UAC KEY DATES FOR 2009 ADMISSIONS

Applications open:  early August 2008

Applications close:  Tuesday 30 September 2008 (on-time applications)

HSC Results:  released Wednesday 17 December 2008

UAI Results:  released Thursday 18 December 2008

Main Round Offers:  released Wednesday 21 January 2009

Backing Australia's Future http://www.backingaustraliasfuture.gov.au/ informs students intending to study at university of changes in higher education reforms. 

Universities - New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory  

(2008 Open Day dates in italics)

Australian Catholic University http://www.acu.edu.au   30 August Canberra, 13 September Strathfield

Australian Maritime College http://www.amc.edu.au   17 August

Australian National University http://www.anu.edu.au   30 August

Canberra University http://www.canberra.edu.au   30 August

Charles Sturt University http://www.csu.edu.au   Every day - phone 1800 334 733

Macquarie University http://www.mq.edu.au   13 September

University of Newcastle http://www.newcastle.edu.au   30 August Callaghan, 23 August Ourimbah

University of New England http://www.une.edu.au   5 September

University of New South Wales http://www.unsw.edu.au   6 September, 30 August ADFA Canberra

Southern Cross University http://www.scu.edu.au   Campus tours - phone 1800 111 890

Sydney University http://www.usyd.edu.au   30 August

University of Technology Sydney http://www.uts.edu.au   30 August City, 10 September Ku-ring-gai

University of Western Sydney http://www.uws.edu.au   17 August

University of Wollongong http://www.uow.edu.au   Campus tours - phone 1300 367 869

Admission Schemes

Check the "Admission Requirements" for each University in the UAC 2008 Guide.

Some examples of the programs/schemes on offer are:

UWS - Regional Bonus Scheme http://www.uws.edu.au/students/stuadmin/admissions/rbs
(students in the "Greater Western Sydney" will receive 5 bonus UAI points for UWS courses listed in their preferences (except those courses that required additional criteria).

UNE - School/College Recommendation Admission Scheme http://www.une.edu.au/for/future-students/#item2    (students have the opportunity to apply for early admission)

UNSW - Faculty of Engineering Admission Scheme (FEAS) www.eng.unsw.edu.au/feas 
(students who achieve a UAI between 75 and 87.95 will be considered for admission)

UNSW - HSC Plus Program 2008 www.unsw.edu.au/HSCPlus
(bonus points system for Australian Year 12 courses relevant to UNSW undergraduate programs.  Detailed information on points and bands available in July 2007)

Alternative Entry

Insearch  http://www.insearch.edu.au/home 

SIBT (Sydney Institute of Business & Technology) http://www.sibt.nsw.edu.au/

Wollongong University College http://www.wuc.edu.au/

Interstate

NORTHERN TERRITORY - Charles Darwin University http://www.ntu.edu.au
(Applications for Charles Darwin University are made through the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre - see below)

QUEENSLAND - QTAC - Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre http://www.qtac.edu.au

SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SATAC - South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre http://www.satac.edu.au

TASMANIA - University of Tasmania http://www.utas.edu.au

VICTORIA - VTAC - Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre http://www.vtac.edu.au

WESTERN AUSTRALIA - TISC - Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (Western Australia) http://www.tisc.edu.au