Paterson Scholarship

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• an Australian citizen
• enrolled in your first year of an undergraduate degree and undertaking an engineering major or breadth sequence that will lead to one of the 300-point engineering Masters coursework degrees

Eligible degrees are the Bachelor of Design, the Bachelor of Science, the Bachelor of Biomedicine and the Bachelor of Commerce.

Selection criteria

Eligible students are required to demonstrate a desire to pursue a career in engineering in their application and satisfy at least two of the following criteria:

• Financial need, as determined by information provided in your 2024 FEIT Student Financial Assessment form
• any disadvantaged circumstances faced or currently facing and the impact this has had on your studies
• Previous academic merit

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a panel interview in early May.

Please submit an online SmartyGrants application and the 2024 FEIT Student Financial Assessment form

To view other scholarships please visit the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Pre-Eng Club webpage under the Scholarships heading.

All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application approximately eight weeks after the application close date and within one week of the completion of interviews of short listed candidates.

Bob and Helen Paterson

Bob Paterson and his wife Helen established this shcolarship in 2007. Bob completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) at the University of Melbourne in 1949 and went on to have a successful career in engineering that enabled him to travel and work all around the world.The Paterson family have maintained a strong relationship with the University and endeavoured to give back something in return for their professional and personal successes and good fortune.

"Helen and I were encouraged to establish a scholarship program after the experience of a distant relative who received financial support to complete his studies as an adult. He was able to achieve his dream of becoming an engineer. It highlighted to us that there are many students who have the potential to be talented engineers but lack the financial resources and/or family support to continue their education. We hope that through this scholarship we can help some of those students fulfil their potential."