Merit Based Higher Education – Level 7 Local Scheme

Eligibility Criteria

An applicant must:

  1. be a Fiji citizen.
  2. be ordinarily resident in Fiji for at least three (3) years before the award commencement date unless determined by the Board or delegated authority on case-by-case basis.
  3. be in Year 13 in 2023 or such equivalent studies as determined by TSLS at the time of application. An applicant who has completed Foundation Studies or repeats Year 13 is not eligible to apply for the Scheme.
  4. secure a place at an eligible institution by means of a final offer letter.

Scheme Priority Disciplines and Programmes

  • No. of Awards - 155 (of which 45 is MBBS, 5 BDS and 50 Nursing)
  1. Dietetics
  2. Nursing
  3. Public Health
  4. Medical Lab Sciences
  5. Physiotherapy
  6. Pharmacy
  7. Medical Imaging Science
  8. MBBS
  9. BDS
  • Non-Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate score of 330/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English and the area specialization subjects. For MBBS cut-off will be 350 in Year 13. For Nursing cut-off will be 310 in Year 13.
  • Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate score of 320/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English and the area specialization subjects. For MBBS cut-off will be 340 in Year 13. For Nursing cut-off will be 300 in Year 13.

  • No. of Awards - 30
    1. Agriculture
    2. Agricultural Engineering
    3. Agribusiness
    4. Forestry
    5. Fisheries
    6. Agriculture Economics
    7. Animal Science
  • Non-Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 310/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English and Agriculture.
  • Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 300/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English and Agriculture.

  • No. of Awards - 20
    1. Media
    2. Journalism and Communication/
  • Non-Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 310/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English.
  • Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 300/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English.

  • No. of Awards - 130
    1. Telecommunications Networking
    2. Networks and Security
    3. Software Development
    4. Programming
    5. Information System
    6. Computing Science
    7. Information Technology
  • Non-Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 320/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English and Mathematics.
  • Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 310/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English and Mathematics.

  • No. of Awards - 20
    1. Social Work
    2. Social Policy
    3. Policy Administration
    4. Psychology
  • Non-Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 310/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English.
  • Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 300/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English.

  • No. of Awards - 40
    1. Environmental Science
    2. Environmental Management
    3. Marine Management
  • Non-Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 310/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English.
  • Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 300/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English.

  • No. of Awards - 40
    1. Land Surveying
    2. Urban and Regional Planning
    3. Real Estate and Property Management
    4. Geo-Spatial Engineering
    5. GIS/Land Acquisition
    6. Real Estate and Property Valuation.
  • Non-Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 310/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English.
  • Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate Score of 300/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English.

  • No. of Awards - 110
    1. Accounting
    2. Economics
    3. Finance
    4. Official Statistics
    5. Information Systems
    6. Professional Accounting
    7. HRM
    8. Industrial Relations
    9. Public Administration
    10. Management
  • Non-Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate score of 340/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English and Mathematics for Accounting, Economics. Finance and Official Statistics.
  • Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate score of 330/400 in Year 13 with a pass in English and Mathematics for Accounting, Economics. Finance and Official Statistics.

  • No. of Awards - 125
  1. Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science (35)
  2.  Industrial Arts (20)
  3. Bachelor of Education Primary (60)
  4. Bachelor of Education ECE (10)
  • Non-Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate score of 310/400 In Year 13 with a pass in English and the subject area specialization.
  • Rural & Maritime Students - Aggregate score of 300/400 In Year 13 with a pass in English and the subject area specialization.

Scheme Eligible Higher Education Institutions

  1. Fiji National University.
  2. Fulton Adventist University College.
  3. Sangam Institute of Technology.
  4. The University of the South Pacific.
  5. University of Fiji
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