Schools Recommendation Scheme

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Maximise your options to study at UNE

UNE offers many pathways and entry options to give you the best chance of getting into university.

In addition to having our own direct Early Entry program, UNE also participates in the Schools Recommendation Scheme (SRS) offered via the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). Year 12 students can apply for SRS based on their year 11 results and the recommendation from their School.

You can maximise your options by applying for both direct Early Entry and SRS courses. You can apply for 3 courses through direct Early Entry and then also apply for another 5 different UNE courses through SRS.

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Key dates for 2026 SRS Entry

2 April 2025 — SRS applications open.
2 May 2025 — UNE Open Day.
July 2025 — Residential College applications open.
5 September 2025 — SRS applications close
September 2025 — Scholarship applications open.
6 November 2025 — Change of preference deadline for first SRS Offers
2026 — Start your course.

_{Dates subject to change}

SRS Courses

The list of courses you can apply for via SRS this year for study in 2026 are as follows:

_{The above course list is subject to change. UNE reserves the right to add or remove courses offered from SRS.}

_{* Initial Teacher Education Degrees: NSW Education Standards (NESA) requires applicants to submit and pass an additional personal statement during the admission process.
^The Bachelor of Nursing has a quota on the number of students who can study the course in 2026. Students must enrol in their course and unit/s within the quota to secure their place.}

How to Apply for SRS

It’s easy to apply for SRS through the UAC Website. Simply log into UAC or create an account and get your UAC application in before the SRS closing date to be considered for SRS. When applying to study make sure you also complete the SRS section.

UNE begins making SRS offers in the November Round 1 in UAC each year. To be considered in 2025 for study in 2026 then please ensure that you have:

Your SRS application in with UAC by the closing date on 5 September 2025; and
That the UNE course that you'd like an offer to is your highest eligible preference by the change of preference deadline for frist SRS offers on 6 November 2025

What happens after I've applied for SRS?

After receiving your SRS application, UNE will look at your performance in Year 11 and the ratings provided by your high school and consider all of those and any other information in your application against the entry criteria for the course/s you have applied for.

UNE sends an email to the SRS applicants who are considered to be eligible to use SRS for entry to UNE. This email usually sends really close to the change of preference deadline for November Round 1 offers. That email outlines which course/s each applicant could have an offer to if it is their highest eligible preference. This helps applicants to consider and change their preference before an upcoming UAC offer round if they wish to be made an offer for one of their SRS preferences. Applicants who are assessed but are not eligible for any courses will not receive an email.

UNE will make offers to successful SRS applicants in the UAC November Round 1 Offer Round and for most courses in several offer rounds after that until February Round 1.

Who can apply?

Year 12 students can apply through the Schools Recommendation Scheme based on your Year 11 results and recommendations from your school in addition to any equity criteria or unique information you supplied in your application.

Quotas

UNE may stop making offers to any course/s that have reached a quota/cap/limit.

The UNE Bachelor of Nursing is most commonly affected by a quota that the course's accrediting body has placed on the number of commencing students that can enrol in the course each year. This means that offers will stop being made by UNE once the student enrolment quota is reached. For the Bachelor of Nursing the limit isn't related to an SRS entry pathway, the limit instead applies to the total number of students who enrol in the course (specifically in units of the course) irrespective of how they gained entry.

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On-campus accommodation

There are many affordable options for living on campus, starting at $170 per week^{^}including a variety of catered and non-catered packages. Each college has its own distinctive character, and all of them welcome students into friendly, inclusive and supportive communities. We also have a range of scholarships, including 30 residential scholarships of up to $5,200 per year^* to offset your college fees.

_{^ 2025 price, subject to change.
* On room costs only, up to the value of $5,200}

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