Dean's Award
Your chance to receive a 50% scholarship!
Are you a current Kaplan Business School student achieving exceptional academic results while contributing positively to the KBS community? Submit an application and you could be the winner of the Dean's Award!
Awarded to up to two students nationally each trimester, the Dean's Award winners are awarded a 50% scholarship for the remainder of their current course and any future Kaplan Business School course. The award winners will be determined based on academic performance and overall contribution to the KBS community.
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Download Dean’s Award brochure (PDF) >CRITERIA
For students to be eligible for the award, they must fulfil the following criteria:
- At the time of application, the student must have a Distinction average or higher grade
- Submit a 500-word personal statement or 2-minute video on why they should receive the award
- Provide evidence or examples of where they have gone above and beyond for the KBS community
- You must have completed at least one (1) trimester with KBS before applying for the Dean's Award
- Any submissions which exceed the word count or time limit by more than 10% will be disqualified since their inclusion would bestow an unfair advantage to the detriment of other applicants who have complied with the entry requirements.
PROCESS
- Submissions will be open from Monday Week 8 until Sunday Week 10 of each trimester
- Students submit their personal statement or video to studentservices@kbs.edu.au
- Award submissions will be reviewed by an Executive Committee in Week 11 of the trimester
- The Dean’s Award winners and Runners-Up will be announced before the beginning of the next trimester
DEAN'S AWARD WINNERS
Gilberto Sarmiento Gatdula - MBA Tourism & Hospitality Leadership (Melbourne)
Trimester 1, 2025
Gilbert is enrolled in our MBA with a specialisation in Tourism & Hospitality Leadership and has attained a HD in all but one of his subjects. From the Practera business consulting project to our KBS Peer Mentoring Program, as well as the Organic Conversations initiative he conceptualised and continues to lead, Gilbert has been among our most earnest Student Ambassadors.
Sugar Suarez - MBA Data-driven Leadership (Melbourne)
Trimester 1, 2025
Sugar is enrolled in our MBA with a specialisation in Data-driven Leadership and has received HDs for every subject with the exception of just one. Outstanding examples of Sugar’s proactivity include her involvement with the Clean Up Docklands community event and a self-initiated café partnership that provides fellow students with discounted coffee and free Wi-Fi.
T1 2025 Runners-up:
Camilo Convers – Master of Information Technology, Extension (Adelaide)
Anjalee Govithanthrige – Master of Information Technology, Extension (Perth)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Up to two Dean’s Awards are granted nationally each trimester.
- Up to four Runners-Up $250 gift vouchers are awarded nationally each trimester.
- The Dean’s Award winners are awarded a 50% scholarship for the remainder of their current Kaplan Business School course and any subsequent Kaplan Business School course they enrol in.
- The Dean’s Award scholarship will be applied from the trimester after the award is given.
- The Dean’s Award scholarship cannot be combined with any existing scholarship or fee reduction that the student currently holds. Any pre-existing scholarship would cease once the Dean’s Award scholarship comes into effect.
- Recipients of the Dean’s Award agree to having their name, photograph and a brief summary of their achievements published on the Kaplan Business School website and marketing collateral. The Runner-Up’s names may also be published.
- Students can only receive the Dean’s Award once whilst studying at Kaplan Business School. If a student is a Runner-Up, they can re-apply for the Dean’s Award in subsequent Trimesters. Kaplan Business School reserves the right for there not to be a Dean’s Award winner or Runner-Up in any given Trimester if no suitable recipient has applied.