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Monash Achievement Awards

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must be:

  • an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or holder of an Australian permanent resident visa or permanent humanitarian visa, and
  • a continuing Monash undergraduate student, and
  • enrolled in a domestic full-fee place at a Monash campus in Australia.

Selection criteria

Eligible students must have normally completed 48 credit points of study and achieved the following grade average in the faculty in which they are enrolled to be considered:

  • Faculty of Art and Design - 60 per cent
  • Faculty of Arts - 60 per cent
  • Faculty of Business and Economics - 65 per cent*
  • Faculty of Education - 60 per cent
  • Faculty of Engineering – weighted grade average of 60 per cent
  • Faculty of Information Technology - 60 per cent
  • Faculty of Law - 70 per cent**
  • Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences - 70 per cent
    - Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery – a Monash Achievement Award will only be awarded if a Commonwealth-Supported Place becomes available within the set quota and if the student has received excellent marks.
  • Victorian College of Pharmacy - 70 per cent
  • Faculty of Science:
    - Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Environmental Science and all Faculty of Science courses at the Gippsland campus – 60 per cent
    - Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Computer Science – 70 per cent
    - Bachelor of Science Advanced with Honours – 80 per cent

* At least 36 of the 48 credit points must be successfully completed in the Faculty of Business and Economics.
** The required grade average must be achieved in units specific to the Faculty of Law.

Value

Transfer from a domestic full-fee place to a Commonwealth-Supported Place for the remainder of the degree.

Number available in 2009

Variable, depending on the availability of Commonwealth-Supported Places in each faculty.

Deferability

This award cannot be deferred.

Offers

Offers are made in December/January and in July/August, depending on the availability of Commonwealth-Supported Places in each faculty.

2009 Applications

All domestic undergraduate students in full-fee places will be automatically assessed.