Prizes, awards and scholarships

Altiris Operations Management Prize

The Altiris Operations Management Prize was established in 2002. The prize is awarded to the student who is enrolled in either the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, or Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Diploma of Information Technology Professional Practice and who obtains the highest aggregate mark in the subject 31097 IT Operations Management. The prize is a cash award of $600.

ASX Ltd Scholarship

Established in 2001, the ASX Ltd Scholarship is awarded to a registered full-time HECS student in the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. To be eligible for the award, students must have a weighted average mark which places them among the top 20 full-time students at the end of the first year of the course. Final selection for this scholarship is determined at an interview with staff from the Australian Stock Exchange. Each scholarship has a total value of $10,000 and is awarded as two disbursements of $5,000 each at the commencement of the student's second and fourth years.

CSC Australia Prize for Communications

Since 1971, Computer Sciences Corporation Australia Pty Ltd has made available an award in the interests of furthering education and knowledge in the field of telecommunications. The prize is awarded to a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology who achieves the best combined performance in the two core networking subjects, 31467 Networking 1 and 31471 Networking 2. The prize is a cash award of $750.

Dean's Scholarships

The Faculty of offers a number of Dean's scholarships for local and international undergraduate and international postgraduate students. Each scholarship has a total value of $3,000 and is awarded as two disbursements of $1,500. The scholarships are aimed at new enrolling students whose eligibility will be assessed upon written application, interview and UAI.

DSTC Thesis Prize

Established in 2003, the DSTC Thesis Prize is awarded to a registered student in either the Master of Science in Computing Science (Thesis) or the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Information Technology. To be eligible for the award students must have completed all requirements of the course such as to enable graduation and be judged to have submitted the best thesis contributing to the area of enterprise distributed computing in the academic year for which the award is made. The recipient of the award will be nominated by the Program Leaders Associate Dean (Education) and the Research Director of DSTC Pty Ltd. The prize is a cash award of $500.

Insearch Doctoral Award

As a result of the generous support of Insearch UTS, the Faculty of Information Technology is able to offer a full-time PhD scholarship for study in any area of information technology. The scholarship has a cash value of $18,000 per year, tax free, and may be supplemented by a limited amount of teaching and/or research assistant activity within the Faculty.

Insearch Prize for General Proficiency in the Faculty of Information Technology

This prize, established in 1999, is awarded to the graduating student each year who, having entered the Faculty after completing the Diploma in Information Technology at Insearch UTS, has gained the highest weighted average mark of such students over all subjects studied in the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. The prize is a cash award of $500.

Insearch Prize

This prize was established in 1998. It is awarded to the most outstanding international student graduating in the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. The prize is a cash award of $450.

mcr Scholarship

Established in 2004, the mcr Scholarship is awarded to a registered full-time Bachelor of Science in Information Technology student who shows significant academic promise in their first year of study, but whose financial circumstances would otherwise make it difficult for them to continue their study full time. The value of the scholarship is $5,000 in total.

Oracle Database Prize

Established in 1994, the Oracle Database prize is awarded to a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology student who achieves the highest mark in the subject 31474 Database Fundamentals. The prize is a cash award of $400.

SAS Undergraduate Data Mining Prize

Established in 2005, this prize is awarded annually to the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology student who achieves the highest mark in 31040 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, providing that mark is of an acceptable level of merit. The prize is a cash award of $500.

SAS Postgraduate Data Mining Prize

Established in 2005, this prize is awarded to a student enrolled in a Master�s coursework degree who achieves the highest mark in 32130 Principles and Practice of Data Mining, providing that mark is of an acceptable level of merit. The prize is a cash award of $500.

Skillsearch Software Development Case Study Prize

This prize was established in 1999 by Skillsearch Computing Pty Ltd. It is awarded annually to the members of the group of students in the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology who achieve the highest mark in the project in the subject 31476 Systems Development Project. The prize has a shared cash value of $2,000.

Software Quality Association (NSW) Prize for Software Quality Assurance

This prize was established in 1997 by the Software Quality Association (NSW). It is awarded annually to the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology or the Bachelor of Information Technology student who achieves the highest mark in the subject 31093 Quality Assurance and Process Improvement. The prize has a cash value of $400.

Solution 6 Information Technology Planning and Design Prize

Established in 1985 by Computer Automated Business Systems Pty Ltd (CABS), now a part of the Solution 6 Group, this prize is awarded annually to the group of final-year students, enrolled in either the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology or the Bachelor of Information Technology, who obtain the highest mark in the subject 31480 Strategic Information Technology Planning Project. The cash award of $1,000 is shared among all students in the group.

Unisys Networkers Conference Award

This prize was established in 2002 and is awarded to the student enrolled in the Master of Science in Internetworking who achieves the highest weighted average mark after successfully completing the four core subjects that comprise the first year of the part-time program, or first semester of the full-time program. The prize is an award of $4,000.

Unisys Scholarship

This tuition scholarship, established in 2002 by Unisys, may be awarded to an able, needy student enrolled in the Master of Science in Internetworking. The recipient must be an Australian citizen and must remain enrolled in the Master of Science in Internetworking and on normal progression throughout their degree. The scholarship has a total value of $5,000 and is awarded as two disbursements of $2,500 in each semester of study during the second year of the program.

Unisys Women in Internetworking Prize

This prize was established in 2002 and is awarded to the female student enrolled in the Master of Science in Internetworking who achieves the highest mark in the subject 32521 WANs and VLANs. The prize is a cash award of $1,400.

Westpac Information Systems Award

This prize was established in 1987 by the Westpac Banking Corporation. It is awarded annually to the full-time Bachelor of Science in Information Technology student who develops the best IT strategic plan based on his or her industrial training experience. The prize has a cash value of $1,000.

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