Thursday, 27 September 2012
A new scholarship for students who achieve an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank ( ATAR) of 99.95 will be guaranteed to all school leavers who enter The University of Western Australia from 2013.
These prestigious $5000 scholarships will be known as Vice-Chancellor's Awards of Distinction and will be an additional category of the existing Vice-Chancellor's Awards of Distinction .
"As the State's only world Top 100 university, as measured by the Academic World Ranking of Universities (2012), The University of Western Australia is committed to supporting high-achieving students who aspire to succeed," UWA Vice-Chancellor Paul Johnson said.
The scholarship has been established to recognise and support academic achievement.
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