Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland is the university of choice for more than half of Queensland’s top performing secondary school students.
19 of 34 Queensland Certificate of Education will start at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» this week.
The recognise and reward Queensland’s top students for outstanding academic achievement in their senior studies.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) said it was a pleasure to witness the excitement and enthusiasm of these new university students.
“These students are predominantly entering science, biomedicine and medicine and engineering,” Professor Macdonald said.
“Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» is thrilled to be able to guide these award-winning school-leavers through this next phase of their lives, and we are very committed to their future learning.”
Professor Macdonald said she was pleased that the recipient of the QCE Highest Achievement by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Student award, Kyle Ryan from Glenala State High School, had chosen to study at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
“Kyle is a delightful, enthusiastic student who says he feels very much at home with his choice to study science, and is ambitious to follow on with Medicine at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»,” she said.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland welcomed more than 14,000 new students this week.
“As a world top-50, research-focused university, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» is perennially in strong demand from undergraduate students,” Professor Macdonald said.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» students:
- Callum Young from Caboolture State High School plans to study a Bachelor of Biomedical Science, then a Doctor of Medicine and has been awarded a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
- Eloise Browne from Brisbane State High School will be studying a Bachelor Maths/Science dual degree at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», majoring in pure maths and physics
- Hainian Yu from Brisbane Boys’ College has been offered a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» merit scholarship and will study a Bachelor of Music (Honours), followed by a Medical Degree
- Jacob White from Brisbane Boys’ College Plans to study medicine at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and was offered a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
- Jacob Connors from West Moreton Anglican College has been offered a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» scholarship to study a dual degree in Engineering/Arts
- Jessemin Firman from John Paul College wants to study Medicine at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and developed an interest in anatomy through art
- Kyle Ryan from Glenala State High School will be attending Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» to study Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours). Received a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Young Achiever's Scholarship.
- Lachlan Masek from Brisbane Grammar School has achieved provisional entry into a Doctor of Medicine at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and will commence Bachelor of Science. Received Sydney Scholars Award
- Lokman Lo from Somerset College will be studying Medicine at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
- Madeline Nurcombe from Cannon Hill Anglican College received a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Vice-Chancellor's scholarship to study a Bachelor of Mathematics and Bachelor of Science
- Natasha Traves from Genesis Christian College will be undertaking a dual degree in Mathematics and Biomedical Science and received the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
- Nicholas Sheppard from Brisbane Grammar School wants to study an Engineering-Biotech dual degree at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
- Nikita Noon from Park Ridge State High School has been accepted into Vet Science at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Gatton and has always wanted to be a vet.
- Ou Yu from Brisbane State High School will be studying Bachelor of Science, majoring in biomedicine, then medicine at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
- Patrick Litchfield from St Laurence’s College has been accepted into a Doctor of Medicine course at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and received a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Merit Scholarship
- Sophie Watson from Somerville House has received provisional entry into Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s Doctor of Medicine program and a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Merit Scholarship and will be studying a Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) as undergraduate degree
- Tristan Hurree from St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace will be studying Medicine at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»
- William Fogg from Atherton State High School is taking a gap year in 2017. Has applied to study Engineering and Science at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and has received a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
- Bella Zhong from All Saints Anglican School wants a career in medicine and has received Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and University of Melbourne scholarships
You can see all QCE Achievement Award winners .
Media: Communications@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 1120.
