Guaranteed Entry

Select your UAC preferences with confidence. Find out what selection rank you need to guarantee entry to your dream course.

How it works

Guaranteed Entry gives you a confirmed place in an eligible degree with available places if you achieve the required selection rank and meet any other admission criteria.

Your selection rank is your ATAR plus any adjustment factors you receive through our entry schemes.

To be guaranteed a place in a degree with Guaranteed Entry you must:

List one of the available courses as your highest eligible preference.
Achieve the required selection rank.
Meet any other admission criteria for your course, for example a mathematics prerequisite or an audition/portfolio.

If you don’t meet the guaranteed selection rank, you may still be eligible to receive an offer depending on the availability of places in the course.

Adjustment factors increase your selection rank based on factors such as your performance in HSC subjects, the location of your school or your eligibility for Educational Access Schemes.

Adjustment factors don't change your ATAR, they change your selection rank for a particular course. If you are not eligible for adjustment factors, your selection rank is your ATAR.

At the University of Sydney, you can receive adjustment factors through entry schemes, such as the Academic Excellence Scheme.

Domestic students completing other qualifications may also be eligible for adjustment factors, which are applied to your ATAR equivalent rank.

The majority of offers are made in the first offer round after release of ATARs. Some courses may fill up at this time. This means that for future offer rounds you may not be made an offer even if you meet the Guaranteed Entry requirements, as there are no places available.

If you meet the Guaranteed Entry selection rank and all admission criteria for your course, you will be eligible to receive an offer of admission.

If you receive an offer, you will be notified through UAC.

For students who completed the NSW HSC in 2024, Guaranteed Entry applied to UAC’s December Round 2. Preferences for this round close on 18 December 2024. Offers were made 23 December 2024.

For students completing an interstate qualification, Guaranteed Entry will apply to the first UAC offer round you are eligible to receive an offer.

Eligibility

You are eligible for Guaranteed Entry if you:

are a domestic student applying with an Australian Year 12 qualification (such as the NSW HSC or VCE) where you are awarded an ATAR on completion
are a recent school leaver, that is anyone who completed Year 12 (or equivalent) less than 2 years ago, or less than 1 year ago if they have existing tertiary studies
meet all essential admission criteria.

Guaranteed entry is available to students who receive an IB Admissions Score (IBAS) based on the ATAR conversion supplied by UAC. Students who obtain a converted ATAR above the guaranteed entry score for relevant courses in the round immediately after they receive their results are eligible.

Domestic students should refer to the UAC website to learn more about the conversion of IB results to an ATAR equivalent.

If you completed the National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 3, an Interstate Transfer Index (ITI) will be calculated by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). This will be used in the admission process as the ATAR equivalent score, provided you have fulfilled university entrance requirements as set by NZQA.

Not available to international student visa holders

Guaranteed Entry is not relevant to international students. Read the admission guide for further information.

2024 Admission Guide (for international students)

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Available courses (2025)

These selection ranks are only a guide. Some courses below do not have a guaranteed selection rank and are indicative. To be eligible for admission, you may need to achieve a higher selection rank and for some courses meet additional admission criteria.

Find your course

Courses offering Guaranteed Entry admission

Course	Selection rank
B Architecture and Environments	85
B Design (Interaction Design)	80
B Design and B Advanced Studies (Interaction Design)	80
B Design in Architecture	95
B Design in Architecture (Honours) and M Architecture	97

Course	Selection rank
B Arts	80
B Arts and B Advanced Studies	80
B Arts and B Advanced Studies (Dalyell Scholars)	98
B International Studies	90
B Languages	90
B Media and Communications	95
B Politics, Philosophy and Economics	91

Course	Selection rank
B Commerce	95
B Commerce and B Advanced Studies	95
B Commerce and B Advanced Studies (Dalyell Scholars)	98
B Commerce and B Arts	95
B Commerce and B Science	95

Course	Selection rank
B Economics	91
B Economics and B Advanced Studies	91
B Economics and B Arts	91

Course	Selection rank
B Education (Early Childhood)	77
B Education (Health and Physical Education)^	80
B Education (Primary)^	85
B Education (Secondary)^	80
B Education and B Advanced Studies (Secondary)^	80
B Social Work	80
B Arts and B Social Work	80

^ This course has additional admission criteria.

Course	Selection rank
B Advanced Computing#	90
B Advanced Computing and B Commerce#	95
B Advanced Computing and B Science#	90
B Advanced Computing and B Science (Health)#	90
B Advanced Computing and B Science (Medical Science)#	90
B Engineering Honours (Dalyell Scholars)#	98
B Engineering Honours (Aeronautical Engineering)#	90
B Engineering Honours (Biomedical Engineering)#	90
B Engineering Honours (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)#	90
B Engineering Honours (Civil Engineering)#	90
B Engineering Honours (Electrical Engineering)#	90
B Engineering Honours (Environmental Engineering)#	90
B Engineering Honours (Flexible First Year)#	90
B Engineering Honours (Mechanical Engineering)#	90
B Engineering Honours (Mechatronic Engineering)#	90
B Engineering Honours (Software Engineering)#	90
B Engineering Honours with Space Engineering#	99
B Engineering Honours and B Arts#	90
B Engineering Honours and B Commerce#	95
B Engineering Honours (Civil Engineering) and B Design in Architecture#	95
B Engineering Honours and B Project Management#	90
B Engineering Honours and B Science#	90
B Engineering Honours (Biomedical Engineering) and B Science (Health)#	90
B Engineering Honours (Biomedical Engineering) and B Science (Medical Science)#	90
B Project Management	86

# This course has a mathematics prerequisite.

Course	Selection rank
B Arts and B Laws	99.5
B Commerce and B Laws	99.5
B Economics and B Laws	99.5
B Engineering Honours and B Laws#	99.5
B Science and B Laws	99.5

# This course has a mathematics prerequisite.

Course	Selection rank
B Arts and M Nursing	80
B Nursing (Advanced Studies)	84
B Pharmacy (Honours) and M Pharmacy Practice#	90
B Pharmacy and Management (Honours) and M Pharmacy Practice#	90
B Science and M Nursing	80
B Science (Health) and M Nursing	80

# This course has a mathematics prerequisite.

Course	Selection rank
B Agricultural Science	75
B Agricultural Science Honours	75
B Animal and Veterinary Bioscience	80
B Liberal Arts and Science	70
B Liberal Arts and Sciences (Advanced)	95
B Psychology	85
B Psychology Honours	96
B Science	80
B Science (Advanced)	95
B Science (Health)	80
B Science (Medical Science)	90
B Science and B Advanced Studies	80
B Science and B Advanced Studies (Advanced)	95
B Science and B Advanced Studies (Dalyell Scholars including Mathematical Sciences)	98
B Science and B Advanced Studies (Health)	80
B Science and B Advanced Studies (Medical Science)	90
B Science and B Arts	80
B Science and M Mathematical Sciences	98
B Wildlife Conservation (Taronga)	80

The following courses do not have a guaranteed selection rank.

Course	Indicative selection rank
B Arts (Dual Degree: Sciences Po, France)^	80
B Visual Arts^	70
B Visual Arts and B Advanced Studies^	70
B Economics (Dual Degree: Sciences Po, France)^	91
B Applied Science (Diagnostic Radiography)	96
B Applied Science (Exercise and Sports Science)	82
B Applied Science (Exercise Physiology)	91
B Applied Science (Occupational Therapy)	93
B Applied Science (Physiotherapy)	99.5
B Applied Science (Speech Pathology)	94
B Arts and D Medicine^	99.95
B Oral Health	90
B Science and D Dental Medicine^	99.7
B Science and D Medicine^	99.95
B Science and M Nutrition and Dietetics	97.5
B Music^	70
B Music (Composition)^	70
B Music and B Advanced Studies (Composition)^	70
B Music (Music Education)^	70
B Music (Performance)^	70
B Music and B Advanced Studies (Performance)^	70
B Veterinary Biology and D Veterinary Medicine^	98

^ This course has additional admission criteria.

Guaranteed Entry

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How it works

Adjustment factors for domestic students

Receiving an offer

Eligibility

For IB Diploma holders

For New Zealand students

2024 Admission Guide (for international students)

Available courses (2025)

Courses offering Guaranteed Entry admission

Architecture, design and planning

Arts and social sciences

Business

Economics

Education and social work

Engineering and computer science

Law

Medicine and health

Science

Excluded courses