Important Dates

The VTAC website is VTAC

VTAC Key Dates

Visit Closing Dates

Students applying for courses that have essential requirements, i.e. submitting a folio,  pre-selection kit, arranging an interview, are reminded that failure to meet the deadline date for these means students may no longer be eligible for selection into their course.

VTAC Year 12 Guide 2026

Visit the VTAC Year 12 Guide  for details on applying for courses, special consideration (SEAS) and scholarships.  

Download the  VTAC Quick Reference Guide for Year 12 or postcard with key dates.

ACU Guarantee Applications close Monday 14 September at 11:59pm

ACU Guarantee early offer program is still open for 2026.  Students can secure an early conditional offer for their preferred course by uploading their Year 11 results and submitting up to three personal statements. 

Visit ACU Guarantee for more information on eligible courses, applications and offers.

Swinburne Early Entry Program 2026

Applications are open, and close 27 November 2026.

Open to domestic and onshore international students. Requirements: Year 12 pass, meet VCE prerequisite study scores, no ATAR required. Students must also make a VTAC application. We know your ATAR doesn't tell the full story of what you’re capable of as a Uni student.  This is a different way to enter university that will not depend on your ATAR. 

The Early Entry Program at Swinburne is a unique opportunity for current Year 12 students to receive a conditional offer based on a recommendation by the school and not based on an ATAR.  The program includes options for VCE VM and unscored VCE students, and these students can now receive an early offer from Swinburne for twelve different diploma/degree packaged pathways.

Details of the application process, as well as participating courses can be found below.

1. Application process - Students must organise a recommendation from a school representative – the school’s principal, the year level coordinator, a teacher, or the Career Practitioner, in order to proceed with an application.

2. Eligible courses - Courses that will be offered through this program can be found at Early Entry Program Eligible Courses, and students can only apply for one course.3. Recommendation form - Once an application is submitted, students will receive a confirmation email which will include the form they need to forward to their chosen school representative who will complete the form and return it to Swinburne, who will match the student’s application.

Applications are open, and close 27 November 2026.  Early Entry Program application outcomes will start being issued from 1 September 2026, and the offer will become unconditional once students successfully complete Year 12 and meet the course prerequisites – for example, a course may require an English study score of 25 or an EAL study score of 30.