Scholarships and prizes

USQ offers scholarships to outstanding students who have demonstrated academic excellence, leadership and participation in the wider community. Scholarships are also available to those students adversely affected by financial hardship.

Scholarships are offered for the following:

• Academic excellence -new student
• Academic excellence -continuing student
• Equity (hardship) - new student
• Equity (hardship) - continuing student
• Master of Education (postgraduate) - new student
• International postgraduate scholarships

Faculty prizes

At each April graduation the Faculty awards a number of prizes to graduates in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs: 

Undergraduate prizes

• Association of Women Educators Prize, for the high achieving undergraduate female student in a male dominated filed e.g ICT, Maths, Science Education
• Australian Association of Special Education (Darling Downs Branch) Prize, for outstanding performance in the Bachelor of Education with a major in Special Education
• Australian College of Educators Prize, for outstanding performance in a pre-service teacher education program
• Australian Council for Health Physical Education and Recreation Prize, for the high achieving student in undergraduate studies in the HPE area
• Business Educators' Association of Queensland Inc, awarded to the best graduate from the Bachelor of Education (Secondary or Senior /Middle Schooling) who has completed a Business Education major
• Darling Downs Local Council of the Australian Literacy Educators' Association awarded to the best graduate in the Literacy/Children's Literature Major in the Bachelor of Education (Primary and Middle Schooling)
• Early Childhood Teachers Association Prize, awarded to the best graduate from the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
• Faculty Medal for outstanding achievement in a three year education program
• Middle Years of Schooling Association awarded to outstanding student who has studied in the middle years area
• QLD ICPA Rural Education Prize, for outstanding achievement in coursework related to rural education and successful practical teaching experiences in rural settings 
• Queensland Society for Information Technology in Education Prize, awarded to the best graduate from the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood, Primary/Middle areas) who has completed an ICT/Computer major 
• Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc sponsor one bursary for outstanding achievement in the Bachelor of Education with a focus on Mathematics
• Science Teachers Association of Queensland Prize, awarded to the best graduate from the Bachelor of Education (Senior/Middle or Secondary) who has completed a Science major
• Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia Prize, for outstanding achievement in coursework related to rural education and successful practical teaching experiences in rural settings. 

Postgraduate prizes

• Australian College of Educators Prize, for the outstanding postgraduate research/project in the Faculty of Education
• Australian Association of Special Education (Darling Downs Branch) Prize, for outstanding performance in the Master of Education, with a major in Special Education 
• The Australian Council of Educational Leaders (Queensland) Prize, for the outstanding student in postgraduate studies, with a focus on Leadership and Management
• Darling Downs Local Council of the Australian Literacy Educators' Association awarded to the highest achieving postgraduate in the area of Literacy 
• Dean's Awards for academic excellence, to recognise outstanding scholastic achievement in a Masters program in the Faculty of Education.
• Leadership Research award for the outstanding student in the Master of Education with a major in Leadership and Management
• Queensland Guidance and Counselling Association Prize, for a high achieving postgraduate student involved in the Guidance and Counselling major.