UOW is committed to equity in access to education. If you have experienced disadvantage in years 11 and/or 12 there are programs and schemes to assist you in qualifying for admission.
Educational Access Scheme
You may be eligible for additional points for your UOW preferences if:
- you have experienced long-term (a least nine months) disadvantage in your preparation for uni, and
- your educational performance has been seriously affected by circumstances beyond your control, and
- you are in Year 12, and
- you are a permanent resident of Australia.
For application forms, contact the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC), your high school career adviser or UOW on 1300 367 869. Sympathetic consideration is given to all applicants, but admission is not guaranteed.
STEP to UOW
The Special Tertiary Entrance Program (STEP) to UOW is a university preparation program for students in the University's drawing area, as well as regional areas throughout NSW who have experienced a disadvantage during their secondary school education.
It is a two-semester bridging program at Wollongong College Australia, which helps students, who may not have otherwise qualified for direct entry, gain entry to UOW.
STEP to UOW aims to encourage students to further develop their academic skills in preparation for university. In addition, they are able to enjoy social, cultural and recreational facilities at the University of Wollongong.
If you have not experienced disadvantage in high school WCA also offers a number of programs to facilitate entry into UOW.
Can I apply for STEP to UOW?
STEP to UOW is for students who have completed their HSC at an eligible high school in the University's drawing area, as well as regional areas throughout NSW.
You must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, New Zealand citizen or hold a permanent humanitarian visa and reside in Australia. You need to be able to demonstrate that your school studies have suffered because of circumstances beyond your control. The criteria for STEP to UOW include one or more of the following:
- Financial hardship
- Disrupted schooling
- Home and environment responsibilities
- English language difficulty
- Personal illness/disability
- Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students may also apply
You will need to provide relevant documentation to support your application.
How to apply
Please apply directly to Wollongong College Australia. Application forms can be obtained online or by contacting 1300 367 869.
If you have applied through UAC (Universities Admissions Centre), you will need to complete the STEP to UOW application form and quote your UAC number.
Applications close in January.
Eligible Schools for Step to UOW
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A - E
Airds High School, AIRDS
Albion Park High School, ALBION PARK
Albury High School, ALBURY
All Saints College – St Mary’s Campus, Maitland
All Saints College, BATHURST
Alstonville High School, ALSTONVILLE
Ambarvale High School, CAMPBELLTOWN
Aquinas College, MENAI
Ardlethan Central School, Ardlethan
Ariah Park Central School, ARIAH PARK
Armidale High School, ARMIDALE
Australian Technical College - Hunter, MAITLAND
Australian Technical College, PORT MACQUARIE
Avondale Seventh Day Adventist High School, COORANBONG
Ballina High School, BALLINA
Balranald Central School, BALRANALD
Barellan Central School, BARELLAN
Barham High School, BARHAM
Batemans Bay High School, BATEHAVEN
Bathurst High School, BATHURST
Batlow Technology School, BATLOW
Bede Polding College, WINDSOR SOUTH
Bega High School, BEGA
Bega Valley Christian College, Bega Campus, Bega
Bellingen High School, BELLINGEN
Belmont High School, BELMONT
Beverley Park SSP, CAMPBELLTOWN
Billabong High School, CULCAIRN
Bishop Druitt College, COFFS HARBOUR
Blaxland High School, BLAXLAND
Blayney High School, BLAYNEY
Blue Mountains Grammar School, WENTWORTH FALLS
Boggabilla Central School, BOGGABILLA
Bomaderry High School, BOMADERRY
Bombala High School, BOMBALA
Bonalbo Central School, BONALBO
Boorowa Central School, BOOROWA
Border Christian College, Thurgoona
Bourke High School, BOURKE
Bowral High School, BOWRAL
Braidwood Central School, BRAIDWOOD
Brewarrina Central School, BREWARRINA
Brisbane Water Secondary College, Woy Woy Senior Campus, WOY WOY
Broken Hill High School, BROKEN HILL
Broughton Anglican College, CAMPBELLTOWN
Budawang School for Special Purposes, BUDAWANG
Bulahdelah Central School, BULAHDELAH
Bulli High School, Woonona
Bullimbal School, TAMWORTH
Byron Bay High School, BYRON BAY
Camden Haven High School Distance Education Centre, Laurieton
Camden Haven High School, Laurieton
Camden High School, CAMDEN
Campbelltown Performing Arts High School, CAMPBELLTOWN
Canowindra High School, CANOWINDRA
Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School, BYRON BAY
Cardiff High School, CARDIFF
Carenne School For Specific Purposes, Bathurst
Caringbah High School, CARINGBAH
Carinya Christian School, TAMWORTH
Carroll College, Broulee
Casino High School, CASINO
Cedars Christian College, UNANDERRA
Central Coast Adventist School, Erina
Central Coast Grammar School, ERINA HEIGHTS
Cessnock High School, CESSNOCK
Charlton Christian College, Fassifern
Chatham High School, TAREE
Chevalier College, BOWRAL
Christadelphian Heritage College, COORANBONG
Clarence Valley Anglican School, Grafton
Cobar High School, COBAR
Coffs Harbour Christian Community School, BONVILLE
Coffs Harbour High School, COFFS HARBOUR JETTY
Coffs Harbour Senior College, COFFS HARBOUR
Coleambally Central School, COLEAMBALLY
Collarenebri Central School, COLLARENEBRI
Colo High School, NORTH RICHMOND
Condobolin High School, CONDOBOLIN
Coolah Central School, COOLAH
Coolamon Central School, COOLAMON
Coomealla High School, DARETON
Coonabarabran High School, COONABARABRAN
Coonamble High School, COONAMBLE
Cootamundra High School, COOTAMUNDRA
Corowa High School, COROWA
Corrimal High School, CORRIMAL EAST
Cowra High School, COWRA
Cronulla High School, CRONULLA
Crookwell High School, CROOKWELL
Dapto High School, DAPTO
De La Salle College Cronulla, CRONULLA
Deniliquin High School, DENILIQUIN
Dorrigo High School, DORRIGO
Dubbo Christian School, DUBBO
Dubbo College - Senior Campus, DUBBO
Dubbo School of Distance Education, DUBBO
Dunedoo Central School, DUNEDOO
Dungog High School, DUNGOG
Duval High School, ARMIDALE
Eagle Vale High School, MINTO DC
Eden Marine High School, EDEN
Edmund Rice College, WOLLONGONG
Elderslie High School, NARELLAN
Elizabeth Macarthur High School, NARELLAN
Elouera Special School, Cootamundra
Emmanuel Anglican College, BALLINA
Endeavour Sports High School, CARINGBAH
Engadine High School, Engadine
Erina High School, ERINA
Evans River Community School, EVANS HEAD
Farrer Agricultural High School, TAMWORTH
Figtree High School, FIGTREE
Finley High School, FINLEY
Forbes High School, FORBES
Francis Greenway High School, BERESFIELD
Frensham School, MITTAGONG
G S Kidd Memorial School, GUNNEDAH
Gadara School, TUMUT
Gilgandra High School, GILGANDRA
Glen Innes High School, GLEN INNES
Glendale Technology High School, GLENDALE
Glenvale School, NARARA
Gloucester High School, GLOUCESTER
Goodooga Central School, GOODOOGA
Gorokan High School, TOUKLEY
Gosford Christian School, GOSFORD
Gosford High School, GOSFORD
Goulburn High School, GOULBURN
Grafton High School, GRAFTON
Gralee School, Leeton
Great Lakes College - Tuncurry Senior Campus, Tuncurry
Green Point Christian College, Kincumber
Griffith High School, GRIFFITH
Gulargambone Central School, GULARGAMBONE
Gulgong High School, GULGONG
Gundagai High School, GUNDAGAI
Gunnedah High School, GUNNEDAH
Guyra Central School, GUYRA
Gymea Technology High School, GYMEA
Havenlee School For Specific Purposes, Nowra North
Hawkesbury High School, FREEMANS REACH
Hay War Memorial High School, HAY
Heathcote High School, HEATHCOTE
Hennessy Catholic College, Young
Henry Kendall High School, GOSFORD
Heritage Christian School, PORT MACQUARIE
Hillston Central School, HILLSTON
Holman Place School, Cowra
Holy Spirit College, Bellambi
Hopetown Special School, Wyong
Hunter Institute - Cessnock Campus, Cessnock
Hunter Institute - Gosford Campus, Gosford
Hunter Institute - Wyong Campus, Wyong
Hunter River Community School, EAST MAITLAND
Hunter River High School, Heatherbrae
Hunter Valley Grammar School, EAST MAITLAND
Hurlstone Agricultural High School, GLENFIELD
Illawarra Christian School - Cordeaux , UNANDERRA
Illawarra Christian School - Tongarra , Albion Park
Illawarra Institute - Wollongong Campus, North Wollongong
Illawarra Senior College, PORT KEMBLA
Illawarra Sports High School , BERKELEY
Inaburra School, BANGOR
Induna Education And Training Unit, Sth Grafton
Ingleburn High School, INGLEBURN
Inverell High School, INVERELL
Irrawang High School, RAYMOND TERRACE
Ivanhoe Central School, Ivanhoe
James Fallon High School, NORTH ALBURY
James Meehan High School, MACQUARIE FIELDS
James Sheahan Catholic High School, ORANGE
John Paul College, COFFS HARBOUR
John Therry Catholic High School, CAMPBELLTOWN
K - O
Kadina High School, GOONELLABAH
Kalinda School For Specific Purposes, Griffith
Kanahooka High School, DAPTO
Kandos High School, KANDOS
Karabar High School Distance Education Centre, QUEANBEYAN
Karabar High School, QUEANBEYAN
Katoomba High School, KATOOMBA
Keira Technology High School, FAIRY MEADOW
Kelso High School, BATHURST
Kempsey High School, KEMPSEY
Kiama High School, KIAMA
Kildare Catholic College , WAGGA WAGGA
Kincumber High School, KINCUMBER
Kingscliff High School, KINGSCLIFF
Kinross Wolaroi School, ORANGE
Kirrawee High School, KIRRAWEE
Kooringal High School, Kooringal
Korowal Senior School, LEURA
Kurri Kurri High School, KURRI KURRI
Kyogle High School, KYOGLE
La Salle Academy, Lithgow
Lake Cargelligo Central School, LAKE CARGELLIGO
Lake Illawarra High School, Warilla
Lake Macquarie High School, BOORAGUL
Lake Munmorah High School, MUNMORAH
Lakes Grammar - An Anglican School, WARNERVALE
Lakeside Christian High School, Tweed Heads West
Leeton High School, LEETON
Leumeah Technology High School, LEUMEAH
Lightning Ridge Central School, Lightning Ridge
Lindisfarne Anglican School, Terranora
Lisarow High School, LISAROW
Lithgow High School, LITHGOW
Lockhart Central School, LOCKHART
Lucas Heights Community School, Barden Ridge
Lumen Christi Catholic College, Pambula
Macarthur Anglican School, Camden
Macintyre High School, INVERELL
Mackillop Catholic College, WYONG
MacKillop College, BATHURST
MacKillop Senior College, PORT MACQUARIE
Macksville High School, MACKSVILLE
Maclean High School, MACLEAN
Macleay Vocational College, SOUTH KEMPSEY
Macquarie Anglican Grammar School, Dubbo
Macquarie Fields High School, Macquarie Fields
Magdalene Catholic High School, Narellan
Maitland Grossman High School, EAST MAITLAND
Maitland High School, EAST MAITLAND
Manilla Central School, MANILLA
Marian Catholic College, Griffith
Marian College Kenthurst, ROUND CORNER
Mary Brooksbank School, ROSEMEADOW
Mater Dei Catholic College, WAGGA WAGGA
Mater Dei School, CAMDEN
McAuley Catholic College, GRAFTON
McCarthy Catholic College - Senior Campus, WEST TAMWORTH
Melville High School, SOUTH KEMPSEY
Menai High School, ILLAWONG
Mendooran Central School, Mendooran
Menindee Central School, MENINDEE
Merriwa Central School, MERRIWA
Minerva Ssp, Sutherland
Molong Central School, MOLONG
Monaro High School, COOMA NORTH
Moree Secondary College, Albert Street Campus, Moree
Morisset High School, MORISSET
Moruya High School, MORUYA
Moss Vale High School, MOSS VALE
Mount Annan High School, NARELLAN
Mount Austin High School, MT AUSTIN
Mount Carmel High School, VARROVILLE
Mount St Patrick College, Murwillumbah
Mount View High School, CESSNOCK
Mt Annan Christian College, Mt Annan
Mudgee High School, MUDGEE
Mullumbimby High School, MULLUMBIMBY
Mulwaree High School, GOULBURN
Mungindi Central School, MUNGINDI
Murray High School, QUEENSTOWN
Murrumburrah High School, HARDEN
Murwillumbah High School, MURWILLUMBAH
Muswellbrook High School, MUSWELLBROOK
Nambucca Heads High School, NAMBUCCA HEADS
Narara Valley High School, NARARA
Narooma High School, NAROOMA
Narrabri High School, NARRABRI
Narrandera High School, NARRANDERA
Narromine High School, NARROMINE
New England Girls' School, Armidale
Nimbin Central School, NIMBIN
Norfolk Island Central School, NORFOLK ISLAND
North Coast Institute - Taree Campus, Taree
Northlakes High School, SAN REMO
Nowra Anglican College , BOMADERRY
Nowra Christian Community School, Nowra
Nowra Technology High School, NOWRA
Nyngan High School, NYNGAN
Oak Flats High School, OAK FLATS
Oaklands Central School, OAKLANDS
Oberon High School, OBERON
O'Connor Catholic High School, ARMIDALE
Orange Christian School, ORANGE
Orange High School, ORANGE
Orara High School, COFFS HARBOUR
Oxley College, BOWRAL
Oxley High School, TAMWORTH
Parameadows School, NORTH WOLLONGONG
Parkes High School, PARKES
Peak Hill Central School, PEAK HILL
Peel Technology High School, WEST TAMWORTH
Peterborough School For Specific Purposes, Warilla
Picton High School, PICTON
Plc Armidale, Armidale
Port Hacking High School, MIRANDA
Port Macquarie High School, PORT MACQUARIE
Portland Central School, PORTLAND
Quandialla Central School, QUANDIALLA
Queanbeyan High School, QUEANBEYAN
Quirindi High School, QUIRINDI
Red Bend Catholic College, Forbes
Richmond High School, RICHMOND
Richmond River High School, LISMORE
Riverina Institute - Albury Campus, ALBURY
Riverina Institute - Wagga Wagga Campus, Wagga Wagga
Robert Townson High School, RABY
Rutherford Technology High School, RUTHERFORD
Sapphire Coast Anglican College, BEGA
Sarah Redfern High School, MINTO
Scone Grammar School, SCONE
Scone High School, SCONE
Shearwater - The Mullumbimby Steiner School, Mullumbimby
Shepherds Park School, WAGGA WAGGA
Shoalhaven Anglican School, Milton
Shoalhaven High School, NOWRA EAST
Singleton Christian College, SINGLETON
Singleton High School, SINGLETON
Smith's Hill High School, WOLLONGONG
Snowy Mountains Grammar School , Jindabyne
South Grafton High School, SOUTH GRAFTON
South Western Sydney Institute - Campbelltown Campus, Campbelltown
Southern Cross Distance Education Centre, EAST BALLINA
Southern Cross School, EAST BALLINA
Southern Highlands Christian School, Bowral
Springwood High School, SPRINGWOOD
St Andrew's Christian School, Clarenza via Grafton
St Catherine's College, SINGLETON
St Clare's High School, TAREE
St Columba's High School, SPRINGWOOD
St Edward's Christian Brothers College, EAST GOSFORD
St Francis De Sales Regional High School, LEETON
St Gregory's College, CAMPBELLTOWN
St John Bosco College, Engadine
St John the Evangelist High School, NOWRA
St John's College Dubbo, EAST DUBBO
St John's College Woodlawn, LISMORE
St Joseph's Catholic College, Gosford East
St Joseph's Catholic High School, ALBION PARK
St Joseph's College, BANORA POINT
St Joseph's High School, ABERDEEN
St Mary Star of the Sea College, WOLLONGONG
St MaryÆs College Gunnedah, Gunedah
St Mary's High School, CASINO
St Patrick's College Campbelltown, CAMPBELLTOWN
St Patrick's College Sutherland, Kirrawee DC
St Paul's College, WALLA WALLA
St Paul's College Kempsey, WEST KEMPSEY
St Paul's High School, Boolaroo
St Pauls International College, MOSS VALE
St Peter's Anglican College - Broulee, MORUYA
St Peter's Catholic College, TUGGERAH
St Philip's Christian College - Port Stephens, SALAMANDER BAY
St Stanislaus' College, BATHURST
Summerland Christian College, GOONELLABAH
Sutherland Shire Christian School, SUTHERLAND
Swansea High School, CAVES BEACH
Sydney Institute - Sutherland College - Gymea Campus, Gymea
Sylvania High School, SYLVANIA
Tamworth Anglican College, Tamworth
Tamworth High School, SOUTH TAMWORTH
Tangara School For Special Purposes, Mittagong
Taree Christian Community School, Taree
Taree High School, TAREE
Temora High School, TEMORA
Tenterfield High School, TENTERFIELD
Terrigal High School, TERRIGAL
The Armidale School, ARMIDALE
The Canobolas Rural Technology High School, EAST ORANGE
The Crescent School For Specific Purposes, Goulburn
The Henry Lawson High School, GRENFELL
The Illawarra Grammar School, FIGTREE
The Jannali High School, JANNALI
The Riverina Anglican College, Wagga Wagga
The Scots School, ALBURY
The Scots School, BATHURST
Thomas Reddall High School, CAMPBELLTOWN
Tomaree High School, Salamander Bay
Tooleybuc Central School, TOOLEYBUC
Toormina High School, Toormina
Toronto High School, TORONTO
Tottenham Central School, TOTTENHAM
Trangie Central School, TRANGIE
Trinity Catholic College Lismore - St Mary's Campus, LISMORE
Trinity Catholic College, GOULBURN
Tuggerah Lake Secondary College - The Entrance Campus, LONG JETTY
Tullamore Central School, TULLAMORE
Tullibigeal Central School, TULLIBIGEAL
Tumbarumba High School, TUMBARUMBA
Tumut High School, TUMUT
Tweed River High School, TWEED HEADS SOUTH
Tweed Valley College, MURWILLUMBAH
U - Z
Ulladulla High School, ULLADULLA
Ungarie Central School, UNGARIE
Uralla Central School, URALLA
Urana Central School, URANA
Vincentia High School, VINCENTIA
Wadalba Community School, WADALBA
Wade High School, Griffith
Wagga Wagga Christian College, SOUTH WAGGA WAGGA
Wagga Wagga Technology High School, WAGGA WAGGA
Walcha Central School, WALCHA
Walgett Distance Education Centre, WALGETT
Walgett High School, WALGETT
Warialda High School, WARIALDA
Warilla High School, Barrack Heights
Warners Bay High School, WARNERS BAY
Warrawong High School, WARRAWONG
Warren Central School, WARREN
Wauchope High School, WAUCHOPE
Wee Waa High School, WEE WAA
Wellington High School, WELLINGTON
West Wyalong High School, WEST WYALONG
Western Institute - Cowra Campus, Cowra
Western Institute - Orange Campus, Orange
Westport Technology High School, PORT MACQUARIE
Wewak Street School, ALBURY NORTH
Wilcannia Central School, WILCANNIA
Willans Hill School For Specific Purposes, Wagga Wagga
Willyama High School, BROKEN HILL
Wilson Park School For Specific Purposes, Lismore
Windsor High School, MCGRATHS HILL
Wingham High School, WINGHAM
Winmalee High School, WINMALEE
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, FAIRY MEADOW
Wollumbin High School, Murwillumbah
Woodenbong Central School, WOODENBONG
Woolgoolga High School, WOOLGOOLGA
Woolooware High School, WOOLOOWARE
Woonona High School, WOONONA
Wycliffe Christian School, Warrimoo
Wyong Technology High School, WYONG
Xavier Catholic College, Ballina
Xavier High School , ALBURY
Yanco Agricultural High School, YANCO
Yass High School, YASS
Yeoval Central School, YEOVAL
Young High School, YOUNG
