Calculating a Rank

For applicants other than current year 12 school leavers¹, the University will adopt the common schedules* developed by the respective Tertiary Admission Centres in order to assign a rank and to align those ranks with the relevant ATAR and OP. These include applicants who -

1. completed year 12 studies in a previous year and have not completed at least 12 months of full-time tertiary study;
2. have completed at least one year of full-time tertiary study² in which case the rank will be calculated on the basis of the grade point average achieved;
3. have other relevant education, training and experience or evidence of their ability to undertake tertiary study.

- Previous Year 12
- Previous Australian tertiary study
- TAFE qualification
- Tertiary foundation or preparation course
- Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) - Multiple choice. STAT results are valid for 3 years
- Overseas qualifications
- Vocational experience
- Personal Competency Statements (Queensland)

In any state/territory where such schedules are not in use by the TAC, the University will utilise comparable schedules.

Allocating a Rank

Where an applicant has several selection ranks calculated using TAC schedules (eg ranks based on year 12 results, preparatory course/s, employment and/or tertiary study), the University will order these selection ranks based on highest to lowest and applicants will be considered on their first order rank³. The exception to this is when an applicant has completed the equivalent of one full-time year of degree level study in which case the University will normally use the tertiary rank as the first order selection rank.

¹ For current year 12 school leaver applicants only the University will recognise qualifications achieved at Certificate III and above in addition to the OP or ATAR.
² May be made up of a number of individual study attempts which together equate to completion of at least one year of full-time tertiary study.
³ When there are more applicants with the same first order rank than there are places available, a second order rank will be used to differentiate between applicants.