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Early Admission FAQs

Early Admission FAQs

UOW’s Early Admission program is designed to allow Year 12 students to receive an offer to a UOW degree before they finish their final exams.

To apply, you must be:  

  • In Year 12 in 2024; and 
  • Completing the HSC, an interstate equivalent, or the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma at an Australian high school; and 
  • Eligible to be awarded the Higher School Certificate, IB Diploma or interstate equivalent. 

Students in their final year of HSC Pathways are also eligible to apply. 

UOW has partnered with the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) to provide a user-friendly application portal, which will be available to access when applications open on Monday, 17 June, 2024. Simply apply via the UOW Early Admission website before applications close on Friday, 9 August, 2024. Late applications will not be accepted, so make sure you have submitted your application before the deadline! 

All Early Admission applications are submitted directly to UOW, so applying is easy and straightforward.  

If you live in NSW or ACT, your personal details and available results will pre-populate the application form based on your NESA student number – so it’s even easier to apply!  

To start your application, you will need:

  • Your NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA Number)
  • Your UAC PIN
  • A personal email address that you check regularly

Once you start your application, you will receive an email detailing what you need to do and when. You will also be able to edit your application after you’ve submitted it.  

Please note: Do not use your school-allocated email address when you apply. When you leave high school, your school email address may be cancelled. We will need to contact you after you leave school, so please use a different email address that you will be able to check regularly.  

It is important that you use a personal email address when setting up your Early Admission application. Please do not use your school email address, as your school may cancel this address after you graduate. We will need to contact you after you leave school. 

Be sure to double-check that your email is spelt correctly. If your email is entered incorrectly, you may have issues accessing information and receiving communications about your Early Admission application. A common mistake is ‘gamil.com’, or ‘gmail.com.au’ when it needed to be ‘gmail.com’. 

Please also provide your own mobile number in the contact details section. UOW may need to contact you during various stages of the application process. Being able to contact you directly and in a timely manner helps us to help you get all the information you need during the Early Admission process.   

If you don’t have your own personal mobile you can input the mobile phone number of your parent or caregiver as the next best contact. If you provide contact details of someone other than yourself, we won’t disclose any information about you or your application to them unless you have nominated them in the third-party consent section of your application, which will be under the ‘About Yourself’ heading.  

You can select up to two UOW courses in your Early Admission application. Most UOW undergraduate degrees are available through Early Admission*. Double degrees are considered a single preference. 

You should research our courses and find the right one/s before entering them in your application. To do this, use the UOW Course Finder Tool. 

*The Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation has a separate application process. Applications for this course will be open between June 17, and 9 August 2024. 

Applications open on Monday, 17 June, 2024 and close on Friday, 9 August, 2024. Late applications will not be accepted and UOW cannot offer any deadline extension on applications.   

Successful Early Admission applicants will receive an official offer via UAC during the week commencing Monday, 2 September, 2024.  

If you receive an offer via Early Admission, you will not be required to accept it immediately. There will be a place for you in that course, and we will be in touch when it’s time to start your enrolment.   

If you apply for two courses through UOW Early Admission, you will receive a separate email with the outcome for your other course preference.  

You should also be aware that an Early Admission offer is conditional on successful completion of your HSC (or equivalent), so continue to study hard and do your best in your final assessments.  

Please take the time to familiarise yourself with our list of important dates for UOW Early Admission and other HSC related dates.  

UOW takes a holistic view of each individual applicant and considers a range of factors including:  

  • Your year 11 subject performance
  • Any circumstances or challenges that may have impacted performance in Year 11 

You will also be asked to respond to the below four questions to demonstrate your readiness to study and succeed at UOW:  

  • Academic Readiness: What are your study strategies when preparing for an important assessment task? 
  • Motivation and Passion: What has influenced your decision to pursue your course or courses of interest? 
  • Communication and Collaboration: Describe a time when you worked with others to achieve a goal. 
  • Planning and Persistence: Tell us about a time when you set yourself a goal and worked really hard to achieve a good result? 

For more information on the four questions, and help preparing your application, check out our 7 Tips to Complete Your Application, or register for our Early Admission Application webinar on Monday, 1 July, 2024. 

For help preparing your application, please refer to our 7 tips to complete your application and register for our Early Admission Application webinar that we're holding on Monday, 1 July, 2024.  

We will also be holding Early Admission info sessions at UOW Open Days at our Wollongong campus on Saturday 22 June, and our Liverpool campus on Saturday 27 July.  

Yes, you must answer all four questions to be considered for Early Admission. Each question provides an opportunity for you to demonstrate your academic readiness, motivation & passion; communication & collaboration; and planning & persistence.

The application system won't allow you to submit an application without attempting each question. Each response must be a minimum of 100, and a maximum of 500 characters.

*You can answer the question using dot-points if that's easier for you. If you do just use an asterisks to separate your points like at the beginning of this paragraph.

This may happen if your response is too long or too short. Each response must include at least 100 characters (including spaces) and a maximum of 500 characters (including spaces). Anything under 100 characters won't be allowed, and the system will 'cut you off' after your 500th character. The boxes in which you'll enter each response have the number '500' next to it; it will count down as you start typing.

Sometimes copying/pasting from Word brings over extra formatting that takes up room in the application system. It is definitely a good idea to draft your responses in Word, you should type them into your application to avoid any issues with formatting, and character counts.

Yes! We will be holding an  Early Admission Application webinar at 7pm Monday, 1 July, 2024.  

We hold various information sessions and events throughout the year, including Early Admission info sessions at UOW Open Days at our Wollongong campus on Saturday, 22 June, 2024 and our Liverpool campus on Saturday, 27 July, 2024. 

Check out our Future Student Events page for more information on our events.

We also regularly send out information and tips via our Future Student Newsletter. Register to stay informed throughout the year. 

Only students applying for a Bachelor of Performance and Theatre will be required to participate in an audition or interview. Please see our Audition Basics page for more information.  

Other than applicants for that course, Early Admission applicants are not required to attend an interview.  

UOW assessors will use your Year 11 subject performance and your answers to four questions addressing Academic Readiness, Motivation and Passion, Communication and Collaboration, and Planning and Persistence to determine your eligibility for an offer.  

If you apply for UOW Early Admission prior to the closing date of  Friday, 9 August, 2024, you will not need to apply for the same course again during the main round UAC process. 

UOW's Early Admission program is supported by UAC, so successful Early Admission applicants will receive their offer via UAC during the week commencing Monday, 2 September, 2024. 

The application itself remains the same regardless of the Australian state in which you're completing your Year 12 studies. However, due to the timing of UAC receiving data for interstate students, if you are from QLD, VIC, SA, NT, or WA you will need to wait until 24 July before you can start your application.

If you are studying Year 12 in QLD, VIC, SA, or WA, you are eligible to apply through the UOW Early Admission website. When applying from one of these states, you will need to upload your academic grades from Year 11 and your application will include a template for submitting your grades. Please ensure you allocate enough time for this process, as applications will not be accepted after Friday, August 9, 2024.

You will need to wait until 24 July before you can start your application and if you subscribe to keep updated, we will email when you can start your application. Alternatively, check our website for dates.

While you wait to apply, you should start drafting your written responses to the Indicators of Success.

UOW does not have pre-requisites for entry for most of our degrees*, so there are no specific subject criteria for Early Admission. Our assessments will be based on the merits of your application. 

 *The following courses require commencing students to have completed Mathematics Advanced or equivalent (not Mathematics Standard 2) or higher at Year 12 level: 

The Bachelor of Mathematics Advanced requires commencing students to have completed Mathematics Extension 2 or equivalent at Year 12 level. 

If you can't find your preferred course in the Early Admission system, it may be because you're searching for a major or specialisation within that degree. Selecting your major or specialisation typically happens during enrolment or even later in your studies.

For instance, the UOW Bachelor of Science program offers four majors. However, when applying, you should select the Bachelor of Science. If you receive an offer for the degree, you will choose your major when you enrol. This process applies to other degrees like Business, Engineering, etc.

The Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation is not offered through Early Admission because it has a different application process such as the submission of an essay. 

You can apply for this course via its own online application portal, which means that if you are interested in the Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation you can apply for it, and then two more UOW courses via Early Admission.  

Applications for the UOW Bachelor of Arts in Western Civilisation open on Monday, 7 June, 2024 and close at 5pm on Friday, 9 August, 2024 (same as Early Admission).  

If you have applied for a teaching course, you will need to answer an additional question regarding your motivation and suitability for teaching. After you submit your Early Admission application, a link will be sent to you for submitting your response. Ensure you draft and submit your answer by 9 August 2024.

To access this question, first submit your initial application. Then, log back in and follow the prompts to select "Questionnaires."

You will then be asked to submit your written response.

See our Early Admission Teaching Questionnaire page for more information.

Yes. UOW has a great suite of scholarships for future students.

Some of the scholarships, such as the 2025 Country to Coast Scholarship require that you apply for your degree via Early Admission.

Head to our Future Student Scholarship page for information on all of our scholarships, including eligibility criteria, application procedures and important dates. Note that some of the scholarships say that 'applications are closed'. This means they aren't open yet - keep an eye on the website for when they do open for 2024.

UAC relies on data from each state’s education authority to process your application. Students from SA, NT or QLD will be able to apply from Wednesday 24 July, 2024. 

In the meantime, why not start drafting your application responses? Read our 7 tips to complete your application to see what you need to prepare.  

If you are from NSW, ACT, TAS, VIC, or WA and are having issues, please contact the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC).  

We don't need your year 12 results as part of your Early Admission application.

UOW Applications are assessed based on applicants' year 11 results. This is because we know that every applicant will have a set of year 11 results, but we can't say the same for year 12 results. So to be fair to all applicants we only require, and will only assess year 11 results. 

The Unique Student Identifier (USI) is your individual education number for life. It is allocated and administered by the Australian Government, not universities.   

In your Early Admission application, the USI field is optional, meaning you can leave it blank if you don't have a USI yet.

You will need to provide a USI as part of the final admissions process. Without one, you won't be able to get your qualification, Commonwealth financial assistance, or a statement of attainment.  

Setting up a USI is free, will only take about 10 minutes and will last you forever!  

Head to usi.gov.au for more information.  

If you are unable to login to complete your application, head back to the portal and use the 'forgotten your password', or 'forgotten your username' links. Follow the prompts and the system will send you information on how to reset your username or password. This email will not be immediate, so be patient, and remember to check your junk mail. 

If you don't receive the email within an hour, you may have entered your email address incorrectly when you first started your application. In this case, please contact the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC).   

Remember that Early Admission applications close at 5pm on Friday, 9 August, 2024, so be sure to contact UAC in plenty of time.  

To assess you for Early Admission, we need to be able to see all subjects taken in Year 11 and the overall result for each subject (not individual assessment marks).  If you have received an email advising that your Year 11 results are in a format we cannot use, please work with your school to ‘translate’ your grades into a format that meets our assessment guidelines and accepted grading scales. 

The templates for providing this information are provided below. Please download the form specific to your state/territory/Year 12 qualification and gather this information from your school.

If you are completing Year 12 in QLD, SA/NT, TAS, VIC, or WA, you can apply from the following dates:

  • QLD: Apply from 24 July
  • SA/NT: Apply from 24 July
  • TAS: Apply from 24 July
  • VIC: Apply from 24 July
  • WA: Apply from 24 July

Once all sections are complete and signed by relevant parties, upload it into the application portal by 5pm on Friday, 9 August, 2024. 

When you complete your Australian Year 12 (i.e. NSW HSC, International Baccalaureate (IB), or an interstate equivalent, at a school within Australia) you are deemed to have met the English proficiency requirements for most degrees at UOW.  
  
The UOW Bachelor of Nursing has specific English Language entry requirements to comply with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)'s registrations standards.  

As part of the Early Admission application for a UOW Nursing degree, you will be asked to respond to an English language proficiency declaration. Depending on your response to this declaration, UAC may contact you to ask you to provide evidence of English proficiency prior to enrolling in your Nursing degree.  

Students who successfully complete the 2024 Year 12 Future Me Program or Summer Master Class program will be identified with UOW Admissions to determine eligibility for an offer for a UOW Faculty Degree or UOW College Pathway.* 

  

*Please refer to the 2024 Year 12 Future Me Program Terms & Conditions for further information on student eligibility for UOW admission. 

UOW has a team who provide assistance with Early Admission applications. If you missed a call from this number, it's just us checking in with you to see if you need any help.  

You are welcome to call back this number if you would like some assistance. Otherwise, you can call our Future Students team Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 5.00pm on 1300 367 869. They’re experts in Early Admission!

Our team will automatically asses you for a UOW College Course that guarantees entry into a UOW Bachelor degree. If you are eligible, you will receive an Early Admission offer from UOW College, that will be 'packaged' with a UOW bachelor course.
This means that if you successfully complete your UOW College course and meet the UOW progression requirements, you will be guaranteed a place in the UOW bachelor course with up to one year credit.

While you study with UOW College, highly qualified staff will ensure you develop the skills and attributes necessary to succeed at UOW.

Our Future Students team are available Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 5.00pm on 1300 367 869 or future-students@uow.edu.au. They are experienced staff who have studied at UOW and will be able to share their insights and past experiences with you.

For help preparing and formatting your application, please refer to our 7 tips to complete your application or register for our Early Admission Application webinar on Monday, 1 July, 2024.  

We will also be holding Early Admission info sessions at UOW Open Days at our Wollongong campus on Saturday 22 June, or at our Liverpool campus on Saturday 27 July.  

Meet Lochie

My aspiration was to learn the nursing profession from its foundations. To achieve this, I enrolled in the Diploma of Nursing after receiving an Early Admission offer. I am from Tamworth and my first time in Wollongong was the Early Admission congratulations event and I knew from that point it was the place I wanted to be Lochie Diploma of Nursing

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