Entry Awards and Financial Scholarships

Murdoch University has a range of entry awards and financial scholarships.

High School Entry Award

Details on all entry awards are provided to high schools each year. In order to receive an Entry Award you will need to be nominated by your high school, unless you are applying to a Media course using a portfolio.

  • TEE Entry Award - boosts your rank by 5 points
  • WSA Entry Award - makes you eligible for admission to Murdoch
  • Dean’s Entry Award - guaranteed admission for high achievers
  • Director of Admissions Entry Award – Principal’s choice award
  • Media Portfolio Entry - portfolio admission to Media Courses

If you have any questions about our entry awards, please talk to your high school careers counsellor or contact the Prospective Students' and Admissions Centre.

Information for teachers on Entry Awards and Media Portfolio Entry

Here at Murdoch University we offer a number of Entry Awards as well as Media Portfolio Admission to suitable students.

These include:

  • TER Entry Award
  • WACE Entry Award (formerly WSA & Agricultural College Entry Awards)
  • Dean of Business Entry Award
  • Dean of Chiropractic Entry Award
  • Dean of Education Entry Award
  • Dean of Engineering Entry Award
  • Dean of Law Entry Award
  • Dean of Psychology Entry Award
  • Director of Admissions Entry Award

Key requirements for ALL Entry Awards and Media Portfolio applicants –

  • A student can only be nominated for 1 type of award.
  • Entry awards are only available to domestic students.
  • English competency requirements: Students must achieve a scaled mark of at least 50 in
    • English (stage 2 or 3) or
    • English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EALD) (stage 2 or 3) or
    • TEE English Literature
  • Late nominations may be submitted.

Nomination Closing Dates – Friday 23rd October 2009
Late Nominations – Friday 27th November 2009

Please download the following for detailed information on this year’s Entry Award and Media Portfolio admission –

To nominate your students for any of these, or for students seeking to be assessed for admission through submission of a Media Portfolio, please use the following forms –

Alternatively contact Prospective Students’ and Admissions Centre.

Financial scholarships

We are pleased to offer a number of scholarship opportunities, some are linked to specific courses and study areas while others are based on location or individual circumstances. For further information about our undergraduate scholarships select from the following:

  • Individual circumstances: including assistance for students from low socio-economic backgrounds or suffering financial hardship
  •  Course or study area specific: open to students studying a particular course or area of study
  • Location based: primarily offered to students living and studying within the Peel, Rockingham and the surrounding area. Some rural accommodation scholarships are also available.

Some postgraduate scholarship opportunities are also available:

For further information on all scholarships available, please go to the Scholarships webpage.