Early Admission FAQs

UOW Early Admission is our early offer program for students finishing Year 12 in 2026 (HSC or other Australian equivalents).

Instead of relying solely on your final year 12 results, we consider your Year 11 performance as well as your skills, and experiences; giving you the chance to secure a place in the right degree at UOW before your final exams even begin.

We will communicate with you via email to make sure you know what you need to do and when.

We will need to contact you after you leave school and into 2027, so please use a personal email address (not your school-allocated email address) that you check regularly.

All applicants will receive their outcome from UOW on Thursday 17 September 2026.

Please take the time to familiarise yourself with our list of important dates for UOW Early Admission and other HSC related dates.  

If you receive an offer via Early Admission, you will not be required to accept it immediately. There will be a place for you in that course, and we will be in touch when it’s time to start your enrolment.   

Applicants who apply for two courses through UOW Early Admission will receive separate emails detailing the outcomes for each course preference.

Please note that Early Admission offers are conditional upon the successful completion of your HSC (or equivalent). Continue studying hard and do your best in your final assessments.

No. An Early Admission application to is separate to, and as well as a UAC application. 

If you submit your UOW Early Admission application by Sunday, 9 August 2026, you won’t need to reapply through the main round UAC process. 

You can apply for up to two UOW courses through Early Admission. If you're interested in more than two, you can also apply via the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) to include up to five additional courses. UAC applications for 2026 are open now, and Early Bird applications close in September. Check UAC's important dates for more information.

Early Admission applicants received their outcome from UOW on Thursday 17 September 2026.

• If you applied for two UOW degrees via Early Admission, you will have received a separate outcome email for each course you applied for.
  
• If you are successful, you will not need to apply for that course through UAC. An Early Admission offer from UOW is an official offer to that course.
• If you received an Early Admission offer, you will not need to accept the offer immediately. There will be a place for you in the course/s that you are offered, and we will be in touch when it’s time to start your enrolment. 
• If you applied for Early Admission to two UOW courses, you may have received an offer to both. You will need to choose which one you ultimately want to study when it's time to enrol in December.
• If you're not successful in receiving an Early Admission offer, you may be considered for a UOW College pathway offer, providing another pathway into your preferred UOW bachelor degree.

Students could apply for up to two UOW degrees through Early Admission. You’ll receive a separate outcome email for each course you applied for, and these emails may arrive at different times.

There are three possible outcomes:

• A successful offer. You have been offered a place in the UOW course you applied for! You won't need to formally accept this offer - a place for is 'reserved' for you, and we will be in touch when it is time to enrol.
• An offer to an alternate course. Sometimes we may offer you a place in an alternate UOW course, based on your academic results and other information provided in your application. This isn’t a negative outcome. It means we’ve identified a different course, or pathway that we believe could be a good fit and help set you up for success at UOW.
• An unsuccessful outcome. You haven't been offered a place in the course you applied for through Early Admission at this time. There are still other pathways and options available.

Congratulations on your offer! A place is reserved for you in the UOW course(s) you’ve been offered.

There’s no need for you to formally accept the offer.  
  
You can start to enrol in your course in early December; we'll be in touch with more details soon.

UOW will send you an email with your UOW student number, so be sure to keep that information safe. We’ll stay in touch as your enrolment day approaches.

If you have received an offer to both courses that you applied for (congratulations!), you will need to choose which one you ultimately want to study when it's time to enrol in December.

At the Early Admission application portal, there is a 'Forgotten Password' prompt, and a 'Forgotten username' prompt. Use these links to reset your credentials.

If this does not help, you will need to contact UAC for support. You will need to verify your identity, so have your student number, UAC PIN and other details with you.

All outcomes have been sent to all applicants.

They have been emailed to the email address applicants used in their Early Admission application. Be sure to check your junk, or 'other' folder/s for emails from the University of Wollongong. If you can't find the outcome emails, contact UAC who send these emails on our behalf.

You can also view your outcomes by logging in to the Early Admission portal. 

The outcomes are sent by UAC on our behalf, so we are unable to resend them to you, but:

• To see your outcome/s, login to your Early Admission portal. Here, you will see your outcome/s.
• Contact UAC, let them know your UAC number and your Early Admission application number, and ask them to resend your outcome email/s.

If you have not received an email from UOW with the outcome/s of your Early Admission application by 6pm on Thursday 17 September, the best place to start is by checking the Early Admission portal.

If you are still unable to locate your outcome in the portal, or in your inbox, please contact the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) to verify that we have the correct email address for your application.   

Please have your Early Admission application number on hand to help the team easily locate your application details.  

All successful Early Admission applicants must complete Year 12 and be eligible for the award of the Higher School Certificate (HSC), International Baccalaureate (IB) or interstate equivalent. 

Some individual course offers may have conditions that you will need to clear before you can enrol. We will list any conditions on your offer outcome email.

Yes.  

Your Early Admission offer is conditional upon successfully completing your HSC / International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma (or equivalent). Keep working hard during your final assessment and exams.

Offers are not conditional on your ATAR or final mark/grade/rank. 

Yes. If you received an offer through Early Admission, but you have decided you would like to study a different course at UOW, you can start a UAC application and list this course as one of the five preferences. You will be assessed for this course based on your results and your ATAR. UAC Early bird applications close on Wednesday 30 September 2026. Until that date, the application fee is $82 (from Thursday 1 October, the application fee will be $215).

Applying through UAC will not affect your Early Admission place. 

If you intend on enrolling in the course to which you have been made an offer to via Early Admission – you do not need to participate in a UAC application. A place is reserved for you in the UOW course(s) you’ve been offered. There’s no need for you to formally accept the offer. You can enrol in your course in early December 2026.  

If you received an unsuccesful outcome, or an alternative course offer to the one you originally applied for in your Early Admission application, you will be reassessed for your original course when results and ATARs are released in December. There is nothing you need to do for this to happen, and we will be in touch if we’re able to make you an offer to your original preference. 

Congratulations! This means your application has been successful for both of your course preferences, and we have made you an offer to both of them.

You don’t need to accept right away; your place is secure in both courses. However, you can only enrol in one, so you’ll need to decide which course you’d like to study when enrolment opens in early December.

We’ll keep in touch with reminders and information to help you prepare for enrolment.

No, you can only enrol in one course.

While a place has been reserved for you in each course you’ve been offered, you’ll need to choose which one you’d like to study when enrolment opens in early December.

If you’re unsure which course is the best fit, our team is here to help. Get in touch and we’ll talk you through your options.

No.

If you intend on enrolling in the course to which you have been made an offer to via Early Admission – you do not need to lodge a UAC application for that course.  

A place is reserved for you in the UOW course(s) you’ve been offered. There’s no need for you to formally accept the offer. You can enrol in your course in early December. As that date gets closer, we'll be in touch with more information. In the interim, check out our Get Started page. 

This is called an alternate offer. If you don’t meet the admission criteria for your original course preference, we may offer you a different course instead.

Alternate offers are designed to keep you in your chosen study area and may also provide a direct pathway back to your original course preference. They’re made after careful consideration of your application, aligning you with a program we know you can succeed in.

Some alternative offers are delivered directly by UOW, while others are offered through UOW College (UOWC). Read more about UOWC alternative offers below. 

Some alternative Early Admission offer courses are delivered by UOW College (UOWC) as what we call packaged offers.  

A packaged offer gives you a pathway into your UOW degree. You’ll begin with a UOWC course, and once you successfully complete it (and meet UOW’s entry requirements), you’ll progress directly into the UOW degree listed in your offer. In many cases, this is the original course you applied for.

Studying at UOWC means smaller class sizes, more individual support, and a strong focus on building the academic and personal skills you’ll need at university. Classes are structured much like a UOW degree, with lectures, tutorials or labs, and assessments such as essays, group work, practical tasks, and exams.

Put simply: starting at UOWC is a supportive first step that ensures you’re ready to succeed when you transition into your UOW degree.

If you have any questions about your offer or studying at UOW College, please email uowca-future@uow.edu.au or call the team on 1300 367 869.

Yes, you can defer your place at UOW for up to one year.

Deferring a course means that you accept the offer of a place, but that you don't plan on starting straight away.     

You will need a UOW Student Number before you can request to defer. Your Student Number will be sent to you in the weeks after your Early Admission offer. More details on how to defer your offer are available on the UOW Get Started page.  

You cannot defer scholarship or accommodation offers. If you are planning to take a year off before commencing study with UOW, you will need to apply for scholarships and accommodation in the year before you commence study i.e. if you defer your offer until 2028, you will apply for scholarships and accommodation in the latter half of next year. 

No.  

This scholarship has been launched to assist students from high schools in key regional locations to study at UOW in 2027.  

This scholarship cannot be deferred.

Yes! Many UOW scholarship applications are open until early December.

You can read more about the range of scholarships on offer, how to apply, and any important dates on the Future Student Scholarship page.

In most cases - provided the course is offered at your preferred campus - yes.

If you have been offered a course at one of our campuses and now wish to change to another one of our campuses where the course is offered, send an email to future-students@uow.edu.au with the subject line: ‘Campus Change Request’, and include your Early Admission application number.  

Let us know the campus to which you have been made an offer, and the campus you want to transfer to. We will be in touch with advice after we receive your request. In some cases, your application may need to be reassessed because different campuses have different admission requirements.  

Check where your course is offered by using the UOW Course Finder.  

The UOW Get Started page will be updated regularly to get you prepared for starting university in 2027, but here’s a few quick points about starting at UOW:  

• After you receive your Early Admission offers(s), we’ll generate a student number for you, and send it to you after you receive your Early Admission offer. Keep it somewhere safe.    
• Enrolment will open in early December 2026. We will send you email reminders closer to this date.  
• Orientation (week of 22 February 2027) will be a great way to meet your classmates and teachers, join clubs and societies, and get to know your UOW campus.  
• Classes begin Monday 1 March 2027.  
• Check our key dates page to start planning your 2027.  
• Check your inbox! We will regularly communicate with you about what we need you to do. We will contact you via the email you used to apply.  

Your first class at UOW will be Monday 1 March 2027. 

Orientation week (O-Week) will take place from 22 – 25 February 2027.

O-Week is a great opportunity to get to know the campus and the amazing opportunities that are here for UOW students, both in and out of the classroom.   

This means we are unable to offer you a place in the course that you applied for at this time.

You can apply to your desired course via the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). Usually, UAC will assess your eligibility based solely on your ATAR and any adjustment factors; so if you apply via UAC and fulfill their eligibility requirements, you may be eligible for an offer.

There are still other pathways and options available. Our team will automatically asses you for a UOW College Course that is a pathway to the UOW Bachelor degree you applied for. If you are eligible, you will receive an Early Admission offer from UOW College, that will be 'packaged' with a UOW bachelor course.
This means that if you successfully complete your UOW College course and meet the UOW progression requirements, you will be guaranteed a place in the UOW bachelor course with up to one year credit.

While you study with UOW College, highly qualified staff will ensure you develop the skills and attributes necessary to succeed at UOW.

UOW’s Student Privacy & Disclosure statement states that information about a student’s application cannot be disclosed to a third party without written and signed consent from the student. 

As part of the Early Admission application, applicants (Year 12 students) will be able to enter the details of a person who they authorise to act on their behalf. If they choose to name someone, that person – and that person only – can also be provided with information about the student's application. 

If you are a parent or guardian seeking information regarding a student's application and you are not listed as an authorised person on their Early Admission application, you will need to ensure a consent to release form is completed before we can respond. When completed, the consent form may be sent via email to futurestudents@uow.edu.au.  

This consent to release form covers students when they are applying for UOW. Once they are enroled, they are considered a current student, and a new updated consent form will be required.  

Didn’t find what you were looking for? Get in touch with our team, we’re here to help Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm.

• Call us on 1300 367 869
• Email: future-students@uow.edu.au

If you are having difficulty with the application portal, you will need to contact UAC for support.