Graduate Degree Packages

General eligibility requirements

All students must satisfy the following requirements to be eligible for a Graduate Degree Package:

• Apply for entry through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC)
  • School-leaver applicants who are completing an Australian Year 12 or the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma in Australia are currently eligible to be considered for a Graduate Degree Package. Australian citizens who are completing an Australian Year 12 or the IB outside Australia are also eligible.
• Apply for a University of Melbourne Graduate Degree Package via VTAC for commencement in the intake following the completion of your Year 12 or the IB
• Enrol and commence studying at the University of Melbourne (or be granted an approved deferral) in the intake immediately following your completion of Year 12¹ or the IB
• Commence graduate study within 18 months of completing your undergraduate degree (subject to exceptions for cases that require special treatment, for example, protracted illness).

If you are already enrolled at the University of Melbourne, you are not eligible to enrol into a Graduate Degree Package retrospectively. Instead, you may be eligible for one of our existing guaranteed graduate pathways to graduate studies.

^{1. For example: if you are finishing Year 12 in December 2023, you will be eligible to apply for a Graduate Degree Package in the Start Year 2024 (Semester 1, 2024) intake. If you receive an offer, you will have the option to either commence your studies in this intake or apply to defer your place for up to one year. If your deferral is approved, your place in the Graduate Degree Package will be held for you, and you will remain eligible for the bachelor degree and the packaged graduate program. Please note that deferrals are not granted automatically, and you are not permitted to undertake other tertiary studies during an approved deferral period. Refer to our deferral FAQs for more detail.}