Sydney International Undergraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship

The University of Sydney is offering 20 undergraduate scholarships to support exceptional international students from diverse priority markets study across diverse undergraduate courses at the University of Sydney.

University of Sydney

Eligible Bachelors degree in any subject offered at the University

Approximately 20 scholarships will be awarded globally per year across the two intakes focusing on diversity of course and diversity of nationality.

International students

The scholarship includes 100% tuition fees and Student Services Amenitites Fees (SSAF) for the published full-time duration of the recipient’s single undergraduate degree.

No other amount is payable. Recipients are responsible for all other costs for studying at the University of Sydney including but not limited to, Overseas Health Cover (OSHC), living costs, accommodation, textbooks, flights and costs associated with being under the age of 18.

You must:

• • have applied for but not yet commenced a single undergraduate coursework degree (may include embedded honours) at the University of Sydney at the time of award which has a maximum duration of 4 years. Only applicants who apply for eligible courses will be considered for this scholarship. The scholarship is not available for combined degrees with a postgraduate component, the Bachelor of Arts (Dual Degree, Sciences Po, France), Bachelor of Economics (Dual Degree, Sciences Po, France) and degrees that include the Bachelor of Advanced Studies. *
• • must enrol in their eligible degree full-time
• • not be commencing a second degree at the University of Sydney
• • be an international student as defined in the Higher Education Support Act 2003. Australian Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents and dual citizens with Australian nationality are not eligible
• • must have completed secondary school or a foundation program in Australia or from a University of Sydney recognised foundation partner
• • must not have previously undertaken any tertiary studies (excluding extension studies completed as part of a year 12 program).

Please note that applications for Semester 2, 2025 are closed. Applications for 2026 are open.

The scholarship application is done online and is ongoing. Only successful applicants will be contacted after applying for the scholarship.

It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.