Scholarship
The University of Technology
Student sponsorships are where a third party provides the student with tuition fees to help pay for their education.
Sponsorships are much more common in Unitech, where private benefactors sponsor students from the local community. Corporate organizations, have sponsorship schemes that run every year. They look for students studying subjects like IT, engineering, languages and logistics.
Employers will sponsor students who are learning skills they can use. You could get financial help during your degree, work experience certificate in the holidays and/or a job afterwards in any of the Organization that sponsors you.
Scholarship is open to all Unitech national students. Students who have registered in semester 1 and have continued on to semester 2 are eligible. Unitech sends the results (weighted averages for semester 1 & 2) to DHERST at the end of the year for consideration and selection)
The Tertiary Education Student Assistance Scheme(TESAS) provides financial assistance from the Government of PNG to eligible students of targeted tertiary education programs on a merit basis.
TESAS includes financial assistance for study costs, such as tuition fees, board and lodgings, travel, and student resources. Currently, TESAS also includes a supplementary fortnightly allowance.
TESAS Awards are offered for one year of study only. Awardees who study programs longer than one year are automatically considered on a merit basis for another TESAS Award for their continuing studies in the following year.
To be eligible for consideration for a TESAS Awards, applicants must:
- Be a Papua New Guinean citizen;
- Intend to study full-time and on-campus;
- Be able to satisfy the admission requirements of an institution or a program for an institution approved for TESAS Awards of which they are applying;
- Not hold another scholarship that duplicates any of the TESAS Award benefits,
- Not have been previously excluded from a tertiary institution on academic or disciplinary grounds within the last two years;
- Not have accumulated any criminal record within the last two years; and
- Not have had a TESAS Award terminated within the last two years.
- If previously held a TESAS Award to complete an undergraduate qualification and intend to undertake another undergraduate qualification, be able to demonstrate an employment record for at least three years after completing the first qualification.
Additional eligibility requirements are necessary to qualify for each different TESAS Awards.
Academic Excellence Scholarships (AES)
This undergraduate Scholarship is awarded to:
- High-achieving Grade 12 School Leavers who have been admitted in to a university undergraduate program approved for TESAS awards; and
- Continuing undergraduate students, both TESAS and fee-paying, who have completed their previous year in an approved university program and attained excellent academic results.
The student must demonstrate academic excellence through the achievement of a qualifying Grade Point Average (GPA) or above in their previous year of study.
The annual total number of AES awarded and the required minimum GPA level to receive an AES are calculated at selection time each year in accordance with available funding and application numbers and quality.
Awardees are selected within program quotas on a merit basis. This means that not all applicants with a qualifying GPA level receive an award.
Higher Education Contribution Assistance Scheme (HECAS)
This Contribution Assistance is awarded to:
- Grade 12 School Leavers who have been admitted in to an undergraduate program at a university or college approved for TESAS awards and have attained the qualifying minimum GPA level or above; and
- Continuing undergraduate students both TESAS and fee-paying, who have completed their previous year in an approved program at a university or college and have attained the qualifying minimum GPA level or above.
The annual total number of HECAS awarded and the qualifying minimum GPA level for consideration for a HECAS Award are calculated at selection time each year in accordance with available funding and application numbers and quality.
The number of applications for TESAS Awards with qualifying minimum GPA level is typically greater than the number of available TESAS Awards. As such, Awardees are selected within program quotas on a merit basis. This means that not all applicants with a qualifying GPA level receive an award.
The Department of Higher Education releases its TESAS list of continuing students studying at tertiary institutions around the through daily Newspapers. Students who have been eagerly awaiting the list will find a list for all universities in the Post Courier and National Newspapers. The list is published in a way that each name is placed under a tertiary institution’s particular course in descending order, from the top GPA down. Those who were fortunate enough to land themselves a HECAS or AES scholarship can feel proud of their achievements and go into the New Year confident that they have a placing at their respective institutions. Those who do not see their names on the list are asked to contact their respective intuitions and inquire on viewing their transcripts