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The QCE Award winners
The QCE Award winners
21 February 2017

Âé¶¹Çø 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 Âé¶¹Çø this week.

The recognise and reward Queensland’s top students for outstanding academic achievement in their senior studies.

Âé¶¹Çø 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.

“Âé¶¹Çø 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 Âé¶¹Çø.

Kyle Ryan“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 Âé¶¹Çø,” she said.

Âé¶¹Çø welcomed more than 14,000 new students this week.

“As a world top-50, research-focused university, Âé¶¹Çø is perennially in strong demand from undergraduate students,” Professor Macdonald said.

 

Âé¶¹Çø 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 Âé¶¹Çø Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
  • Eloise Browne from Brisbane State High School will be studying a Bachelor Maths/Science dual degree at Âé¶¹Çø, majoring in pure maths and physics
  • Hainian Yu from Brisbane Boys’ College has been offered a Âé¶¹Çø 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 Âé¶¹Çø and was offered a Âé¶¹Çø Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
  • Jacob Connors from West Moreton Anglican College has been offered a Âé¶¹Çø scholarship to study a dual degree in Engineering/Arts
  • Jessemin Firman from John Paul College wants to study Medicine at Âé¶¹Çø and developed an interest in anatomy through art
  • Kyle Ryan from Glenala State High School will be attending Âé¶¹Çø to study Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours).  Received a Âé¶¹Çø Young Achiever's Scholarship. 
  • Lachlan Masek from Brisbane Grammar School has achieved provisional entry into a Doctor of Medicine at Âé¶¹Çø and will commence Bachelor of Science.  Received Sydney Scholars Award 
  • Lokman Lo from Somerset College will be studying Medicine at Âé¶¹Çø
  • Madeline Nurcombe from Cannon Hill Anglican College received a Âé¶¹Çø 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 Âé¶¹Çø Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
  • Nicholas Sheppard from Brisbane Grammar School wants to study an Engineering-Biotech dual degree at Âé¶¹Çø
  • Nikita Noon from Park Ridge State High School has been accepted into Vet Science at Âé¶¹Çø 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 Âé¶¹Çø
  • Patrick Litchfield from St Laurence’s College has been accepted into a Doctor of Medicine course at Âé¶¹Çø and received a Âé¶¹Çø Merit Scholarship
  • Sophie Watson from Somerville House has received provisional entry into Âé¶¹Çø's Doctor of Medicine program and a Âé¶¹Çø 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 Âé¶¹Çø
  • William Fogg from Atherton State High School is taking a gap year in 2017.  Has applied to study Engineering and Science at Âé¶¹Çø and has received a Âé¶¹Çø Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
  • Bella Zhong from All Saints Anglican School wants a career in medicine and has received Âé¶¹Çø and University of Melbourne scholarships

You can see all QCE Achievement Award winners .

Media: Communications@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 1120.