Entry standards

Find out about the admission pathways to studying with us at UWA.

The University of Western Australia believes transparent, easily understood and readily available information for students, families and schools on admission to higher education is a key responsibility for all providers.

We hope this information is useful and it assists you to choose the right university, and the right degree, for you.

Applying to UWA

Applicants wishing to commence an undergraduate degree at UWA must satisfy the University’s academic and English language competence (ELC) requirements to be eligible for a place within the course. Applicants only need to satisfy one of the below academic requirements to be eligible.

UWA also offers a number of Assured Pathways giving successful applicants an assured place into one of our professional postgraduate courses. Entry into an Assured Pathway requires a higher ATAR than the minimum for entry into an undergraduate course and is generally only available to current school-leaving applicants.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

UWA’s School of Indigenous Studies provides a number of offerings, from pathway and diploma courses for Indigenous students, to undergraduate and master’s degrees offered to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Further information on courses, as well as the support provided, is available at the School of Indigenous Studies.

Overseas secondary qualifications

UWA accepts a number of overseas secondary education qualifications as satisfying the entry requirements to UWA degrees. For a full list of acceptable qualifications and the required standards, refer to UWA's Admission Coursework Policy, Appendix Schedule B.

Applicants with recent secondary education (within the past two years)

Australian Year 12 students

To be eligible for UWA’s undergraduate degrees based on previous or current Australian Year 12 studies, applicants must have completed the relevant state Certificate of Education and achieved an Australian Tertiary Aggregate Rank (ATAR) of 75 or above. Applicants must also provide evidence of satisfying UWA’s ELC requirements.

Applicants completing the International Baccalaureate (IB) are required to successfully complete the diploma program. To be eligible for UWA’s undergraduate degrees, IB graduates will require a minimum score of 24 or higher (this may vary depending on the level of mathematics undertaken). Applicants must also provide evidence of satisfying UWA’s ELC requirements. View further information on satisfying UWA’s entry requirements for IB graduates.

Applicants sitting Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) or International Baccalaureate in Western Australia can apply for an Early Offer and be admitted based on predicted ATAR or IB score. Predicted ATARs are determined by the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre, Western Australia (TISC) based on Year 11 or Year 12 results. Applicants are still required to achieve WACE and complete four ATAR subjects as well as provide evidence of satisfying UWA’s ELC requirements.

ATAR adjustments

UWA has a number of equity pathways that grant applicants an adjustment to their ATAR. When an adjustment is made to an applicant’s ATAR, this will be referred to as a Selection Rank.

Broadway — Applicants will automatically have an adjustment made to their ATAR if they have completed the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) ATAR examinations at a UWA Broadway-identified school and achieved an ATAR of 75 or above. Broadway schools are those located in the Perth metropolitan area and have a three-year ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) average score at or below the Western Australian median, or are a school located in regional or remote Western Australia. View further information on ATAR adjustments and the list of Broadway schools available.

Fairway — Fairway is a comprehensive program providing academic, financial and personal support for students completing Year 12 under challenging circumstances. The program is responsive to individual student needs throughout their final year of secondary school and during their university studies. Students completing the Fairway program need to obtain an ATAR of 70 to be eligible to enter one of UWA’s undergraduate degrees.

First in Family — Applicants with parents or guardians have not completed a university-level degree, may be eligible for a place at UWA through the First in Family program. Applicants must achieve an ATAR of 70 or above and satisfy UWA’s ELC requirements.

UWay — UWay is for applicants who believe their preparation to commence studies at UWA has been adversely affected. Depending on the circumstances and the evidence provided, UWA may adjust an applicant’s ATAR. Once an adjustment is made, the applicant may become eligible to UWA’s undergraduate degrees.

ATAR plus additional criteria — Some of UWA’s Professional Pathway courses require additional criteria for entry. These include Medicine and Dentistry, which require the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT ANZ) and an interview, as well as a sufficiently high ATAR. Dentistry also requires the completion of a Spatial Awareness Test. View further information regarding these entry requirements. Music Specialist Studies requires applicants to audition, as well as achieve an ATAR of 75 or higher.

Applicants with Higher Education Study

To be eligible for UWA’s undergraduate degrees based on previous higher education studies, applicants must have completed one full-time semester or the equivalent of studies at an Australian university and at the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Level 7 or higher; and have achieved a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.0 (7) or above. Applicants must also provide evidence of satisfying UWA’s ELC requirements. Applicants who have completed one full-time year or the equivalent of studies at the AQF Level 7 or higher, within the previous two years of application, and achieved a GPA of 4.0 (7) or above are not required to provide separate evidence of ELC to be eligible.

Review UWA’s Admission Coursework Policy, Appendix Schedule B, for further information on satisfying the University’s entry requirements based on previous higher education studies.

Applicants who have completed Higher Education studies outside of Australia must have completed the equivalent of one semester of an AQF Level 7 qualification with a GPA comparable to an Australian GPA of 4.0 on a 7.0 scale; separate evidence of ELC is also required. UWA will determine the equivalence to an Australian Level 7 qualification using the Australian Government’s Department of Education and Training Country Education Profiles.

Applicants with Vocational Education and Training (VET) Study

To be eligible for UWA’s undergraduate degrees based on previous VET studies, applicants must have completed an AQF Level 5 qualification or above. Applicants who have completed a Level 5 or a Level 6 AQF qualification with a full-time duration of 12 months or more and completed within two years prior to commencement at the University are not required to provide separate evidence of ELC. All other applicants must provide evidence of satisfying UWA's ELC requirements.

Applicants who have completed VET studies outside of Australia must have completed the equivalent of an AQF Level 5 qualification; separate evidence of ELC is also required. UWA will determine the equivalence to an Australian Level 5 qualification using the Australian Government’s Department of Education and Training Country Education Profiles.

Review UWA’s Policy on Admission, Schedule A, for further information on satisfying the University’s ELC requirement.

Applicants with work and life experience

Applicants over the age of 20 before 1 March (1 August for semester two entry) in the year they wish to commence university can complete the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT). Applicants require a selection rank to meet entry as per the STAT Calculator on TISC.

Applicants who have completed a Foundation or Preparatory program at an Australian Group of Eight university may be eligible to UWA’s undergraduate degrees.

Review UWA’s Admission Coursework Policy, Appendix Schedule B, for further information on accepted Foundation or Preparatory programs.

English language proficiency

All students commencing a UWA degree must satisfy the University’s English language requirements, many students will satisfy this requirement through completion of WACE ATAR exams in English, Literature or English as an Additional Language or Dialect, however there are many other ways of meeting this requirement, refer to UWA’s ELC requirements for further information.

Accepting and deferring

Acceptance of offer

Students gaining a place at the University will be issued with an official letter of offer from the University, students will be provided with a link to UWA's own acceptance portal where information on accepting the offer, activating a student account, creating a student email address and more will be provided.

Advanced standing

Students can apply for credit for units passed in a previous course, either at UWA or from an external university or institution.

Deferral

Applicants offered a place in a course at UWA may commence their studies straight away, or apply to defer the commencement of their course for up to one year, for conditions related to deferral please see 4.9 of UWA's Admission Coursework Policy.

Fees and charges

UWA's fees and charges webpage has up to date information on tuition fees, student services and amenities fees as well as information related to HECS.

Study background information

The table below gives an indication of the likely peer cohort for new students at the institution. It provides data on students that commenced undergraduate study and passed the census date in the most relevant recent intake period for which data are available, including those admitted through all offer rounds, across all Australian campuses, and international students studying in Australia.

This table shows the total number of students that commenced undergraduate study and passed the census date in Semester One, 2023 at UWA.

Semester one 2023
Applicant background	Number of students	Percentage of all students
(A) Past higher education study (Domestic students)	562	15.3%
(B) Past vocational education and training (VET) study (Domestic students)	66	1.8%
(C) Work and life experience (Domestic students) (Admitted on the basis of previous achievement not in the other three categories)	158	4.3%
(D) Recent secondary education (Domestic students):
(I) Admitted solely on the basis of ATAR (regardless of whether this includes the impact of adjustment factors such as equity or subject bonus points)	2291	62.2%
(II) Admitted where both ATAR and additional criteria were considered (e.g. portfolio, audition, extra test, early offer conditional on minimum ATAR)	230	6.2%
International students	374	10.2%
All students	3681	100%

Courses

All ATAR data is from 2023

ATARs by course - 2023

		ATAR (Excluding adjustment factors)²			Selection Rank (ATAR + adjustment factors)^{3, 4}
Course Code	Course Title	Highest ATAR^*	Median ATAR^#	Lowest ATAR^*	Highest Selection Rank	Median Selection Rank	Lowest Selection Rank
BH008	Bachelor of Advanced Computer Science (Honours)	99.95	96.20	88.50	99.95	96.45	92.00
BP020	Bachelor of Agribusiness	93.00	82.30	73.65	93.00	82.30	80.00
CB001	Bachelor of Agribusiness and Bachelor of Science	90.20	82.90	79.80	93.20	86.25	85.00
BP019	Bachelor of Agricultural Science	97.65	84.65	61.00	97.65	86.10	80.00
CB009	Bachelor of Agricultural Science and Bachelor of Arts	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5
CB010	Bachelor of Agricultural Science and Bachelor of Commerce	96.20	91.05	82.35	96.20	91.05	88.95
CB003	Bachelor of Agricultural Science and Bachelor of Science	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5
CM013	Bachelor of Agricultural Science and Master of Agricultural Science	97.35	92.70	90.40	98.00	93.95	90.40
BP001	Bachelor of Arts	99.95	88.75	62.05	99.95	90.00	75.00
BP025	Bachelor of Biological Science	98.70	89.05	73.00	98.70	90.00	80.00
CM005	Bachelor of Biological Science and Master of Biological Science	98.70	95.70	86.10	98.70	96.25	90.00
CM029	Bachelor of Biological Science and Master of Biotechnology	98.05	93.90	91.35	98.05	95.30	91.35
BP006	Bachelor of Biomedical Science	99.95	92.15	60.45	99.95	93.00	80.00
BP009	Bachelor of Business	99.10	82.00	60.25	99.10	82.50	75.00
BP027	Bachelor of Chemistry	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5
BP002	Bachelor of Commerce	99.85	88.20	63.25	99.85	88.80	80.00
BP050	Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice	99.45	87.70	63.15	99.45	89.60	80.00
BP029	Bachelor of Earth Sciences	97.10	85.80	71.60	98.00	87.90	80.00
CM009	Bachelor of Earth Sciences and Master of Geoscience	98.05	93.80	86.30	98.05	95.00	90.00
CM012	Bachelor of Earth Sciences and Master of Oceanography	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5
BP013	Bachelor of Economics	99.40	88.90	74.50	99.40	89.95	85.00
CM002	Bachelor of Economics and Master of Economics	99.65	95.90	90.00	99.65	96.75	90.55
BH011	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)	99.90	91.55	69.35	99.90	91.70	80.00
CB034	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5
CB006	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce	99.85	94.70	79.60	99.85	95.05	88.00
CB030	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Modern Languages	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5
CB004	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Science	99.90	95.65	82.50	99.90	96.00	88.00
CB014	Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)	99.95	99.15	94.60	99.95	99.15	98.00
BP011	Bachelor of Environmental Design	99.00	89.35	63.60	99.00	89.90	75.00
BP022	Bachelor of Environmental Science	96.65	84.75	75.15	98.00	85.05	80.00
CB008	Bachelor of Environmental Science and Bachelor of Arts	97.75	89.90	81.60	97.75	89.90	86.60
CB007	Bachelor of Environmental Science and Bachelor of Commerce	96.95	92.35	85.05	96.95	93.10	88.00
CB002	Bachelor of Environmental Science and Bachelor of Science	99.70	91.00	77.95	99.70	91.00	85.00
CM008	Bachelor of Environmental Science and Master of Environmental Science	98.20	93.25	79.00	98.20	94.20	90.00
BP055	Bachelor of Geographical and Spatial Science	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5
BP034	Bachelor of Human Rights	99.85	93.40	73.30	99.85	93.40	85.00
CB022	Bachelor of Human Rights and Bachelor of Arts	96.35	92.80	82.05	98.00	92.80	87.00
CB023	Bachelor of Human Rights and Bachelor of Commerce	96.10	92.65	81.50	98.00	92.65	87.00
BP031	Bachelor of Human Sciences	95.35	87.20	75.60	97.00	90.00	80.00
CM021	Bachelor of Human Sciences and Master of Bioinformatics	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5
BP023	Bachelor of Marine Science	99.10	82.45	62.25	99.10	85.35	80.00
CM011	Bachelor of Marine Science and Master of Environmental Science	99.10	91.15	82.85	99.10	91.15	90.00
CM010	Bachelor of Marine Science and Master of Marine Biology	98.30	93.35	87.35	98.30	93.35	90.00
BP054	Bachelor of Modern Languages	98.00	94.00	80.60	98.00	94.20	80.60
CB026	Bachelor of Modern Languages and Bachelor of Arts	99.20	96.10	70.75	99.20	96.10	82.70
CB028	Bachelor of Modern Languages and Bachelor of Business	98.00	92.60	80.35	98.00	92.60	85.35
CB029	Bachelor of Modern Languages and Bachelor of Science	98.25	93.00	80.35	98.25	94.65	82.00
BP028	Bachelor of Molecular Sciences	98.40	90.00	74.80	98.40	90.20	80.00
CM024	Bachelor of Molecular Sciences and Master of Bioinformatics	99.60	94.80	85.25	99.60	94.80	90.00
CM004	Bachelor of Molecular Sciences and Master of Biomedical Science	99.90	96.28	75.70	99.90	96.30	90.00
CM007	Bachelor of Molecular Sciences and Master of Biotechnology	99.75	94.45	83.45	99.75	95.65	90.00
BP008	Bachelor of Music	99.45	91.50	69.25	99.45	91.25	75.00
BH005	Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)	99.95	98.75	93.85	99.95	98.75	98.00
BP012	Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics	99.75	95.10	81.25	99.75	95.45	90.00
CB012	Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics and Bachelor of Arts	97.95	92.80	87.25	97.95	94.65	92.00
CB017	Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics and Bachelor of Commerce	99.10	93.75	84.65	99.10	94.20	92.00
BP030	Bachelor of Psychology	99.85	87.45	60.45	99.85	88.55	80.00
CB011	Bachelor of Psychology and Bachelor of Arts	99.25	90.80	72.55	99.25	91.10	85.00
CB013	Bachelor of Psychology and Bachelor of Commerce	99.80	91.15	66.75	99.80	91.15	88.00
BP004	Bachelor of Science	99.70	86.60	61.95	99.70	87.55	75.00
CM015	Bachelor of Science (Frontier Physics) and Master of Physics	99.95	97.55	93.05	99.95	97.65	96.00
CM023	Bachelor of Science and Master of Teaching (Secondary)	99.40	93.25	85.95	99.40	93.25	88.05
BP026	Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Sciences	98.45	83.45	68.05	98.45	84.20	80.00
CM019	Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Master of Applied Human Performance Science	98.25	94.55	85.60	98.25	94.55	90.00
CM018	Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology	99.35	92.75	79.10	99.35	93.10	90.00
CM017	Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Master of Public Health	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5	<5

^{1. This includes those who have been offered places at UWA regardless whether they accepted their offers or not.}

^{2. This only includes school leavers.}

^{3. ATAR is raw ATAR score.}

^{4. Selection Rank is UWA ATAR score.}

^{* "<5" indicates less than 5 ATAR-based offers made}

^{# N/P indicates figure is not published if less than 25 ATAR-based offers made.}

Student profiles

The tables below gives an indication of the likely peer cohort for new students at the institution. It provides data on students that commenced undergraduate study and passed the census date in the most relevant recent intake period for which data are available, including those admitted through all offer rounds, across all Australian campuses, and international students studying in Australia.

Acceptances by course - 2023

Course Code	Course Title	(A) Higher Ed	(B) VET	(C) Life Experience	(D.I) Secondary Ed - Solely ATAR	(D.II) Secondary Ed - ATAR + other basis	International
BH008	Bachelor of Advanced Computer Science (Honours)	<5	-	-	33	-	N/P
BP020	Bachelor of Agribusiness	<5	-	-	<5	-	<5
CB001	Bachelor of Agribusiness and Bachelor of Science	-	-	-	<5	-	-
BP019	Bachelor of Agricultural Science	-	-	-	<5	<5	<5
CB009	Bachelor of Agricultural Science and Bachelor of Arts	-	-	-	<5	-	-
CB010	Bachelor of Agricultural Science and Bachelor of Commerce	-	-	<5	<5	-	-
CB003	Bachelor of Agricultural Science and Bachelor of Science	-	-	-	<5	-	-
CM013	Bachelor of Agricultural Science and Master of Agricultural Science	-	-	-	<5	-	-
BP001	Bachelor of Arts	117	8	44	199	33	29
BP025	Bachelor of Biological Science	<5	-	<5	16	<5	<5
CM029	Bachelor of Biological Science and Master of Biotechnology	-	-	-	<5	-	-
BP006	Bachelor of Biomedical Science	55	7	13	455	34	40
BP009	Bachelor of Business	10	<5	7	39	13	16
BP002	Bachelor of Commerce	60	18	30	288	46	98
BP050	Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice	8	<5	<5	31	6	-
BP029	Bachelor of Earth Sciences	<5	-	<5	9	-	-
CM009	Bachelor of Earth Sciences and Master of Geoscience	-	-	-	<5	-	-
CM012	Bachelor of Earth Sciences and Master of Oceanography	<5	-	-	<5	-	-
BP013	Bachelor of Economics	<5	-	-	17	-	<5
BH011	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)	33	<5	<5	145	5	35
CB034	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts	-	-	-	<5	-	-
CB006	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce	<5	-	-	62	<5	<5
CB030	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Modern Languages	-	-	-	<5	-	-
CB014	Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)	-	-	-	31	-	-
CB004	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Science	<5	-	<5	57	<5	<5
BP011	Bachelor of Environmental Design	12	<5	N/P	74	6	12
BP022	Bachelor of Environmental Science	7	<5	-	18	<5	<5
CB008	Bachelor of Environmental Science and Bachelor of Arts	-	-	-	<5	<5	-
CB007	Bachelor of Environmental Science and Bachelor of Commerce	<5	-	<5	N/P	-	-
CB002	Bachelor of Environmental Science and Bachelor of Science	<5	-	-	N/P	-	-
CM008	Bachelor of Environmental Science and Master of Environmental Science	<5	-	-	6	-	<5
BP055	Bachelor of Geographical and Spatial Science	<5	-	-	<5	-	-
BP034	Bachelor of Human Rights	-	-	-	<5	-	-
CB022	Bachelor of Human Rights and Bachelor of Arts	-	-	-	6	-	-
CB023	Bachelor of Human Rights and Bachelor of Commerce	-	-	-	<5	-	-
BP031	Bachelor of Human Sciences	-	-	-	16	-	-
BP023	Bachelor of Marine Science	<5	<5	-	19	<5	-
CM011	Bachelor of Marine Science and Master of Environmental Science	<5	-	-	<5	-	-
CM010	Bachelor of Marine Science and Master of Marine Biology	<5	-	-	<5	-	<5
BP054	Bachelor of Modern Languages	7	<5	<5	N/P	-	-
CB026	Bachelor of Modern Languages and Bachelor of Arts	<5	-	-	N/P	<5	-
CB028	Bachelor of Modern Languages and Bachelor of Business	<5	-	-	N/P	-	-
CB029	Bachelor of Modern Languages and Bachelor of Science	<5	-	-	<5	<5	-
BP028	Bachelor of Molecular Sciences	<5	-	-	N/P	-	<5
CM024	Bachelor of Molecular Sciences and Master of Bioinformatics	-	-	-	<5	-	<5
CM007	Bachelor of Molecular Sciences and Master of Biotechnology	-	-	-	N/P	-	<5
BP008	Bachelor of Music	5	<5	<5	13	15	-
BH005	Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)	<5	-	-	99	<5	<5
BP012	Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics	<5	-	<5	31	<5	<5
CB012	Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics and Bachelor of Arts	-	-	-	N/P	-	<5
CB017	Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics and Bachelor of Commerce	-	-	-	N/P	<5	-
BP030	Bachelor of Psychology	29	6	<5	94	7	10
CB011	Bachelor of Psychology and Bachelor of Arts	<5	-	-	28	<5	-
CB013	Bachelor of Psychology and Bachelor of Commerce	<5	-	-	21	<5	<5
BP004	Bachelor of Science	121	6	48	265	43	71
CM023	Bachelor of Science and Master of Teaching (Secondary)	<5	-	-	N/P	-	-
CM015	Bachelor of Science (Frontier Physics) and Master of Physics	<5	-	-	N/P	-	-
BP026	Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Sciences	5	<5	-	32	<5	<5
CM019	Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Master of Applied Human Performance Science	<5	-	-	N/P	-	-

^{"<5" - the number of students is less than 5;}

^{N/A - Data not available for this item.}

^{N/P - Not published: the number is hidden to prevent calculation of numbers in cells with less than 5 students}

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