ATAR entry score guide
Discover the exciting possibilities you have to choose from based on your ATAR.
Understand and explore your course options
Plan your course preferences with confidence by referring to our lowest selection ranks and adjusted Access Melbourne ATAR guarantees.
This is the lowest selection rank that led to an offer in the last start-year intake, and a useful guide for entry standards in the next intake. Your selection rank is your ATAR plus any adjustments, for example, equity scheme adjustments based on your personal circumstances.
Lowest selection ranks are not set in advance and vary from one year to the next, depending on how many eligible domestic current Year 12 students are in the applicant pool.
Domestic Year 12 applicants who satisfy course prerequisites and achieve an ATAR or notional ATAR that is at-level with the 2026 lowest selection rank may be considered for a place in Semester 1 2027, but are not guaranteed. Some of our courses fill the majority of available places after December offer round and January offer round 1 (with limited places only being held for specific applicant cohorts) – refer to the below table for details.
If you apply for Access Melbourne, our equity entry scheme, you may be eligible for guaranteed entry, if you are applying for the intake immediately following the completion of Year 12, meet course prerequisites and are confirmed eligible for consideration under our Access Melbourne circumstances: disadvantaged financial background, resident of a regional or remote area, refugee on a humanitarian visa, care leaver (part of difficult circumstances) or an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student.
Use the Access Melbourne eligibility calculator to receive an indication of the ATAR you will need to achieve to receive an Access Melbourne offer.
Please note that published Access Melbourne ATAR guarantees relate to the main offer round for start-year entry. Mid-year Access Melbourne entry is assessed based on availability within each course, which may result in higher entry standards.
Lowest selection ranks and ATAR guides
The following table lists the 2026 entry lowest selection ranks and 2027 ATAR guides for domestic and international applicants in Australia and New Zealand with an ATAR or notional ATAR.
ACCESS MELBOURNE ATAR GUARANTEE
Regional or remote; disadvantaged financial background; care leaver; refugee
ACCESS MELBOURNE INDIGENOUS ATAR GUARANTEE
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Guide only
Guide only
1. If you’re eligible for one of the below Access Melbourne circumstances, meet the course prerequisites, preference appropriately and achieve the ATAR (or notional ATAR) listed in the table, you’ll be guaranteed an offer in your first VTAC offer round for Semester 1, 2027 entry:
- Resident of a regional or remote area
- Disadvantaged financial background
- Living in formal out-of-home care or experiencing homelessness*
- Living in Australia as a refugee on a permanent humanitarian visa (and will receive an ATAR or notional ATAR)*
- Recognised as an Indigenous Australian.
Applicants eligible under other Access circumstances are considered on an individual basis.
*Students experiencing homelessness or formal out-of-home care and refugees, apply for Access Melbourne consideration under difficult circumstances.
2. Lowest selection ranks shown are from the January offer round domestic 2026.
Graduate Degree Packages
Already know what you want to specialise in at university? Your ATAR might guarantee you a Graduate Degree Package.
A Graduate Degree Package can help you lock in a place in a specialised graduate course. Check if your ATAR qualifies you for a combined undergraduate and graduate course offer.
