Getting In
After considering which course and institution are right for you and investigating all your study options, you know which courses you’re interested in. Now it’s time to worry about getting in.
This section explores the selection methods tertiary education providers use, common requirements for higher education and VET courses, and what you can do to give yourself the best chance of success.
For those who don’t meet the standard selection criteria for their chosen course, there’s information about alternative selection methods and alternative pathways to tertiary study such as bridging courses and working up the qualifications ladder.
Selection methods: cut-offs and other requirements
You probably know by now that if you want to get into tertiary education, you will have to fulfil the entry requirements of the course you are interested in. However, what you might not know about is the range of different selection criteria that may be used for different courses, as well as for different students … Read more about selection methods.
Getting into higher education
Do you want to get into a degree? The minimum entry requirement is usually successful completion of Year 12. Apart from that, the entry requirements and rules — and the ways around them — will vary depending on where and what you want to study … Read more about getting in to higher education.
Getting into VET courses
What will you need to get into a VET course? In VET courses, unlike degrees, the big determiner of difficulty will be the qualification and field you want to study, rather than the institution. Overall, VET is easier to get into than university, although there are exceptions … Read more about getting into VET courses.
Getting in: what you can do to prepare
What can you do to give yourself the best chance of getting in? There are some rules to follow and some bits of advice but they will differ depending on your plans and your stage of life. Whether you are looking at higher education or VET, there is one cardinal rule — check out the entry requirements, any cut-offs, prerequisites and selection methods for courses you’re interested in … Read more about preparing to get into tertiary education.
Pathways into tertiary study
Education pathways can be based on life or work experience, or they can be based on previous academic achievement. There are a number of common academic pathways that students use to improve their chances of getting into a course they really want to do … Read more about tertiary study pathways.
