Upgrading Via Tertiary Study

The most popular upgrade pathways are:

Study one year of any bachelor degree course. Even if you scrape a pass (GPA of 4), when you apply to QTAC again you will be given a rank of 93 (comparable to an OP 5 in 2015). If you do better than pass, you will get a higher rank. All Queensland universities, except the University of Queensland (UQ), use a QTAC schedule to allocate these ranks. UQ has its own schedule, which advantages its own students when they achieve above average results. See page 8 of UQ’s Entry Options booklet for more information on this: https://www.uq.edu.au/study/docs/domestic/entry-options.pdf.

Complete a diploma or advanced diploma at TAFE or another Registered Training Organisation. When you apply again to QTAC you will be given a rank of 82 (comparable to an OP 9 in 2015) for a pass grade of a diploma and 91 (comparable to an OP 6 in 2015) for a pass grade of an advanced diploma. Some universities (e.g. QUT and Griffith) will give you a higher rank for completing these qualifications.

Students should consider these upgrade pathways when selecting and organising your QTAC course preferences, especially as their fifth and sixth ‘Pathway’ preferences. Find out more about upgrading through tertiary study at:

• QTAC website at: http://www.qtac.edu.au/applications/application-resources/upgrading-pathways.
• QUT website at: https://www.qut.edu.au/study/applying/undergraduate-applications/worried-you-wont-get-into-the-course-you-want.
• LinkedIn article by Sebastian Marx (from UQ Admissions) at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/uni-upgrading-pathways-2016-qld-sebastion-marx.