Undergraduate
TESAS has four categories of awards as follows:
Academic Excellence Scholarships (AES)
This undergraduate Scholarship is awarded to:
a) High-achieving Grade 12 School Leavers who have been admitted in to a university undergraduate program approved for TESAS awards; and
b) Continuing undergraduate students, both TESAS and fee-paying, who have completed their previous year in an approved university program and attained excellent academic results.
The student must demonstrate academic excellence through the achievement of a qualifying Grade Point Average (GPA) or above in their previous year of study. A student’s GPA is calculated using an equally weighted average of the percentage grade values achieved by the student.
The annual total number of AES awarded and the required minimum GPA level to receive an AES are calculated at selection time each year in accordance with available funding and application numbers and quality.
Awardees are selected within program quotas on a merit basis. This means that not all applicants with a qualifying GPA level will receive an award. (See Section 5, Institutions and Programs Approved for TESAS Awards and their quotas.)
Students should use the previous year’s required minimum GPA and program quotas, as available on the DHERST website, as a guide only.
Higher Education Contribution Assistance Scheme (HECAS)
This Contribution Assistance is awarded to:
a) Grade 12 School Leavers who have been admitted in to an undergraduate program at a university or college approved for TESAS awards and have attained the qualifying minimum GPA level or above; and
b) Continuing undergraduate students both TESAS and fee-paying, who have completed their previous year in an approved program at a university or college and have attained the qualifying minimum GPA level or above.
The annual total number of HECAS awarded and the qualifying minimum GPA level for consideration for a HECAS Award are calculated at selection time each year in accordance with available funding and application numbers and quality.
The number of applications for TESAS Awards with qualifying minimum GPA level is typically greater than the number of available TESAS Awards.
It should be noted that some program admission requirements of institutions might include a different weighted consideration of grades and/or prerequisite subjects with minimum grades, due to their particular academic requirements. As such, Awardees are selected within program quotas on a merit basis. This means that not all applicants with a qualifying GPA level will receive an award.
Students should use the previous year’s required minimum GPA and program quotas, as available on the DHERST website, as a guide.
Gender Equity Scholarships
This undergraduate Scholarship is designed to improve gender equity and will be introduced in 2017. It aims to encourage women who have already completed secondary schooling and entered the workforce to undertake Bachelor Degree studies in particular fields that are currently underrepresented by women.
The Scholarship is merit-based and, to be eligible, applicants must have graduated from Grade 12 over two years ago and secured entry into a Bachelor Degree program that is approved to accept Gender Equity Scholarship Awardees.
The Scholarship is for the first year of Bachelor Degree study only. The Awardee will be automatically considered for an AES or HECAS Award to continue their studies in the following year.
Scholarships are limited to 50 Awards per year. Eligible fields and Bachelor Degree programs are announced via local media in October each year.