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Duration
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in years
in years
if you’re eligible for adjustment
rank
rank
Guide
Course name Course name
factors or a lower ATAR: B Advanced Computing/
90 5 B Oral Health 88* 3
B Science (Medical Science) ‡
sydney.edu.au/study/ B Engineering Honours (Dalyell Scholars) ‡ 98 4
B Pharmacy (Honours)/M Pharmacy Practice ‡ 90 5
Selection
Duration
Duration
95 5 B Music/B Advanced Studies (Performance) 70* 5
in years
in years
‡
rank
rank
Course name Course name B Engineering Honours/B Project Management ‡ 90 5 Science
B Engineering Honours/B Science ‡ 90 5 B Agricultural Science 75 3
Architecture, design and planning Business
B Engineering Honours (Biomedical)/
B Architecture and Environments 85 3 B Commerce ‡ 95 3 90 5 B Agricultural Science Honours 75 4
B Science (Health) ‡
B = Bachelor of, M = Master of, D = Doctor of na Not applicable, as an admission score cannot be applied.
Admission is based on a combination of selection rank, or equivalent, plus additional admission criteria. For admission to listed diplomas visit sydney.edu.au/courses
* Selection ranks with an asterisk are indicative and not Guaranteed Entry. For full details of the admission process, visit sydney.edu.au/ug-entry
‡ This course has a mathematics course prerequisite. Visit sydney.edu.au/study/maths Note: The admission criteria published in this document are provided as a guide
only, and will not necessarily result in an offer of a place for all courses.
^ This education degree has NESA prerequisites. Visit sydney.edu.au/courses
Understanding
Open
entry and admission
Inherent course requirements
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ATAR, adjustment factors and Non-ATAR qualifications
Day
selection ranks The University of Sydney recognises Some courses in areas such as sydney.edu.au/open-day
Your selection rank is your ATAR a wide range of qualifications from education, health, medicine and
plus any adjustment factors you may across the world for entry into veterinary medicine have inherent
be eligible for. Adjustment factors its undergraduate courses. These requirements that you need to
increase your selection rank and are include secondary education, higher consider when choosing your
awarded based on criteria such as education, and vocational education course. These are not admission
your performance in HSC subjects, and training (VET) qualifications, criteria, but requirements that
the location of your school, and as well as successful completion you will need to be able to meet
your eligibility for Educational of enabling courses and university in order to successfully complete
Access Schemes. Adjustment preparation programs. For details, your course, such as working with
factors don’t change your ATAR; see the ‘Admissions’ section on the children, patients or animals, or
they change your selection rank for relevant course page at: completing fieldwork tasks. For
a particular course at a particular more information, visit
− sydney.edu.au/courses
institution. If you are not eligible for − sydney.edu.au/students/
adjustment factors, your selection For a full list of qualifications inherent-requirements
rank is just your ATAR. accepted by the University of
Sydney, visit:
Guaranteed entry vs − sydney.edu.au/
indicative entry recognised-qualifications
For each eligible course, we list a
selection rank (ATAR + adjustment Prerequisites and
factors) for guaranteed entry in the
assumed knowledge
specified year. Meeting this selection
The prerequisites and assumed
rank guarantees you a place in the
knowledge listed in our course
course, subject to meeting other
tables refer to subjects in the
essential admission criteria and the
NSW Higher School Certificate
availability of places in the course.
(HSC) curriculum. For example,
If your selection rank is lower than
Mathematics Advanced refers
the guaranteed entry selection rank,
to the two-unit HSC subject (or
and there are places available, you
an equivalent subject for other
still have a chance of admission, but
qualifications). To understand the
your place is not guaranteed.
required subjects and standards,
Selection ranks marked with
refer to the HSC syllabus:
an asterisk (*) in the course tables
are indicative only. They do not − boardofstudies.nsw.edu.
guarantee entry, as these courses au/syllabus_hsc
have additional admission criteria
and/or a limited number of places.