Applications directly to UNSW
Term 1 2021 applications may take up to 3 weeks to process.
If your application is still within these timeframes we won't be able to provide an update, but rest assured we are working to process all applications as quickly as possible.
Applications via UAC
Domestic Undergraduate UAC offers will be released:
- January Round 2 (21 January 2021)
- February Round 1 (4 February 2021)
International Undergraduate UAC offers will be released:
- Friday, 29 January 2021
Postgraduate UAC offers are released on a rolling basis and can take up to three weeks to process.
You are assessed on your rank (ATAR plus any adjustment factors), rather than your raw ATAR, for admission to UNSW. Lowest ATAR means the lowest raw ATAR a student had who was admitted to the degree that year. Lowest Selection rank means the lowest rank (ATAR plus any adjustment factors) that was admitted to the degree that year.
Take a look through our information packs for either the Master of Teaching (Secondary) or the Master of Teaching (Primary) - you'll be able to get detailed information about the degrees along with eligibility criteria.
We aren't able to pre-assess applications, but if you think you are competitive we absolutely encourage you to apply.
You can submit your application via UAC.
UNSW has no formal pre-requisite subjects for any degree. Instead, we have Assumed Knowledge which is the level of understanding we suggest you have in order to be comfortable commencing your chosen degree. You may find your first year a little more challenging than other students who have studied at this level.
If you have not studied the Assumed Knowledge subjects, you will still be made an offer to study with us, provided you are eligible (meet the ATAR or equivalent).
Bridging courses are available at UNSW and other institutions that can help prepare you if you didn’t study the subject at high school. These courses are entirely voluntary and further information regarding the schedule for 2021 can be found here.
Domestic and International students applying to transfer to UNSW will be assessed depending on how much tertiary study they have completed. Please note that we will only use your high school results if we accept your qualification, and if this qualification was achieved more than five years ago, assessment will be based solely on your university results.
- If you have studied at least one year full-time in one degree, (studying at least 0.75 of a full-time study load - which is at least 36 Units of Credit (UOC)) - you will be assessed either on your high school results or overall university results, whichever is the higher.
- If you have studied less than 0.75 of a full-time year - less than 36 UOC - your assessment reverts to your high school results.
Please note that for entry into our Combined Law programs and the Bachelor of Vision Science/Master of Clinical Optometry you will be assessed differently. You can refer to the Future Students website for more information. To access the information please select: Non-Recent School Leaver; I have Higher Education Studies, and then select from the drop down that best suits your circumstance.