A range of scholarships as unique as you.
Scholarships can make a big difference to your university experience and set you on the pathway to success.
We have a range of opportunities for students from all backgrounds.
Whether you’re looking for financial support or relocation assistance, experiencing educational disadvantage or seeking recognition of academic or sporting achievement, we have a scholarship for you.
International students completing years 11 and 12 onshore in Australia can also apply for the same scholarships available to domestic students, so long as they meet the eligibility requirements.
Applications for most Semester 1, 2021 scholarships have now closed.
Browse limited scholarships still available
Upcoming Scholarship Round Closing Dates:
31 January, 28 February and throughout March 2021
Featured scholarships
Open scholarships
Applications for most Semester 1, 2021 scholarships have now closed. Here are the remaining scholarships open and their closing dates:
= Access and diversity 
= High achievers 
= Research (Honours)
Closing 31 January 2021
- Accounting and Accountability Honours Scholarship
- Adrian La Palombara Annual Appeal Honours Scholarship in Physics and Mathematics
- Dave Warren Honours Scholarship in Optical Astronomy
- Environmental Health Australia Scholarship
- Humanities in Place Industry Engagement Scholarship
- Jim Bacon Memorial Scholarship
- Lloyd Robson Memorial Australian History Scholarship
- Medicine Honours Scholarships
- Menzies Institute Honours Scholarships
- Nursing Honours Scholarships
- Rhonda Ewart Honours Scholarship in Dementia Care
- Robert Menary Tasmania University Scholarship in Agricultural Science
- Sociology Honours Scholarship
- South32 TEMCO Community Foundation Honours Bursary
- Sue Napier Postgraduate Fellowship in Education
- Waterworth Optical Collection History Honours Scholarship
- Wicking Centre Erica Bell Honours Scholarship
- Wicking Centre Health Services Honours Scholarship in Dementia Care
- Wicking Centre Neuroscience Honours Scholarship in Dementia Research
Closing 28 February 2021
- AMSA First Year Access Scholarship for Maritime Studies
- AMSA Vocational Near Coastal Seafaring Indigenous Scholarship
- Blundstone Scholarship for Agribusiness
- Lewis and Sons Bursary in Agricultural Science
- Merchant Navy War Memorial Fund Scholarship
- South32 TEMCO Community Foundation Bursary for University College
- TasPorts Charles Black Memorial Scholarship
- Women in Seafaring Scholarship
Closing throughout March 2021
Applications for most Semester 1, 2021 scholarships have now closed. Here are the remaining scholarships open and their closing dates:
= Access and diversity = High achievers 
= Experience = Research (Honours)
Closing 31 January 2021
Closing 28 February 2021
- AMSA Women in Maritime Engineering Scholarship
- Australian Mariners' Welfare Society Scholarship
- Blundstone Scholarship for Agribusiness
- Merchant Navy War Memorial Fund Scholarship
Closing throughout March 2021
External scholarships
The majority of the funding for our scholarships and bursaries is provided by donations made through the University of Tasmania Advancement Office. See below for other scholarships that you might be eligible to apply for.
Other Scholarships Prestigious ScholarshipsStudent stories
Aiming high with agriculture scholarships
"I was applying for University and I thought I may as well apply for some scholarships. You can apply for multiple scholarships and many of them have similar or the same questions"
Esther Magor, Agriculture student
Learn more about Esther's storyHaji Alizada has experienced and witnessed a lot of injustice in his life. He is now studying Law with the hopes of helping others, supported by a Tasmanian Asylum Seeker Scholarship.
Women in Engineering scholarship a bonus
"The scholarship meant I could spend the money I would have spent on accommodation on other things which I used to fund a trip to Hungary to compete in the 2018 World Orienteering Championships."
Rachel Allen - Australian Maritime College student
Learn more about Rachel's story