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Undergraduate and TAFE courses
All full time Undergraduate courses (with the exception of later year entry into engineering and some part- time engineering/science courses) and the majority of full time TAFE courses offered by Swinburne, require a Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) application. The appropriate method of applying for a course is contained in the relevant course entry on CourseFinder.

Applications to VTAC can be made on the form contained in the VTAC Guide or submitted electronically via the VTAC website. The VTAC Guide to University and TAFE courses, which is produced annually, is available from newsagents. 

Applications through VTAC commence in July each year. Timely applications close during the last week of September and although late applications will be accepted by VTAC until mid December some courses that have special requirements will not accept late applications. Please check the VTAC Guide for details.


Direct Applications

Some later year entry into Higher Education courses, part-time TAFE courses, and postgraduate courses require application directly to the University. Most other courses require application through VTAC (see above). The method of applying for a course and the appropriate school contact details are contained in the relevant course entry on CourseFinder.


Later Year Entry

Most applicants wishing to enter a Swinburne course at a later year (ie. apply for credit for part of the course) will need to apply through VTAC, however some Higher Education Engineering, Science and Technology courses require direct applications for entry. See the appropriate couse entry in CourseFinder for application details.


Postgraduate courses

Direct applications are necessary for all postgraduate study at Swinburne. See the appropriate course entry in CourseFinder for application details.

VTAC Selection

Year 12 Applicants

Many of Swinburne's courses select applicants based on the applicant's ENTER and using the middle-band selection process. This, however, applies only to those courses that select mainly by ENTER. Many programs use criteria additional to, or in place of the ENTER (eg. interviews and folio presentations). Applicants should refer to the current copy of the VTAC Guide for further details of the extra requirements for entry to a course.

The ENTER score required for entry into a course cannot be determined prior to the selection period, because it is dependent on the number of places available and the number of applications received. The VTAC Guide and Swinburne's CourseFinder give a guide to the ENTER scores obtained by those offered places in the courses last year.

Non Year 12 Applicants

Non Year 12 applicants are individually considered on the basis of a range of factors, such as previous studies, work experience, any extra requirements specified for the course, or for entry under the University's Special Entry Schemes.

Minimum Entry Requirements apply for applicants holding complete or incomplete TAFE and University qualifications who are applying for Swinburne's undergraduate courses.

Special Entry Schemes

Applicants who have not met minimum entry requirements may be eligible to apply to Swinburne for entry under the Special Entry Scheme. In all cases, relevant employment experience and educational background will be taken into account. Additionally, students applying for all Science and Engineering courses must have passed the prerequisite subjects for those courses.

Aboriginal Australians or Torres Strait Islanders
To apply under 'Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders' you must apply through VTAC. All indigenous applicants may provide further information in support of their VTAC application through the Swinburne Special Admission Scheme.

Age and education
Applicants who have not satisfied minimum tertiary entrance requirements, providing they have not been in full-time secondary school for at least two years, or applicants who have a non-competitive entry requirement (including a non-competitive ENTER) that has been completed a minimum of two years prior to the time of application for the course are eligible to apply.
To apply under the 'Age and Education' special entry scheme, you must apply through VTAC.
Applicants under the 'Age and Education' special entry scheme for 2004 admission and who are applying for the following courses are also required to sit a Special Tertiary Admission Test (STAT) Multiple Choice
 
Hawthorn campus: Business, Business/Arts (Language) Arts, Media & Communications, Psychology, Social Science.