Entry requirements
Minimum entrance requirements
Current Year 12s (final year school leavers)
- Australian Year 12 – with an ATAR of 50 or above
Non current Year 12s/mature age applicants
One of:
- Australian Year 12 – with an ATAR of 50 or above.
- Graded TAFE Certificate IV* – with at least a distinction grade average (70%).
- Graded TAFE Diploma* (one year minimum) – with at least a credit grade average (60%).
*Please note: If you have completed a graded TAFE Certificate IV or Diploma you may not meet minimum entry requirements for streams that require Mathematics as a prerequisite (see VCE subject prerequisites table below).
VCE subject prerequisites by campus and stream
| Campus | Stream | VCE subjects – minimum study scores | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Mathematics | Other | |||
| Units 3 & 4 - 30 in English (ESL*) or 25 in any other English | Units 1 & 2 - any two units from general maths or maths methods (CAS) or Units 3 & 4 of maths (any) | Units 3 & 4 - 25 in maths (any) | Units 3 & 4 - one of biology, chemistry, maths methods (CAS), physics, geography, psychology or specialist maths | ||
| Gippsland | Arts | • | |||
| Art & Design** | • | ||||
| Business and Commerce | • | • | |||
| Education | • | • | |||
| IT | • | • | |||
| Nursing | • | • | |||
| Science | • | • | |||
| Berwick | Arts | • | |||
| Business | • | • | |||
| Education | • | • | |||
| Health Promotion | • | ||||
| Social Welfare | • | ||||
| Peninsula | Business | • | • | ||
| Education | • | • | |||
| Nursing | • | • | |||
* English as a second language
** Applicants must also complete a folio interview - to book telephone 03 5122 6261 or 03 9902 6261.
Interstate Year 12 and International Baccalaureate (IB) applicants
If you are studying an Australian Year 12 in a state other than Victoria or IB, and wish to determine which subjects in your state or program are equivalent to the VCE subject prerequisites in the above table and convert your study score/score go to http://www.vtac.edu.au/secondary.html to access the following documents:
- Interstate Equivalents to Victorian Prerequisite Studies Table
- interstate prerequisite score conversion table