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Undergraduate Prizes and Scholarships

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Bachelor of Actuarial Studies with Bachelor
of Economics student, David Barnes is the 2011
successful recipient of the Deutsche Bank Scholarship.

Recognising our best students and their academic achievements is one of the Dean's proudest duties.

We acknowledge the support we have from large and small corporations and industry associations that gives our students a wonderful opportunity to be rewarded for their hard work and commitment to their studies.

Over 150 specific prizes and scholarships are available to students enrolled in the Faculty of Business and Economics.

See photos from the 2010 Awards Night.

ACCG2 Open to all the departments

Scholarships

  • Macquarie Education Costs Scholarship
  • Macquarie Accommodation Scholarship (MAS)

  • 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 about the indigenous access scholarship can be found at the UAC website.

  • 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 the Macquarie Alumni Website. 

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.
  • Judyth Sachs Participation Prize
    • Awarded for achievement in a project undertaken as part of a Participation Unit

ACCG2 Accounting and Corporate Governance

Scholarships

  • Honours Scholarships - Accounting and Corporate Governance
    • A limited number of "full" scholarships of $5,000 and "half" scholarships of $2,500 are available on a competitive basis for full-time study. For further details contact Dr Egon Kalotay or Mr Stephen Haswell.

Prizes

ACST Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies

Scholarships

Prizes

  • 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 ACST358 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

  • 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

  • The FINSIA Prize for FIN310

BUS Marketing and Management

Scholarships

  • Honours Scholarships - Marketing and Management
    • 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 Suncorp Group Employee Council Academic Prize
    • Awarded for overall excellence in the Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Human Resources. The student will have excelled in the unit HRM201: Workplace Relations. A period of work alongside the Workplace Relations Advisor in the Sydney office of the Suncorp Group Employee Council is also offered to the winner of this prize.

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 third year econometrics units.

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

  • The Victor Argy Memorial Prize
  • The Peter Hains Memorial Prize

Scholarships and tax

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