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How to apply
What ATAR do I need? How do I apply? Are there any additional selection criteria? Can I select more than one degree choice and decide later? Find out all you need to know about the application process here.
High School Students
Accepted Qualifications
As a current high school student, your admission to UNSW will be based on your Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) that you receive after completing your Australian Senior Secondary Certificate (such as the HSC).
If you're completing something other than the NSW HSC, here’s a list of other qualifications that UNSW considers for entry:
- NSW HSC and Interstate Year 12 Qualifications
- International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB)
- GCE A-Levels
- New Zealand NCEA Level 3
- Overseas secondary qualifications considered equivalent to Australian studies
If the qualification you've completed isn't listed above, please enter the country where you completed your qualification below for a list of the accepted qualifications from that country.
If you hold an overseas secondary qualification from a country where English is not the standard language used in education, please check our English language proficiency requirements.
Check the English Language Requirements
You can find the previous year's Lowest Selection Rank (LSR) for entry into UNSW degrees using Find a Degree. Generally, the LSR for a degree shows the minimum Selection Rank needed by applicants when offers were made. LSRs can vary from year to year, so please use the published LSRs as a guide only.
If you want to discuss your particular qualification or have any questions about how you'll be assessed for admission, please call us on (02) 9385 1844 or Ask a Question.
Apply through UAC
All applications for undergraduate study from Australian citizens, permanent residents and New Zealand citizens are processed by the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). And the good news is that it's really easy to apply.
Just visit the 'Apply' section of the UAC website and you can nominate up to five degrees you’d like to study in order of your preference (e.g. 1 your most desired degree/uni to 5 your least desired degree/uni - but you'd still be happy to study it if you don't get an offer for 1-4).
On-time applications for admission usually close at the end of September each year. If you like to pay late fees, you can still apply after the on-time application date.
For study starting in Semester 1 and Term 1, UNSW makes the majority of offers in December and January.
Additional Entry Requirements
It's also a good idea to check if your preferred degree has any extra entry requirements (aka Additional Selection Criteria). This might be a separate application, interview, audition or test. If you don't complete these, you won't be able to get an offer to that degree. You can quickly find out if your degree has any extra entry requirements by using Find a Degree (under your degree look for "ATAR + ..." in the ATAR Lowest Selection Rank (LSR) field).
Prerequisites
Finally, you've probably heard of prerequisites. If not, don't worry - we don't have them at UNSW - but, we sometimes assume that you will have completed certain subjects in the HSC. We call this Assumed Knowledge. To see if your preferred degree has any Assumed Knowledge, use Find a Degree. What are you supposed to do if you haven't completed an Assumed Knowledge subject for your degree? First, don't panic. Second, consider how important that subject may be to the degree. If your answer is, "I hate maths" perhaps an Engineering degree may not be the right degree for you. Third, consider completing a Bridging Course. If you don't, you'll definitely be at a disadvantage. Check out the ones below offered by UNSW - but you could complete one anywhere.
Check out UNSW Bridging Courses »