The University of Sydney, established in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia
There are 42 universities in Australia out of which 37 are public universities and 5 are private universities.[1] The Commonwealth Higher Education Support Act 2003 sets out three groups of Australian higher education providers: universities, other self-accrediting higher education institutions and state and territory accredited higher education institutions.
For admissions to universities, those students who have completed Australian state curricula are granted a state-specific Australian Tertiary Admission Rank. All Australian universities use the ATAR based "selection rank" as one of their methods of admission; universities also use past study, work experience and other considerations in granting admission. The ATAR provides an indication of the overall position of the student in relation to the student body for that year across the state. The ATAR is used by state-specific centralised admission centres for admission into university. Following bodies allocate ATAR based selection ranks and admission for the tertiary institutions in their respective states:[2]
Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, with a separate website for Tasmania[3]
South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC) in South Australia and the Northern Territory[4]
Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) in Victoria[5]
Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) in Western Australia[6]
Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) in Queensland[7]
For International Baccalaureate (IB) Australian students (Australian citizens) as well as the international students in Australia, the "Australasian Conference of Tertiary Admission Centres" (ACTAC) calculates an Australia-wide ATAR-like national rank called "Combined rank which combines results from across all states, thus enabling IB students to "apply in any Australian state or territory with confidence about how their results compare to their peers who have completed state curricula and received an ATAR", also "when completing your final year of schooling, ensure that you provide permission via your school for your IB
results to be released to Australian tertiary admissions centres. As long as you identify yourself as an IB student and
provide your IB candidate number when applying for courses, your IB scores and subject results will be received
electronically and automatically converted for the purposes of selection and meeting prerequisites."[8]
^"Universities and Higher Education – Study In Australia". Australian Government.
^"This is my year - QTAC". www.qtac.edu.au. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
^Engagement, Universities Admissions Centre Marketing and. "Applying to interstate unis". Universities Admissions Centre. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^"SATAC's role – SATAC". www.satac.edu.au. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^"About us". vtac.edu.au. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^"TISCOnline - TISC Members and Associate Member Institutions". www.tisc.edu.au. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^massamedia (8 May 2020). "About Us | QTAC". Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^Improving IB entry to Australian tertiary courses, IB combined rank.
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