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
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