Mid-year applications

Here's how to get started

1. Check entry standards

   If you meet the indicative standards for our courses, we encourage you to apply.

   • If you haven’t completed any study since completing secondary school/Year 12 refer to the indicative minimum ATAR and guaranteed ATAR (if applicable)
   • If you already have tertiary results (including Semester 1, 2024 studies currently underway) refer to the indicative minimum weighted average mark (WAM). We consider your whole academic record, so don’t let your ATAR stop you.

   Please note: Final entry standards in our mid-year intake depend upon the demand for our available places, which means that meeting the indicative minimum standards listed does not guarantee a place.

   Indicative entry standards for mid-year 2024 entry (domestic applicants)

   Course	Lowest selection rank (2024 start year intake)*	Guaranteed ATAR^	Indicative minimum WAM (%)+
   Bachelor of Agriculture	70.55	72.00	TBC
   Bachelor of Arts	87.00	88.00	TBC
   Bachelor of Biomedicine	92.00	95.00	TBC
   Bachelor of Commerce	92.00	93.00	TBC
   Bachelor of Design	85.10	88.00	TBC
   Diploma in General Studies	52.00	Not applicable	TBC
   Bachelor of Music (Performance, Musicology and Ethnomusicology, and Music Studies specialisations only)	N/A (range of criteria used for selection)	N/A	N/A
   Bachelor of Science	87.00	88.00	TBC
   Bachelor of Science (Nuclear-Powered Submarine Student Pathways	89.90	88.00	TBC

   ^{* Domestic school-leaver applicants who satisfy course prerequisites and have achieved the 2024 lowest selection rank (ATAR) will be considered for a place but are not guaranteed. The lowest selection rank to which a domestic offer is made may be higher in the mid-year intake than it was in the start year intake, depending on demand for the course and the number of places available. The lowest selection rank should be used as a guide only. Only domestic applicants eligible for special entry schemes may be admitted below the lowest selection rank.}

   ^{^ Domestic school-leaver applicants who: completed an Australian Year 12 qualification or the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma in 2023 (or will complete an Australian Year 12 qualification or the IB Diploma by mid-year 2024); apply for their preferred undergraduate course in VTAC; satisfy course prerequisites; achieve the Guaranteed ATAR (or notional ATAR); and preference appropriately to receive an offer will be certain of a place in their chosen degree. Please note that you will NOT be classified as a school-leaver applicant if you have completed any tertiary studies since completing the Australian Year 12 or the IB Diploma (or equivalent).}

   ^{+  Final entry standards in our mid-year intake depend upon the demand for our available places, which means that meeting a WAM that is published here does not guarantee a place. Tertiary transfer applicants must satisfy all course prerequisites and any extra requirements (a tertiary WAM alone does not qualify tertiary applicants for an offer).}

   Refer to Find a course for prerequisite information for the relevant degree. For details about how your application is assessed, see How you're selected.

2. Submit your course application

   Domestic students apply for mid-year intake through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). When you apply you must disclose any tertiary study that you have undertaken - or are currently undertaking during Semester 1, 2024 - at any institution.

   Internal transfer applicants with a Semester 1, 2024 enrolment at the University of Melbourne must disclose this enrolment in their mid-year VTAC application.

   • Mid-year applications open with VTAC 9am Monday 8 April 2024.
   • Mid-year applications close with VTAC 5pm Friday 7 June 2024.

   Apply through VTAC

   Current University of Melbourne students

   Current students applying to transfer to a different undergraduate University of Melbourne course must apply for an ‘internal transfer’ via VTAC and disclose their current enrolment at the University in their VTAC application. Note that selection for an internal transfer is competitive, and prerequisites must still be satisfied.

   Students granted permanent residency

   Current international students who have commenced their studies with us as an international student but have recently been granted Australian permanent residency don’t need to reapply to be considered for a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) in the same course. Follow these instructions to let us know about your change of citizenship and you’ll automatically be considered for a CSP in your current course ahead of the next semester.

   Please note that the University is granted a set number of CSPs, and each year these places are awarded – based on academic merit – to both commencing domestic students and those continuing/current domestic students who have been moved into an Australian Fee (AF) place following a citizenship change. Your eligibility for a CSP in your current course will be assessed competitively against the rest of the applicant pool ahead of the next semester, and selection will be based on your entire academic record.

3. Special entry schemes

   Access Melbourne

   Access Melbourne is our Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS) for domestic undergraduate students. It can help you gain a place in our degrees even if your academic results are below the lowest selection rank normally required for an offer. The scheme takes into consideration the unique and personal circumstances that may have impacted your final secondary school results. Use our Access Melbourne calculator to check your eligibility.

   Access Melbourne also includes generous scholarships and grants that can ease the financial load, and a housing program to get you securely settled close to campus.

   If you are a domestic school-leaver applicant, you may be eligible to apply using one or more of the following categories:

   • Disadvantaged financial background (guaranteed places available)
   • Resident of a regional or remote area (guaranteed places available)
   • Recognition as an Indigenous Australian (guaranteed places available)
   • First in family
   • Graduate of an under-represented school
   • Difficult circumstances
   • Disability or medical condition
   • Non-English speaking background
   • Non-school leave entry pathway (mature-age consideration).

   How to apply for Access Melbourne

   • Check your eligibility for one or more the Access Melbourne categories
   • Submit a course application through VTAC
   • Complete the SEAS application form on the VTAC website and apply before the application deadline.

   Find out more

   Elite Athletes and Artistic Performers Entry Scheme

   If you're an elite athlete or artistic performer who has competed at an international, national or state level you may be eligible for our Elite Athletes and Artistic Performers Entry Scheme.

   Find out more

4. Submit results and SEAS documentation (if applicable)

   
   Once you’ve lodged your course application, you’ll also need to submit your SEAS application on the VTAC website by 5pm on Friday 7 June 2024.

   Current tertiary students

   If you're a current tertiary student at an Australian institution, your Semester 1, 2024 results will in most cases be automatically available to the University via VTAC (even if the results are released after the application closing date).

   Please make sure your VTAC registration contains all required details about your current/previous tertiary enrolment. If VTAC cannot automatically access your tertiary results they will contact you – it will then become your responsibility to provide your results to VTAC in hardcopy.

   If your current tertiary institution does not officially release Semester 1, 2024 results by 5pm on Friday 12 July, we may be unable to assess your mid-year application.

   If you’re currently studying at an Australian university that will not release official Semester 1, 2024 results until on or after Friday 14 June, you may wish to take steps to source a statement of your final Semester 1, 2023 results and provide these directly to the University of Melbourne by no later than 5pm on Thursday 12 July.

   All statements of results submitted directly to us must be on official letterhead and be signed/stamped by your current university – a print-out of your results from your student portal account is insufficient and will not be considered.

   Official endorsed results statements should be scanned and emailed to: undergrad-admissions@unimelb.edu.au. Please include your VTAC ID number in the subject line of this email, and detail your full name, date of birth and the University of Melbourne course(s) that you have applied for - via VTAC - in the body of your email.

   Results obtained outside Australia

   If you have results attained outside of Australia for any tertiary studies (university or TAFE) or Year 12, submit these to VTAC in support of your application. See the VTAC website for more information.

   We strongly recommend that you also obtain detailed syllabus statements for tertiary subjects completed outside of Australia that may be required to satisfy course prerequisites (for example, mathematics subjects that you believe may satisfy the mathematics prerequisite for our Bachelor of Commerce course, where you did not complete mathematics studies in an approved year 12 program). These syllabus statements should also be submitted to VTAC in support of your application.

5. Search for a scholarship

   By applying through VTAC you’ll automatically be considered for a range of scholarships that can assist with your tuition and living costs, such as the Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship and the National Merit Scholarship. In most cases you don’t need to submit a separate application for an entry scholarship.
   
   Students who submit their SEAS application for Access Melbourne will be automatically considered for a Melbourne Access Scholarship.

   There are also hundreds of course-specific scholarships you could be eligible for which require a separate application. These can be found on the relevant degree pages under 'fees and scholarships', on faculty websites or by exploring our scholarships website.

   Explore scholarships

6. Receiving an offer

   For mid-year 2024, University of Melbourne domestic offers will be released in the following VTAC offer rounds:

   • June round (VTAC round 1): Tuesday 25 June*
   • July round 1 (VTAC round 2): Wednesday 10 July*
   • July round 2 (VTAC round 3): Tuesday 16 July

   Check your VTAC account (after 2pm) on these dates to see if you have been offered a place.

   If you have been successful, an email offer from the University will be sent to you on the same afternoon with a link to our ‘Get started at Melbourne’ website, which provides advice about how to accept your offer and enrol.

   * Please note, if you do not receive an offer in the June round or in July round 1, it may be because we have not yet received your Semester 1, 2024 results for consideration. If you still have results pending, you’ll need to wait until July round 2 for an outcome. This timing applies to most current tertiary students, including current University of Melbourne students who are applying for an internal transfer.

7. Credit (advanced standing)

   As soon as you receive your offer, you can apply for credit (advanced standing).

   Receiving credit means that you won’t have to repeat subjects that have equivalents in your new course, and you may be able to finish your course sooner. More details about applying for credit will be sent to you along with your course offer.

8. Deferrals

   Domestic students offered a place at mid-year may be eligible to defer the commencement of their studies. Please note that deferrals are not automatically granted and not all undergraduate courses have the option to defer. Refer to the Defer my offer page for more detail.

   Once you have received your offer, you can submit a deferral application online.