FAQs for Current Students

Please update your address on MyUni. Provided your contact details are up-to-date on MyUni the Scholarships Office will know how to reach you.

Please download a copy of the Vendor EFT form. Complete the form and return it to the Scholarships & Prizes Office and this will ensure your next payment goes to the correct account.

If you currently receive payment by cheque, we strongly urge you to submit your bank details as EFT is the quickest method of payment and avoids problems such as cheques being lost in the mail etc.

The James Wolfensohn Travelling Scholarship is the only award available through this office. It is open to full-time students who are citizens of Australia enrolled in their later years of an undergraduate degree (excluding honours year).

Please see the Exchange & Travel Scholarships web page for more information about this scholarship.

You should also contact your faculty and look at their website to see if they have any travel scholarships you are eligible for.

Please send an email containing your residential postcode to and we will be able to confirm the status of your address.

Alternatively, you can check your postcode using the remoteness look up tool. Follow the instructions on the spread sheet to find out if your residential address is regional or rural.

The USyd residential colleges do offer scholarships for on-campus living. Details of these scholarships, including eligibility criteria and application forms, are available from the On Campus Accommodation Website

As a New Zealand citizen you are not considered to be an international student, however many of our scholarships do stipulate that you should be an Australian citizen or permanent resident as the basic eligibility criteria.

To verify your eligibility for a particular scholarship or prize, please check the eligibility criteria listed on our website or on the application form before applying.

It depends on the scholarship you hold.

Access & Commonwealth Scholarships are not awarded from a specific Faculty therefore you can transfer to a different degree or Faculty and still hold your scholarship - we only check that you are still enrolled each semester, it doesn't matter where.

Most other scholarships are awarded for study in a specific Faculty/degree program. In these cases you should contact the to check wether you are able to retain your scholarship while changing to a different degree/Faculty.

You should also refer to the "Conditions of Award" for the scholarship you hold as this usually states whether transfers are allowed.

Most scholarships are eligible for suspension.

If you wish to suspend your scholarship, please download a copy of the Request for Suspension of Undergraduate Scholarship form. Complete the form and return it to the Scholarships & Prizes Office and your request will be reviewed.

The Scholarships & Prizes Office will contact you to let you know if the request has been approved.