UQ Research Scholarships Eligibility and Competitiveness
Any applicant for admission to the MPhil or PhD programs can ask to be considered for a University scholarship. If you apply for a University scholarship you are competing against every other applicant to the University commencing in the same year.

Commencing Order of Merit
To allocate scholarships fairly throughout the year, the University of Queensland offers scholarships based on the applicant's rank order in the Order of Merit list. The Order of Merit score is based on the Academic Merit Score (AMS), which is modif...

Determining UQ Honours Equivalence
The School Recommendation form asks schools to assist the RHD Unit by indicating if the applicant's academic qualifications are equivalent to UQ Honours Class I. This is important because the Commonwealth Scholarship Guidelines spe...

School Assessment of Research Potential/Performance and Match with Research Strengths
A University scholarship applicant's Order of Merit score is determined by their Academic Merit Score (AMS), as modified by the school assessment of Research Potential/Performance and Match with Research Strengths. The default i...

Response to Offer
If you have been made an offer of research higher degree candidature and/or an offer of a scholarship by The University of Queensland you must formally accept or decline the offer(s).  Please complete one or both of the following...