Top VCE students offered Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship

Chancellor's Scholars in front of Old Quad at the University of Melbourne
Congratulations to some of Victoria’s highest-achieving VCE students. Image: Richard Timbury

Many of Victoria’s highest-achieving VCE students were today offered a Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship to study at the University of Melbourne next year.

The Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship offers students a generous, HECS-exempt Commonwealth Supported Place in one of the University of Melbourne’s undergraduate degrees and for Victorian secondary school leavers a $5000 annual allowance for the duration of their undergraduate degree.

Scholars from interstate will receive a HECS-exempt place as well as an annual allowance of $10 000 over the duration of their undergraduate degree.

Students will also receive a Melbourne Global Scholar’s Award of up to $2500 for an approved period of overseas study as an Exchange or Study Abroad student.

Students who achieved an ATAR or equivalent of 99.90 or above are eligible, as are Bachelor of Music applicants who achieved an ATAR or equivalent of 99.85 or above and Indigenous students who gained an ATAR of 90.00 or above.

This year’s recipients will benefit from new student experience initiatives that include a Commencement Ceremony to welcome all undergraduates, a Melbourne Orientation to maximise their start of university experience, and peer mentoring.

Congratulating the new scholars, University of Melbourne Provost Mark Considine said that the high achievers would be joining a world-class institution that celebrates academic achievement and the diversity and richness of a truly international community.

“The University of Melbourne prepares students for any future, with an academic program that provides breadth and depth, as well as overseas study. I am delighted to welcome another outstanding group of students to study with us in 2020,” Professor Considine said.

The scholarship is one of the most generous in Australia and offers guaranteed pathways into graduate study including the Juris Doctor and Doctor of Medicines courses.

This year the University was ranked number one in Australia for the 10th straight year in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. VCE students offered a Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship today included:

Pedraam Hosseini (MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL)

Christina Vakkas (MELBOURNE GIRLS GRAMMAR)

Edward  Grimsey (TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Thomas Woods (ST KEVIN'S COLLEGE TOORAK)

Sahil Nandra (HAILEYBURY COLLEGE)

Hongyuan Chen (HAILEYBURY GIRLS COLLEGE)

Georgia Lyras Musgrave (HAILEYBURY GIRLS COLLEGE)

Yulin Wu (SCOTCH COLLEGE)

Isaac Rozental (MOUNT SCOPUS MEMORIAL COLLEGE)

Andrew Zeng (CAMBERWELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Patrick  Grave (XAVIER COLLEGE)

Matthew Lee (SCOTCH COLLEGE)

Kennice Tan (MAC.ROBERTSON GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL)

Yoonpyo Brian Lee (MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL)

Tianqi Feng (SCOTCH COLLEGE)

Edward Xu (MELBOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Eugene Wang (CAREY BAPTIST GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Isabelle Brugliera (GENAZZANO F.C.J. COLLEGE)

Fedele De Campo (MELBOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

James Kelly (BRIGHTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Wen Hao Jiang (CAULFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Rachel Ko (HUNTINGTOWER SCHOOL)

Tegan Burns (LORETO MANDEVILLE HALL)

Sebastian Paz (PENLEIGH AND ESSENDON GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Ian  Chen (CAMBERWELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Zachary Angus (MENTONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Yu Ling   Cheung (MAC.ROBERTSON GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL)

Olivia Putland (BALLARAT CLARENDON COLLEGE)

Samyak Shah (HAILEYBURY COLLEGE)

Jeremy  Bolton (MELBOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Rong Jin (LORETO MANDEVILLE HALL)

Yang Liu (BALLARAT CLARENDON COLLEGE)

Grace Wang  (RUYTON GIRLS' SCHOOL)

Harrison Liu  (SCOTCH COLLEGE)

Bronte Coxhill  (STRATHCONA BAPTIST GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Jeff Ma (XAVIER COLLEGE)

Yinghui Wang (MCKINNON SECONDARY COLLEGE)

James Gunasegaram (CAMBERWELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Jasper Harrington  (MELBOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Daniil  McIntyre  (WILLIAMSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL)

Kyle Collins (MELBOURNE GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Kian Lalla (MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL)

Dara King (BACCHUS MARSH GRAMMAR)

Ella Hartman (OUR LADY OF SION COLLEGE)

Yiran  Wang  (BOX HILL INSTITUTE - CAE CAMPUS)

Oliver  Papillo (CAMBERWELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL)

Zhihan  Jiang  (ST KEVIN'S COLLEGE TOORAK)

Daniel Gu (TRINITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL)