Most courses select applicants primarily on academic qualifications. For example, 2008 Year 12 applicants may be selected on the basis of their Universities Admission Index (UAI) or equivalent. For non-2008 Year 12 applicants, the UAI alone is generally not applicable, with most institutions taking into account one or more of the following when considering your application: secondary studies, tertiary studies, post-secondary studies and other relevant factors such as employment experience and special circumstances.
Some courses select applicants on the basis of additional selection criteria such as a personal statement, questionnaire, portfolio of work, interview or test.
Other courses may use a combination of both academic qualifications and additional selection criteria.
However, to be offered a place in a course all applicants must meet the admission requirements outlined in Australian and New Zealand secondary studies, Australian tertiary studies, overseas qualifications and alternative entry before they are eligible to be considered for a course.
^topSelection of applicants for courses is the responsibility of the institutions. UAC does not select applicants, nor does UAC have the power to persuade institutions to make a particular offer. UAC does not have the right to question decisions made by the institutions.
^topApplications for each course are ranked in order of merit, with the highest considered first. You can choose up to nine course preferences.
For information on offer rounds read Offers information. Remember that if you receive an offer you must accept it by the date specified or you may lose your offer.
Preferences are considered in the order in which you have listed them on your application. If there is no place available in the course listed as your first preference, your second preference will be considered and so on until an offer can be made or you have no more preferences.
^topYes. The selection process is based on the system that if you are not selected for your first preference, you will be considered equally with all other eligible applicants for your second preference and so on.
Your chance of being selected for a particular course is not reduced because you placed a course as a lower order preference. You will not be selected for a course simply because you entered that course as a higher order preference.
For example:
Applicant A does not qualify for an offer to courses listed as preferences 1, 2 or 3, and has course 116677 as preference 4. If applicant A is eligible and
is more competitive than applicants B and C who have listed course 116677 as their first preference, then applicant A will receive an offer before applicants B and C.
For more information on choosing courses, read Choosing courses.
^topYou may receive one offer to the highest preference for which you are eligible and competitive enough.
For example:
If you are eligible and competitive enough for the first preference you have listed, you will be made an offer to that course and the rest of your preferences will not be considered. If, however, you are not eligible for the first or second preferences you have listed, but are eligible and competitive enough for your third preference, you will be made an offer to your third preference and the rest of your preferences will not be considered.
For more information on choosing courses, read Choosing courses.
^topThe Australian Government is phasing out places in undergraduate domestic fee-paying (DFEE) courses from 1 January 2009.
Therefore, there are no DFEE courses available for 2009 admissions.*
All courses available in 2009 are Commonwealth-supported place (CSP) courses. Remember that CSP courses used to be called HECS courses – you only have to pay part of the cost of your course.
* There are some exceptions, including arrangements for continuing and deferred students, for students who enrol in employer-reserved places and for students who have consumed their Student Learning Entitlement (SLE).
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