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
- UD05 Bachelor of Property Economics
- ID43 Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
- ID26 Bachelor of Property Economics/Bachelor of Business
- ID40 Bachelor of Property Economics/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
- or any other double degree paired with a business, laws or property economics degree at QUT.
You must also be one of the following:
- an Australian citizen or Australian Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holder
- an Australian Permanent Resident or New Zealand citizen.
Faculty quotas apply to this program. Scholarship offers will be made in rank order starting with highest eligible ATAR recipients first.
There is no mid-year scholarship offer process. Students starting study in Semester 2, 2026 must defer their course and scholarship offer for six months in writing.
How to apply
Faculty of Business and Law Excellence Scholarship offers will be made between January and February 2026.
There is no scholarship application process for this program. All eligible students who complete a QTAC application in line with QTAC key dates, listing a QUT business, laws or property economics single or double degree at their first preference, and who do not accept any other merit scholarship at QUT, will be considered for a Faculty of Business and Law Excellence (FBLE) Scholarship offer.
Quotas apply. The Faculty of Business and Law reserves the right to use discretion to balance the offers made across the discipline and degree combinations.
There is no Semester 2 scholarship offer round. Students looking to commence study in Semester 2, 2026 who are made a scholarship offer, must accept their offer during the early 2026 rounds and defer their scholarship for six months in writing to the QUT Business School scholarships office.
Other scholarships at QUT may require you to complete a separate application to be considered.
What happens next?
Data from both December and January QTAC offer rounds may be used to fill the scholarship quota.
Only students who are successful in being offered a scholarship are notified.
Conditions
To keep your scholarship you must:
- remain enrolled full-time in the QUT business, laws or property economics degree nominated on your scholarship contract
- complete a minimum of two business/laws/property economics units per semester (double degree students)
- maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 and passes in all units for the duration of the scholarship.
You can:
- defer your scholarship offer for six months only. If you defer your course for six months and commence in second semester, you will remain eligible for your scholarship
- take a leave of absence for up to two years but only after you have completed one semester of study. You won't receive scholarship payments during periods of leave.
You can't:
- undertake university study elsewhere, and be resulted for same, prior to commencing at QUT on this scholarship
- defer your scholarship for 12 months
- hold any other academic scholarships; Equity Scholarships are allowed. If you have any questions about holding other scholarships, contact the QUT Scholarships team.
Full terms and conditions will be provided for consideration at the time of offer.
Terms and conditions for Faculty of Business and Law Excellence Scholarship (PDF file; 184.4 KB)
About the scholarship
This scholarship gives you a head start for university study in business, laws or property economics, and acknowledges the hard work and outstanding results you have achieved at high school.
By attracting the best business, law, and property economics students to our programs, we foster a dynamic learning environment where high achievers can network, challenge each other, and contribute to a culture of excellence across all university offerings.
Our faculty graduates are highly regarded by employers, as we continue to produce leaders in our faculty disciplines, domestically and internationally.
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Testimonials
I knew this would prepare me well for my future
'QUT’s business program and triple international accreditation was the biggest drawcard when deciding where to study after Grade 12. I knew that the education I would receive at QUT would be internationally relevant and recognised and would prepare me well for my future. Receiving this scholarship in my first year of study provided financial assistance for key university costs, and access to QUT’s College of Excellence where I developed friendships with likeminded, passionate students from different courses.'
Isaiah Low
Business Academic Excellence Scholar