University of New South Wales

Entry requirements

• There are no mandated entry requirements.

Portfolio Entry

• An ADA Portfolio Entry submission will demonstrate your passions alongside your best work, to boost your chances of admission to a bachelor’s degree of your choice.

Prerequisites

• You don’t need to have completed prerequisite courses, but we do assume you have a Year 12 (or equivalent) level of knowledge.
• IB Diploma: 29

We offer a range of adjustment factor schemes that reward students for academic performance and extra-curricular achievements.

• HSC Plus: This scheme rewards students who perform well in Year 12 subjects that are relevant to their preferred UNSW degree.
• Elite Athletes, Performers and Leaders (EAPL): This program recognises achievements in the areas of sport, academia, leadership and music at an elite level.
• Educational Access Scheme (EAS): Factors such as illness, financial hardship, language difficulties or attending a particular school can mean you don't always get the best possible marks in Years 11 and 12.

Your ATAR is not the only measure of your potential to succeed, which is why we offer a range of pathways into university.

• Gateway Admission Pathway: This scheme is open to students in Years 11 and 12 who attend Gateway schools.
• Entry programs for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: We offer entry programs for Indigenous Australians, including the Indigenous Preparatory Programs and the Indigenous Admission Scheme (IAS).

If you’re completing an Australian Year 12 qualification (e.g. NSW HSC or equivalent), you do not need to provide anything extra to prove your proficiency. Your qualification will be used as evidence of your English proficiency.

• IELTS (International English Language Testing System) – Academic version, IELTS Indicator and IELTS UKVI: 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)
• TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language – Internet-Based Test) - including TOEFL iBT Home Edition: 90 overall (min. 23 in writing, 22 in reading, listening and speaking)
• PTE (Pearson Test of English – Academic): 64 overall (min. 54 in each subtest)
• C1 Advanced Cambridge (formerly known as CAE – Cambridge Advanced English): 176 overall (min. 169 in each subtest)
• C2 Proficiency Cambridge (formerly known CPE – Cambridge Proficiency English: 180 overall (min. 180 in each subtest)

International direct entry

• International ATAR: 75
• UNSW Foundation Studies GPA: 6.9
• Great Britain General Certificate of Education (GCE A levels): 10
• International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB): 26
• Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) (after 2016): 1130

Prerequisites

• You don’t need to have completed prerequisite courses, but we do assume you have a Year 12 (or equivalent) level of knowledge.

If English is not your first language, you’ll need to provide proof of your English proficiency before you can be given an offer to study at UNSW. You can do this by providing evidence that you meet one or more of the following criteria:

• English language tests and university English courses
• Prior study in the medium of English
• Other qualifications

English language requirements

• IELTS (International English Language Testing System) – Academic version, IELTS Indicator and IELTS UKVI: 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)
• TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language – Internet-Based Test) - including TOEFL iBT Home Edition: 90 overall (min. 23 in writing, 22 in reading, listening and speaking)
• PTE (Pearson Test of English – Academic): 64 overall (min. 54 in each subtest)
• C1 Advanced Cambridge (formerly known as CAE – Cambridge Advanced English): 176 overall (min. 169 in each subtest)
• C2 Proficiency Cambridge (formerly known CPE – Cambridge Proficiency English): 180 overall (min. 180 in each subtest)