This scheme recognises your commitments as an elite athlete or performer by applying adjustment factors to boost your selection rank.
If your rehearsal, training or competitive commitments significantly impacted your Year 12 studies or equivalent, you may be eligible for up to five adjustment factors to raise your selection rank.
To be eligible for the Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme, you must:
Each applicant is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Use the below as a guide to determine whether you are an elite athlete or performer.
You will be considered an elite athlete if you meet the following criteria.
The Elite Athlete Program is a separate support program run by the SUSF to help you throughout your degree if your sporting commitments continue throughout your uni studies. This is separate from the Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme and requires a separate application.
You will be considered an elite performer if you performed in extended or significant productions that adversely and significantly impacted your preparation for the HSC (or equivalent).
Eligibility for this scheme will also consider the following.
Examples of performer categories include orators or debaters, dancers, musicians and singers. Other competitive activities, such as chess, can be considered if undertaken at the elite level.
Your application will require you to submit the following evidence to support your entry.
Adjustment factors are combined with your ATAR or equivalent to boost your selection rank for eligible courses.
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Architecture and Environments | 5 |
| B Design (Interaction Design) | 5 |
| B Design and B Advanced Studies (Interaction Design) | 5 |
| B Design in Architecture | 5 |
| B Design in Architecture (Honours) and M Architecture | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Arts | 5 |
| B Arts and B Advanced Studies | 5 |
| B International Studies | 5 |
| B Languages | 5 |
| B Media and Communications | 5 |
| B Politics, Philosophy and Economics | 5 |
| B Visual Arts | 5 |
| B Visual Arts and B Advanced Studies | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Commerce | 5 |
| B Commerce and B Advanced Studies | 5 |
| B Commerce and B Arts | 5 |
| B Commerce and B Science | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Economics | 5 |
| B Economics and B Advanced Studies | 5 |
| B Economics and B Arts | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Education (Early Childhood) | 5 |
| B Education (Health and Physical Education) | 5 |
| B Education (Primary) | 5 |
| B Education (Secondary) | 5 |
| B Education and B Advanced Studies (Secondary) | 5 |
| B Social Work | 5 |
| B Arts and B Social Work | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Advanced Computing | 5 |
| B Advanced Computing and B Commerce | 5 |
| B Advanced Computing and B Science | 5 |
| B Advanced Computing and B Science (Health) | 5 |
| B Advanced Computing and B Science (Medical Science) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Aeronautical Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Biomedical Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Civil Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Electrical Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Environmental Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Flexible First Year) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Mechanical Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Mechatronic Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Software Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours with Space Engineering | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours and B Arts | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours and B Commerce | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Civil Engineering) and B Design in Architecture | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours and B Project Management | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours and B Science | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Biomedical Engineering) and B Science (Health) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Biomedical Engineering) and B Science (Medical Science) | 5 |
| B Project Management | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Arts and B Laws | 1.5 |
| B Commerce and B Laws | 1.5 |
| B Economics and B Laws | 1.5 |
| B Engineering Honours and B Laws | 1.5 |
| B Science and B Laws | 1.5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Applied Science (Diagnostic Radiography) | 1 |
| B Applied Science (Exercise and Sport Science) | 5 |
| B Applied Science (Exercise Physiology) | 5 |
| B Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) | 1 |
| B Applied Science (Physiotherapy) | 1 |
| B Applied Science (Speech Pathology) | 1 |
| B Arts and M Nursing | 5 |
| B Nursing (Advanced Studies) | 5 |
| B Pharmacy (Honours) and M Pharmacy Practice | 5 |
| B Pharmacy and Management (Honours) and M Pharmacy Practice | 5 |
| B Science and M Nursing | 5 |
| B Science (Health) and M Nursing | 5 |
| B Science and M Nutrition and Dietetics | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Music | 5 |
| B Music (Composition) | 5 |
| B Music and B Advanced Studies (Composition) | 5 |
| B Music (Music Education) | 5 |
| B Music (Performance) | 5 |
| B Music and B Advanced Studies (Performance) | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Agricultural Science | 5 |
| B Agricultural Science Honours | 5 |
| B Animal and Veterinary Bioscience | 5 |
| B Liberal Arts and Sciences | 5 |
| B Liberal Arts and Sciences (Advanced) | 5 |
| B Psychology | 5 |
| B Psychology Honours | 5 |
| B Science | 5 |
| B Science (Advanced) | 5 |
| B Science (Health) | 5 |
| B Science (Medical Science) | 5 |
| B Science and B Advanced Studies | 5 |
| B Science and B Advanced Studies (Advanced) | 5 |
| B Science and B Advanced Studies (Health) | 5 |
| B Science and B Advanced Studies (Medical Science) | 5 |
| B Science and B Arts | 5 |
| B Science and M Mathematical Sciences | 5 |
| B Veterinary Biology and D Veterinary Medicine | 3 |
| B Wildlife Conservation (Taronga) | 5 |
The following courses are not available for entry through the Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme:
You will be notified if your application for the Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme is successful by email, date TBC.
Most undergraduate courses at the University of Sydney have Guaranteed Entry. If you achieve the guaranteed selection rank and meet any other admission criteria that apply to the course, you will be eligible to receive an offer if you place that course as your highest eligible preference.
Guaranteed Entry only applies to the first UAC offer round you are eligible to receive an offer in. Guaranteed Entry is also subject to available places in the course you apply for.
The Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme aims to encourage students to place their preferred course as their highest eligible preference, even if their ATAR is a few points below the entry requirements. The adjustment factors can raise your selection rank for eligible courses helping you potentially achieve the guaranteed rank.
Yes. All other admission criteria including the mathematics course prerequisites still apply where relevant.
Non-ATAR applicants eligible for the Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme will have any earned adjustment factors added to their ATAR equivalent rank.
From Semester 1 2025, you can combine adjustment factors from two eligible entry schemes up to 10 adjustment factors.
Eligible entry schemes are the Educational Access Scheme, Academic Excellence Scheme, and Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme – all other schemes are excluded.
Some competitive courses have a lower maximum number of adjustment factors that can be applied. Combining adjustment factors does not override any course exclusions from schemes or the maximum number of allowable adjustments at a course level across schemes. For example, you could receive five adjustments for one course from the Academic Excellence Scheme and five adjustments from the Educational Access Scheme for the same course. If the maximum number of allowable adjustments for that course is eight, you will receive eight adjustments.
You will be awarded the adjustment factors from the two schemes that are of highest benefit to you.
No. The Elite Athletes Program is a separate program designed to support elite student-athletes during university and is not related to the Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme. It has a separate application process.
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Contact admission.pathways@sydney.edu.au if you have any questions.