Future Students

UWay allows some students to apply for special entry to an undergraduate degree course at UWA.

Tertiary Entrance Examination (TEE) students (or interstate and NZ equivalent) whose academic achievements have been adversely affected by certain disadvantages can apply.

UWay is available to all TEE students (including mature-aged) who are either:

• Australian citizens
• permanent residents of Australia
• New Zealand citizens
• holders of an Australian humanitarian visa.

UWay applies to all undergraduate courses that you can enter directly from school.

You are still required to meet UWA's other admission requirements:

• secondary graduation
• English Language Competence
• prerequisites for the preferred course.

If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent you are advised to seek special admission through the UWA School of Indigenous Studies.

How it works

• Adjusting your TER
• Criteria for consideration
• What's not considered
• Admission advice letter
• UWay panel meetings
  

Adjusting your TER

UWay adjusts your TER or equivalent according to the disadvantage you have experienced. It does not change your actual TER -  the adjustment is only for the purpose of your UWay application.

If your actual TER falls below the cut-off for your desired course, it is possible that your notional (adjusted) TER will gain you a place.

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Criteria for consideration

Apply through UWay if you believe your preparation for TEE or equivalent would have been better had you not experienced disadvantages such as:

1. attending a school where very few students in Year 11 and 12 are interested in tertiary education
2. rural isolation, where "rural" is defined as a distance of more than 75km from the nearest Central Business District
3. lack of a supportive study environment in your family home
4. needing to engage in excessive part-time employment to help supplement your family's income
5. excessive family responsibilities
6. disruption of your education due to relocation or difficult migrant passage
7. a period of long illness or a medical condition, which is now over or is abating
8. bereavement
9. other disadvantage not covered in criteria 1-8.

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What's not considered

You are not eligible to apply through UWay because of:

• an ongoing chronic or frequent illness or medical condition
• missing assignments due to transfer between schools or late commencement
• inability to complete tasks due to injury or physical disability
• factors covered by the Curriculum Council of Western Australia's Sickness and Misadventure Policy (see your principal for details).

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Admission advice letter

In December, you will receive your Universities Admission Advice Letter (UAAL) from TISC.

Note that as a UWay applicant, if your UAAL indicates that you are not eligible for UWA admission because your TER is below the University's minimum, this may not apply to you as a notional adjustment through UWay may lift your rank above the University's minimum.

Note, however, that you are still required to satisfy the University's English Language Competence requirement.

Before you change your preferences or take any other action you should contact the Executive Officer (Admissions Committee) for advice.

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UWay panel meetings

The UWay Assessment Panel meets before the main round of offers.

Most UWay offers will be made in the main round, although some offers may be made in the second round.

If you need advice at any stage between November and February you should contact the Executive Officer (Admissions Committee) on (08) 6488 3185 (country callers 1800 65 3050).

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