Overview
Your higher education ranking
Prerequisites & minimum entrance requirements
Are my results recognised interstate?
Overview
Entrance into an Australian higher education provider (provider) is determined by the entrance requirements set by individual providers.
Providers make offers to Year 12 students, predominantly on their higher education ranking achieved after standardisation of Year 12 scores. Some students may have a further opportunity to demonstrate their ability by undertaking student aptitude tests. DEEWR is currently trialling this system. For more information visit the ACER uniTEST website 
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Mature age entry may be based on additional criteria such as work experience and recognition of prior learning. Some courses may have other criteria such as submission of a portfolio or an audition.
Students may also access higher education units through Open Universities Australia on an open access basis and with no education prerequisites. Students may then use the successful completion of such units as credit towards an award from a range of higher education providers.
Your higher education ranking
Your higher education ranking reflects your performance in comparison to the performance of other successful students in your state. Following is the different names of higher education rankings for each state and territory.
| State / Territory |
Rank Name |
| VIC |
Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER) |
| QLD |
Overall position (OP)/ Rank |
| NSW / ACT |
University Admission Index (UAI) |
| SA / NT/ TAS / WA |
Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) |
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Prerequsites and minimum entrance requirements
Each state and territory has prerequisites and minimum entrance requirements for entrance to university. Please refer to the state TAC guides and related links for further information on prerequisites. (see links at right, under Related Topics)
For more comprehensive information about the current and previous cut-offs for a course, or for a course at a specific campus, please refer to the Course Finder or visit the higher education provider’s website.
See also:
Providers & courses
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Are my results recognised interstate?
The UAI, ENTER and TER are nationally equivalent across all states.
To assist with making offers, your results and ranks are exchanged between admission centres in each state or territory every year.
Example: John receives a UAI of 95 in NSW. John can apply for a course in VIC requiring an ENTER of 95 or a course in WA requiring a TER of 95.
However if you have studied in QLD and received an OP this value must be converted to a UAI, ENTER or TER equivalent to determine your result in another state. To do this you can use the conversion tables provided on most of the Tertiary Admissions Centre websites.
See also:
Australasian 2004 Year 12 Results Conversion Table (UAC - NSW, ACT)
Australasian Year 12 Conversion Table 2004 (QTAC - QLD)
Australasian 2003 Year 12 Results Conversion Table (SATAC - SA)
Australasian 2003 Year 12 Results Conversion Table (TISC - WA)
Australian 2003 Year 12 ENTER Comparison Table
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