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Your pathway to uni
What is it?
UNSW Gateway is an admission pathway for students in Years 11 & 12 attending Gateway schools. It significantly adjusts the ATAR requirements for your preferred UNSW degree and provides you with an early conditional offer to UNSW.
Fill out your details below and we'll email you when the next round of early conditional offer applications open.
Getting an Early Conditional Offer
Participating in UNSW Gateway Winter Program is the best way to maximise your early conditional offer application.
- Check if you’re eligible
If you attend a Gateway school, you can apply for UNSW Gateway, with priority given to students who are identified by UAC as eligible for SEIFA consideration.
To find out if you attend a UNSW Gateway school, use the school finder above.
For further information on SEIFA, please visit https://www.uac.edu.au/assets/documents/eas/eas-socio-economic-indexes-for-areas-seifa.pdf.
- Pick the degree you want to study
Use our Degree Finder to help you.
- Apply for UAC and choose your UAC preferences
uac.edu.au/uacug/
You need your UAC number and UAC Course codes for up to 3 UNSW degree preferences, in order from most to least preferred. - Gather your supporting documents
- A copy of your most recent official school report
- Two examples of recent marked assessment work demonstrating a high level of literacy and academic capability in an area relevant to your preferred degrees. (At least one piece must be long form text, for example an essay).
- If you are applying for a degree within the Faculties of Built Environment or Art and Design, you can choose to attach a visual portfolio that provides evidence of your creative skills, including up to 5 scanned images in PDF format.
- A personal statement answering the following three questions:
- Why are you interested in the course you are applying for? Tell us how this degree relates to your passions and goals.
- What are your learning strengths? How have you applied them to overcome challenges in school or other aspects of your life?
- Tell us about yourself, and your contribution to the community you live, study and work in. What will you bring to the UNSW community?
- Apply
Applications open on the 6th of July. Apply now.
- Submit your application
- An early conditional offer to UNSW that considers other factors as well as your ATAR
- Priority for UNSW 2021 Equity scholarships which may include awards of $5,000 or $10,000 per year for the duration of the degree, or accommodation scholarships valued at $24,000 per year (subject to availability)
An equity scholarship may assist you if you are experiencing financial or other educational disadvantage. Scholarships can help you reach your academic potential.
All 2021 High School Leaver and Future Student scholarships will be advertised on the Scholarships website from July 2020.
NB. A separate scholarships application is not required. You simply register your interest in being considered for an Equity Scholarship when you complete your UAC Application. For more information go to uac.edu.au/current-applicants/equity-scholarships and scholarships.unsw.edu.au/unsw-equity-scholarships.
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Applications open
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Applications close
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Applications are assessed
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Early conditional offers are released
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Firm offers to UNSW are made
Applications are open now and there are some important extra deadlines you need to be aware of. You can find out more at:
UNSW Gateway – am I eligible?
UNSW Gateway program is a different way into university, that recognises that there is so much more to you, than just your ATAR.
UNSW Gateway Winter Program
The UNSW Gateway Winter Program is a free, online program that provides academic resources and information to ensure that you succeed in your HSC, harness your strengths and stay motivated.
Early Conditional Offer - FAQs
UNSW is committed to student equity and we want to ensure that as many young people as possible are able to access higher education. We understand that ATAR alone is not the only measure of academic potential and that schools can experience different levels of educational advantage.
For UNSW Gateway, we have considered the level of disadvantage associated with where schools are located in terms of geography and socio-economic status and we are prioritising places for students who attend a Gateway school and are identified by UAC as eligible for SEIFA consideration.
You can apply for all undergraduate courses at UNSW Sydney, excluding UNSW Prep Program (17-21), BMedMD, Co-Op Programs, and courses at UNSW Canberra.
No. You are only required to submit two examples of recent marked assessment work demonstrating a high level of literacy and academic capability in an area relevant to your preferred degrees.
Applications for UNSW Gateway open on Monday July 6 and close on Monday August 3. Students will be notified on the outcome of their application for a conditional offer on Monday August 24 via email.
You will be notified on the outcome of your application on Monday August 24 via email. Firm offers to your preferred UNSW degree will be released in UAC’s December Round 2 on Monday December 21.
No, you don’t. In your application for UNSW Gateway you will have the opportunity to list 3 courses that you are interested in studying at UNSW. If you are successful in your application, you will receive ONE conditional offer based on the panel’s assessment of your academic capabilities.
UNSW Gateway considers a range of factors that contribute to your success at university. Gateway is separate to UAC’s Educational Access Scheme (EAS). For further information EAS, please click here.
All applications for UNSW Gateway will be reviewed and evaluated by an assessment panel of senior staff at UNSW representing the 8 faculties and including the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Equity Diversity and Inclusion and Access & Equity (Students).
Applications are assessed against a clear and consistent set of criteria and the number of offers and the conditions of offer are determined by the assessment panel.
Don’t sweat. There other admission pathways to UNSW:
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Apply again
If you are a Year 11 student studying for the HSC in a compressed curriculum model (i.e. 3 subjects in 2020/3 subjects in 2021), have applied for the Early Conditional Offer and have been unsuccessful, then you will have another opportunity to apply in September, following our Gateway Spring program.
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UNSW Prep Program
UNSW Prep is a one-year (18 months for Engineering) pathway to a UNSW degree place. You study subjects that allow you to develop your academic skills, including maths skills if needed, so that you can achieve your best results. You also study degree level courses from week one, to give you a realistic introduction to university level study. If you do well in these courses, you can earn course credit towards your degree.
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HSC Plus
HSC Plus rewards you with up to 5 points for performing well in HSC subjects that are relevant to a UNSW degree. The points are added automatically, so you don’t have to apply separately.
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Elite Athletes, Performers and Leaders Program
The Elite Athletes, Performers and Leaders (EAPL) Program supports students with a flexible entry process that considers both academic and elite achievements and recognises these by awarding adjustment factors.
Yes. If you successfully achieve the conditions of your Gateway offer, the firm offer you receive from UAC on December 21 can be deferred.
To find out if you attend a UNSW Gateway school, please use the school search here.
Applications for Gateway Spring Program and gateway early conditional offer open soon.
If you want more information about the early conditional offer program, please email us: unsw.gateway@unsw.edu.au.
There are a range of portfolio options you could choose for your application. Have you completed a portfolio assessment task for an Art/Design related course at school? If so, think about submitting something along the lines of the following as one of your assessment tasks.
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6 images with captions or short statements of approx. 50 words each. (PDF Format)
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A link to your own original multi-media work. Send us the link in a PDF with a short 200-word description of the work. (This could be a YouTube/Vimeo link to a short piece of work or showreel OR a personal website (eg. Tumblr blog) with a mix of multimedia work)
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A third option, for students who don’t have a major work to showcase, is to write a critical review of an exhibition or display. The critical review should be approximately 500 words in length giving some background to the exhibition and as well as your own interpretation and viewpoint. Alternatively, your review might explore the state of design in general, the role of a designer in the world, or comment on a particular design /technology.
No problem! Incorporate a URL link to one of the above options into Q1 of your personal statement, where you can describe your passion and interest for the Art & Design field.