Entry requirements

ATAR will be used for Year 12 students seeking admission into the University of Southern Queensland undergraduate degrees. The Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) will remain as Queensland's senior secondary school qualification.

If you haven’t got an ATAR we can derive a rank based on your prior study, work experience or professional qualifications. You may be eligible for a number of ranks depending on your experience or qualifications however; UniSQ will use your highest rank for entry.

UniSQ revises its ATAR/Rank entry requirements at least on an annual basis depending on the demand for individual programs.

Many of UniSQ’s undergraduate degrees have subject pre-requisites. The most common subject pre-requisites are English (Units 3 & 4, C), General Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C), Mathematical Methods (Units 3 & 4, C) and Physics (Units 3 & 4, C).

This means that you must have successfully completed that subject, i.e. English, and achieved a grade of C or higher in Units 3 & 4 (typically studied in Year 12). Completion of Units 1 and/ or 2 only (typically studied in Year 11) will not be sufficient to meet entry requirements.

Assumed knowledge and recommended prior study are included in the entry requirements. Unlike subject pre-requisites however; they are not formally assessed by UniSQ. While we don’t assess for these we believe your chance of success is much higher if you have them.

Some of our creative arts degrees require applicants to attend an interview or an audition and provide a folio of previous work to determine your suitability to the degree.

We use GPA calculations from previous studies to assess entry into some of our graduate entry and postgraduate degrees. We use a GPA calculation to manage demand in popular degrees and to ensure you have the best chance of success.

Some of our Psychology degrees have referee report requirements so that UniSQ can assess your suitability for a degree. Remember when submitting we may contact your referees for more information.

Your previous work experience can be converted to an entry rank. Your employment experience does not always have to relate to the degree you’d like to study. You don’t have to provide your work experience but you can use it if you don’t think you have the other means of meeting entry.

All of UniSQ’s degrees have an English Language Proficiency requirement and all applicants must provide evidence of this. If you don't meet these English language requirements you may be eligible to complete one of our English language programs.

Inherent requirements are fundamental skills, capabilities and knowledge that students must be able to demonstrate in order to achieve the essential learning outcomes of some degrees, while maintaining the academic integrity of the degree. If you think you may experience any problems meeting inherent requirements, you can talk to a Student Equity Officer about reasonable adjustments that may be put in place to assist you.