2025 Eleanor Sophia Wood MySydney Scholarship in the University of Sydney

The purpose of the MySydney Scheme and the Eleanor Sophia Wood MySydney Scholarship is to address the educational disadvantage experienced by people living in areas affected by socio-economic disadvantage, by facilitating and supporting their participation in University of Sydney courses. 

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNot Specified
• Value$8,500 per year
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorThe University of Sydney
• City to studyNew South Wales
• School to studyThe University of Sydney
• Eligible CountryAustralia

Benefits

$8,500 per year for the published full-time duration of the recipient’s undergraduate (single or combined) degree up to a maximum total duration of 5 years full-time study or part-time equivalent.

In addition, recipients will receive:

1. Support through the transition from school to university through the University of Sydney Preparation for Sydney Uni program.
2. Annual payment of University of Sydney Union (USU) Rewards?Membership?for the duration of the MySydney Scholarship.
3. Access to the Vice Chancellor’s Global Mobility Award, valued up to AUD 5,000 for eligible exchange programs.
4. Eligibility to apply for additional accommodation scholarships.
5. Access to the alumni and industry mentoring program in the final year of study.

Requirements

You must:

• be a domestic student enrolled in an undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney as defined in the Coursework Policy 2021.
• have applied for admission to your undergraduate degree through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC).
• have resided in an area listed in the bottom 25 percent of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Education and Occupation (IEO) when you applied for admission through UAC.*
• not have been enrolled in an undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney prior to enrolment in your current undergraduate degree
• not have been enrolled in an undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney in the preceding year of your current undergraduate degree admission via UAC.

*The low socioeconomic status (low SES) is based on assigning students' address, as they have entered it into UAC to an Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2016 SA1, with the SES value derived from the ABSs' SocioEconomic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Education and Occupation (IEO) for SA1 areas. This address is geocoded to the appropriate SA1. SA1s in the bottom 25% of the population are classified as low SES.

Application Deadline

How To Apply

For more info on how to apply for this scholarship visit The University of Sydney webpage