College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Australia

Undergraduate entry requirements for students from Australia.

Qualifications we accept 

We consider the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), with the successful completion of your state/territory Senior Secondary Certificate of Education.

What grades do I need? 

Minimum entry requirements 

ATAR of at least 92, and the successful completion of your state/territory Senior Secondary Certificate of Education with required subjects at the specified grade.

Competition and selection  

Entry to many of our degree programmes is very competitive. This is because we receive a high number of applications for a limited number of places.  All applicants who submit an on-time, fully complete application (including predicted grades, academic reference, and personal statement) and who meet or are predicted to meet the minimum entry requirements, including any required subjects, will be put forward into the selection process. However, the grades you need to get an offer may be much higher than the minimum requirements grades published above.  

For entry to our most popular subject areas, you may need a perfect or near-perfect score to get an offer. 

Required subjects 

Entry to some of our degrees requires you to have specific subjects in your school qualification.  

Where this is the case, your entry qualifications must: 

  • include the specific subject/s listed for the degree you are applying to, and; 

  • meet, or exceed, the grades specified. 

 

Required subjects are listed in the entry requirements section of the individual degree programme entries within our degree finder.

Undergraduate degree finder

Where we ask applicants for GCE A levels or GCSEs in specific subjects, we will ask you for comparable subjects at a comparable level in your qualification. You should refer to the relevant grading system for your state/territory’s Senior Secondary Certificate in the tables below. 

A level requirements 

A Level subject requirement 

Letter grade equivalent requirement Numeric band equivalent requirement Level of achievement equivalent requirement

Subject at A*  

Grade A in Year 12 

Band 6 in Year 12 

Very High/Exceptional Achievement in Year 12 

Subject at A

Grade A in Year 12 

Band 6 in Year 12 

Very High/Exceptional Achievement in Year 12 

Subject at B 

Grade B in Year 12 

Band 5 in Year 12 

High Achievement in Year 12 

GCSE requirements
GCSE subject requirement Letter grade equivalent requirement Numeric band equivalent requirement Level of achievement equivalent requirement

Subject at A/7 

Grade B in Year 12 

Band 5 in Year 12 

High Achievement in Year 12 

Subject at B/6

Grade B in Year 12 

Band 5 in Year 12 

High Achievement in Year 12 

Subject at C/4

Grade C in Year 12 

Band 4 in Year 12 

Sound/Commendable Achievement in Year 12 

Mathematics/English Literature requirements 

Where a subject requires Mathematics or English Literature at A level, please contact us for more information about which advanced/specialist level modules we can accept in your qualification.

English Language 

All applicants are required to demonstrate a level of English language competency, regardless of their nationality or country of residence. If you require a Student route visa to study in the UK, the English qualification that you use for admission to an undergraduate degree must be included in our list of accepted qualifications, unless you are a national of a majority English speaking country as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). 

English Language requirements

Other qualifications 

If you have taken the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma or GCE A levels, please look at the degree finder for our minimum entry requirements. 

 

If you have taken a qualification that is not listed, or have any other queries, please contact us for further information. 

Undergraduate admissions contact details

 

Update to entry requirements webpages 

We updated these webpages on 20 October 2022 to make them clearer to understand. There may have been changes since the last time you checked them, however, all entry requirements for 2023 entry are set at the same level as previously published.