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Prizes and Scholarships

A number of general Macquarie University scholarships are available.

Unit specific prizes and scholarships are also available to students enrolled in the Faculty of Business and Economics.

heading Open to all the departments

Scholarships

  • Macquarie Education Costs Scholarship
    • This equity based scholarship is available to students whose opportunities to study at university may have been hampered by disadvantages beyond their control. Valued at $4415 (2009 amount) per year for up to four years. Applications for this scheme are lodged through the Universities Admission Centre (UAC). More information at www.uac.edu.au/equity
  • Macquarie Accommodation Scholarship (MAS)
    • This scholarship is designed to support recipients whose living situation may hamper their ability to study at Macquarie University and would benefit from relocation. Valued at $8830 (2009 amount) per anum for up to four years. Applications for this scheme are lodged through the Universities Admission Centre (UAC). More information at www.uac.edu.au/equity

  • Macquarie Indigenous Top-Up Scholarship (MITS)
    • This scholarship is to reward Indigenous students on the commencement of their second, third or fourth year of study. The scholarship amount will increase each year from $1000 in Year 2 to $3000 in Year 4. Applications will be mailed to eligible applicants.

  • Indigenous Access Scholarship
    • In accordance with the Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines, institutions will give special consideration to Indigenous applicants to ensure a fair proportion of the Commonwealth Scholarships offered by the institution are awarded to Indigenous applicants. Valued at $4166 and offered only once over the course of a lifetime. Applications for this scheme are lodged through the Universities Admission Centre (UAC). More information at www.uac.edu.au/equity

  • The Macquarie University Family Scholarship (supported by the University’s Alumni)
    • The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage the legacy of family members attending Macquarie University across generations. The scholarship will be awarded to an immediate family member of alumnus/alumnae on the basis of financial hardship. This $5000 scholarship is available for full-time, undergraduate study, for one year only. For further information visit www.alumni.mq.edu.au

Prizes

  • The Alf and Pearl Pollard Memorial Prize
    • Awarded to the most outstanding student in the fourth year of undergraduate study at the Faculty of Business and Economics.

  • The Australia-Japan Society Prize
    • Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor. Awarded for proficiency in 300-level Japanese. As well as a significant contribution to the study of Japan, and to future Japan-Australia relations.

  • The Macquarie University Alumni Kathryn Murphy Memorial Prize
    • Open to all female students proceeding to the honours degree of Bachelor in the Faculty of Business and Economics. Awarded for academic merit in 300 level units taken in the Faculty of Business and Economics. Supported by the University’s Alumni.

ACCG2 Accounting and Finance

Scholarships

  • Honours Scholarships – Accounting and Finance
    • A limited number of "full" scholarships of $10,000 and “half” scholarships of $5,000 are available on a competitive basis for full-time study. For further details contact Dr Edward Watts or Assoc Prof Geoff Loudon

Prizes

  • The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Prize
    • Awarded for best student in the unit ACCG310 Corporate Accounting and Reporting

  • The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Prize
    • Awarded for best student in Strategic Management Accounting for proficiency in the unit ACCG330 Strategic Management Accounting

  • The Basil Branford Memorial Prize

  • The Chartered Accountants Prize
    • Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor. Awarded for best overall academic performance in 100-level accounting units.

  • The CPA Australia Prize for Prize for 100-level Accounting

  • The CPA Australia Prize for Prize for 200-level Accounting

  • The CPA Australia Prize for Prize for 300-level Accounting - Graduating Student
    • Open to all students who will graduate with the degree of Bachelor. Awarded for proficiency in the units ACCG310 Corporate Accounting and Reporting and ACCG323 Financial Accounting Theory and Practice. The CPA prize includes one year free membership to the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, two modules (paid) of the CPA Program and a CPA medallion.

  • Ernst & Young Prize
    • Awarded for proficiency in the unit ACCG250, Accounting Systems Design and Development

  • Ernst & Young Prize
    • Ernst & Young Prize for proficiency in the unit ACCG251, Accounting and Information Systems

  • Institute of Chartered Accountants Prize
    • The Chartered Accountants Prize for best overall performance in first year Accounting units

  • The Macquarie University Accounting and Finance Prizes
    • These prizes are open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor. Awarded for proficiency in each of the following undergraduate Accounting and Finance units.
      • ACCG100 - Accounting IA
      • ACCG101 - Accounting IB
      • ACCG200 - Fundamentals of Management Accounting
      • ACCG201 - Organisational Planning and Control
      • ACCG250 - Accounting Systems Design and Development
      • ACCG251 - Accounting and Information Systems
      • ACCG253 - Financial Management
      • ACCG310 - Corporate Accounting and Reporting
      • ACCG323 - Financial Accounting Theory and Practice
      • ACCG329 - Security Pricing and Hedging
      • ACCG330 - Strategic Management Accounting
      • ACCG340 - Auditing and Assurance Services
      • ACCG350 - Financial Statement Analysis
      • ACCG352 - Applied Portfolio Management
      • ACCG353 - Corporate Financial Design
      • ACCG355 - Information Systems for Management

  • The PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize for Accounting and Financial Management
    • Open to all students who have completed, in the current year, the requirements for the degree of Bachelor with a coherent study in accounting and finance and who have not previously completed a degree. Awarded for the best performance in units offered by the Department of Accounting and Finance.

ACST Actuarial Studies

Scholarships

Prizes

  • The AMP Prize for Actuarial Control Cycle 1

  • The AMP Prize for Quantitative Methods for Asset Liability Management

  • The Assoc Prize

  • The Hubert Vaughan Prize
    • Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor. Awarded for the most meritorious performance in the unit ACST354 Survival Models.

  • The KPMG Actuaries Prize for First Year Actuarial Studies
    • Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor with a coherent study in Actuarial Studies. Awarded for the most meritorious performance in first year units in the Actuarial Studies program.

  • The KPMG Actuaries Prize for Second Year Actuarial Studies
    • Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor with a coherent study in Actuarial Studies. Awarded for the most meritorious performance in second year units in the Actuarial Studies program.

  • The KPMG Actuaries Prize for General Insurance Pricing and Reserving
    • Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor. Awarded for proficiency in the unit ACST357 General Insurance Pricing and Reserving.

  • The Peter Hains Memorial Prize for Actuarial Studies

  • Towers Watson Prize
    • Awarded for Actuarial Studies for most meritorious performance in 300-level Actuarial Studies program

BUS Business

Scholarships

  • Honours Scholarships – Business
    • All full-time and part-time Honours students will be considered for a part scholarship, based on academic merit. For further details contact the Honours co-ordinator, Assoc. Professor Peter McGraw

Prizes

  •  The Co-op Bookshop Prize for Human Resource Development

  • The Macquarie University Business Department Prize
    • Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor. Awarded for proficiency in the BBA program in Singapore.

  • The John Wiley & Sons International Marketer for the Year Prize

  • The Macquarie University Business Prizes
    • These prizes are open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor. Awarded for proficiency in each of the following undergraduate Business units.
      • BBA315 - Business Forecasting
      • BBA340 - Cross Cultural Management
      • BBA350 - Strategic Management I
      • BBA360 - Business Project
      • BUS301 - Business Policy
      • DEM355 - Social and Applied Demography
      • DEM356 - Demographic Techniques
      • HRM307 - Strategic and International Human Resource Management
      • HRM317 - Change Management and Sustainability
      • HRM327 - Applied Human Resources Management
      • MKTG303 - Marketing Strategy
      • MKTG304 - Marketing Project
      • MKTG305 - Marketing Seminar
      • MKTG306 - E-Marketing
      • MKTG308 - Customer Relationship Management
      • MKTG309 - Social Marketing and Sustainability

BUSLAW Business Law

Scholarships

  • Tress Cox and Maddox Scholarship in Law
    • The scholarship is valued at $2,000 and will normally be tenable for one year only. Application forms are available from the Executive Officer, Faculty of Law; Tel: 02 9850 7682.

Prizes

  • The Australian Taxation Office Prize for Revenue Law
    • Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor. Awarded for proficiency in the unit BUSL320 Revenue Law.

  • The Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for International Trade and Finance

  • The Macquarie University Business Law Prizes
    • These prizes are open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor. Awarded for proficiency in each of the following undergraduate Business Law units.
      • BUSL201 - Law in Australian Society
      • BUSL250 - Business Law
      • BUSL301 - Corporations Law
      • BUSL315 - Business Litigation and Disputes
      • BUSL333 - Human Resources Law
      • BUSL350 - Marketing and Management Law
      • BUSL377 - Japanese Trade Law
      • BUSL379 - European Trade Law
      • BUSL388 - China Trade and Investment Law

ECON Economics

Scholarships

  • Honours Scholarships – Economics
    • All Economics Honours students will be considered for a part scholarship, based on academic merit. For further details contact the Honours co-ordinator, Dr Tony Bryant.

Prizes

  • The Australian Finance Conference Prize for Money and Finance

  • The Econometrics Prize
    • Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor. Awarded to the student with the highest average mark in second and third year econometrics units.

  • The Jim Jones Memorial Prize
    • Open to all students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor. Awarded for proficiency in the unit ECON203 Microeconomic Analysis.

  • The Peter Hains Memorial Prize for Economics

  • The UFJ Bank Limited Prize for 300-Level Japanese Economic Studies

  • The Victor Argy Memorial Prize

  • The Westpac Macroeconomics Prize