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Guaranteed entry for school-leavers to graduate professional entry programs

Note: These pathways do not represent the standard entry requirements that the majority of applicants will use to enter a professional entry degree.
 

The University has a single overarching guaranteed entry policy for school leavers with ENTER or equivalent of 99.9 for CSP and 99.0 for Australian fee. Students who meet the requirements for entry into graduate professional entry degrees will be guaranteed entry to their course of choice (applies to most courses) if they meet the following criteria (where relevant applicants will still be required to complete specified majors or prerequisite subjects as part of their undergraduate course).

 

Guarantee for a Commonwealth supported place in the graduate degree

  • achieve an ENTER (or equivalent^) of 99.9 (achieved in the final year of schooling in Australia by 2012); and
  • commence an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne following completion of schooling; and
  • complete the undergraduate degree with a H2A (75%) weighted average.

(Graduate selection into Medicine, and Physiotherapy is also subject to satisfactory performance at an interview to demonstrate adequate communications skills.)

Guarantee for a fee place (Australian or international) enrolment into the graduate degree (school leavers applying for 2010 and 2011 entry)

  • complete the final year of schooling in Australia by 2010: and
  • achieve an ENTER (or equivalent^) of 99.0; and
  • commence an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne following completion of
    schooling; and
  • complete the undergraduate degree with a H2A (75%) weighted average.

(Graduate selection into Medicine, and Physiotherapy is also subject to satisfactory performance at an interview to demonstrate adequate communications skills. Guaranteed places in this course will be limited by the number of fee places available in the course in the year of entry)

Guarantee for a fee place (Australian or international) enrolment into the graduate degree (school leavers applying for 2012 and 2013 entry)

  • complete the final year of schooling in Australia in 2011 and 2012: and
  • achieve an ENTER (or equivalent^) of 99.0; and
  • commence an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne following completion of
    schooling; and
  • complete the undergraduate degree with a H2A (75%) weighted average.

(Selection into Graduate Health Sciences programs including Medicine, Dental Surgery and Physiotherapy will not be available through this pathway. Selection into the Doctor of Optometry will be limited by the number of fee places available in the course in the year of entry.)

 

^ The ENTER is the Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank received by students completing the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). Equivalent ranks refer to:

  • UAI (Universities Admissions Index) ? received by students completing the Australian Capital Territory Certificate of Education or the New South Wales High School Certificate.
  • TER (Tertiary Entrance Rank) ? received by students completing the South Australia or Northern Territory Certificate of Education, the Tasmania Certificate of Education or the Western Australian Certificate of Education.
  • Notional ENTER ? a calculated rank used to directly compare the results of students completing the Queensland Senior School Certificate ‐ refer to the Australian Year 12 ENTER conversion on the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) web site or the International Baccalaureate (IB) ‐ refer to the IB scores conversion on the VTAC web site.

Requirements relating to specific graduate professional entry programs

How to apply for guaranteed entry


Application for guaranteed entry is made at the end of your undergraduate degree. It is not necessary to state your intention to pursue these pathways before you apply for a graduate professional entry program. When you apply for a graduate professional entry program you will be able to indicate in the application form that you are eligible for guaranteed entry.


Please note that if you are eligible for guaranteed entry to an Australian fee place in the graduate degree you can still request to be considered with the rest of the applicant pool for a Commonwealth supported place. For some courses this will mean that you must complete the standard entry requirements of the course (for example, admission tests, personal statements etc) to be eligible for a Commonwealth supported place, even though the entry requirements may not be necessary for guaranteed entry into an Australian fee place.

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