Early Entry Program

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Early Entry Program

Our free Early Entry Program means students completing the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) or International Baccalaureate (IB) in 2025 can receive an offer before the HSC exams begin.

To be eligible, applicants must be domestic Year 12 students currently completing the NSW HSC or International Baccalaureate (IB) at one of our recognised Early Entry Program participating secondary schools.

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Discover participating secondary schools for our Early Entry Program below. Use the search feature to find your school and explore opportunities for early admission in 2026.

School	Location	Postcode
Abbotsleigh	Wahroonga	2076
Alesco Secondary College	Newcastle	2300
Alesco Secondary College	Tuncurry	2428
All Saints College - St Mary's Campus	Maitland	2320
All Saints College - St Peter's Campus	Maitland	2320
Armidale Secondary College	Armidale	2350
Ashford Central School	Ashford	2361
Asquith Boys High School	Asquith	2077
Asquith Girls High School	Asquith	2077
Aurora College	Lane Cove	2066
Australian Christian College - Singleton	Singleton	2330
Avondale School	Cooranbong	2265
Barker College	Hornsby	2077
Barraba Central School	Barraba	2347
Barrenjoey High School	Avalon North	2107
Bellingen High School	Bellingen	2454
Belmont Christian College	Belmont	2280
Belmont High School	Belmont	2280
Bingara Central School	Bingara	2404
Bishop Druitt College	Coffs Harbour	2450
Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College	Fletcher	2287
Blayney High School	Blayney	2799
Boggabilla Central School	Boggabilla	2409
Bowraville Central School	Bowraville	2449
Bradfield College	St Leonards	2065
Brigidine College St Ives	St Ives	2075
Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy Campus	Woy Woy	2256
Bulahdelah Central School	Bulahdelah	2423
Bundarra Central School	Bundarra	2359
Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus	Jesmond	2299
Calrossy Anglican School	East Tamworth	2340
Camden Haven High School	Laurieton	2443
Cammeraygal High School	Crows Nest	2065
Canobolas Rural Technology High School	Orange	2800
Canowindra High School	Canowindra	2804
Cardiff High School	Cardiff	2285
Carinya Christian School Tamworth	Tamworth	2340
Castle Hill High School	Castle Hill	2154
Catherine Mcauley Catholic College	Medowie	2318
Central Coast Adventist School	Erina	2250
Central Coast Grammar School	Erina Heights	2260
Central West Leadership Academy	Dubbo	2830
Cessnock High School	Cessnock	2325
Charlton Christian College	Fassifern	2283
Chatham High School	Taree	2430
Chatswood High School	Chatswood	2067
Cherrybrook Technology High School	Cherrybrook	2126
Clarence Valley Anglican School	Grafton	2460
Cobar High School	Cobar	2835
Coffs Harbour Christian Community School	Bonville	2441
Coffs Harbour High School	Coffs Harbour	2450
Coffs Harbour Senior College	Coffs Harbour	2450
Condobolin High School	Condobolin	2877
Coolah Central School	Coolah	2843
Coonabarabran High School	Coonabarabran	2357
Coonamble High School	Coonamble	2829
Covenant Christian School	Belrose	2085
Cowra High School	Cowra	2794
Davidson High School	Frenchs Forest	2086
Denison College Of Secondary Education, Bathurst High	Bathurst	2795
Denison College Of Secondary Education, Kelso High	Bathurst	2795
Dorrigo High School	Dorrigo	2453
Dubbo Christian School	Dubbo	2830
Dubbo College Senior Campus	Dubbo	2830
Dubbo School Of Distance Education	Dubbo	2830
Dunedoo Central School	Dunedoo	2844
Dungog High School	Dungog	2420
Emmaville Central School	Emmaville	2371
Erina High School	Erina	2250
Et Australia Secondary College	Gosford	2250
Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School	Calala	2340
Forbes High School	Forbes	2871
Francis Greenway High School	Beresfield	2322
Galston High School	Galston	2159
German International School Sydney (IB)	Terrey Hills	2084
Gilgandra High School	Gilgandrah	2827
Gilroy Catholic College	Castle Hill	2154
Glen Innes High School	Glen innes	2370
Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School	Middle Cove	2068
Glendale Technology High School	Glendale	2285
Gloucester High School	Gloucester	2422
Gorokan High School	Gorokan	2263
Gosford High School	Gosford	2250
Grafton High School	Grafton	2460
Great Lakes College Tuncurry	Tuncurry	2428
Green Point Christian College	Green Point	2251
Gulgong High School	Gulgong	2852
Gunnedah High School	Gunnedah	2380
Guyra Central School	Guyra	2365
Hastings Secondary College, Port Macquarie Campus	Port Macquarie	2444
Hastings Secondary College, Westport Campus	Port Macquarie	2444
Hennessy Catholic College	Young	2594
Henry Kendall High School	Gosford	2250
Heritage Christian School	Port Macquarie	2444
Heritage College Lake Macquarie	Morisset	2264
Hornsby Girls High School	Hornsby	2077
Hunter Christian School	Mayfield	2304
Hunter River High School	Raymond Terrace	2324
Hunter School Of Performing Arts	Broadmeadow	2292
Hunter Sports High School	Gateshead	2290
Hunter Valley Grammar School	East Maitland	2323
Hunters Hill High School	Hunters Hill	2110
Inverell High School	Inverell	2360
Irrawang High School	Raymond Terrace	2324
Ivanhoe Central School	Ivanhoe	2878
James Sheahan Catholic High School Orange	Orange	2800
Kandos High School	Kandos	2848
Kariong Mountains High School	Kariong	2250
Kempsey Adventist School	Kempsey	2440
Kempsey High School	Kempsey	2440
Killara High School	Killara	2071
Killarney Heights High School	Killarney Heights	2087
Kincumber High School	Kincumber	2251
Kinross Wolaroi School	Orange	2800
Knox Grammar School	Wahroonga	2076
Kotara High School	Adamstown	2289
Ku-Ring-Gai High School	North Turramurra	2074
Kurri Kurri High School	Kurri Kurri	2327
La Salle Academy Lithgow	Lithgow	2790
Lake Macquarie High School	Booragul	2284
Lake Munmorah High School	Lake Munmorah	2259
Lakes Grammar - An Anglican School	Gorokan	2263
Lambton High School	Lambton	2299
Lindfield Learning Village	Lindfield	2070
Lisarow High School	Lisarow	2250
Lithgow High School	Lithgow	2790
Loreto Kirribilli	Kirribilli	2061
Loreto Normanhurst	Normanhurst	2076
Macintyre High School	Inverell	2360
Mackillop Catholic College	Warnervale	2263
Mackillop College	Bathurst	2795
Mackillop College	Port Macquarie	2444
Macksville High School	Macksville	2447
Macleay Vocational College	West Kempsey	2440
Macquarie Anglican Grammar School	Dubbo	2830
Macquarie College	Wallsend	2287
Maitland Christian School	Metford	2323
Maitland Grossmann High School	East Maitland	2323
Maitland High School	East Maitland	2323
Manilla Central School	Manilla	2346
Manning Valley Anglican College	Cundletown	2430
Marist Catholic College North Shore	North Sydney	2060
Marist Sisters' College Woolwich	Woolwich	2110
Masada College	St Ives	2075
Mater Maria Catholic College	Warriewood	2102
Mcauley Catholic College	Grafton	2460
Mccarthy Catholic College	Tamworth	2340
Medowie Christian School	Medowie	2318
Melville High School	South Kempsey	2440
Mercy Catholic College	Chatswood	2067
Merewether High School	Broadmeadow	2292
Merriwa Central School	Merriwa	2329
Midcoast Christian College	Taree	2430
Molong Central School	Molong	2866
Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College	North Sydney	2060
Moree Secondary College - Albert Street Campus	Moree	2400
Morisset High School	Morisset	2264
Mosman High School	Mosman	2088
Mount St Benedict College	Pennant Hills	2120
Mount View High School	Cessnock West	2325
Mudgee High School	Mudgee	2850
Mungindi Central School	Mungindi	2406
Muswellbrook High School	Muswellbrook	2333
Nambucca Heads High School	Nambucca Heads	2448
Nambucca Valley Christian Community School	Nambucca Heads	2448
Narara Valley High School	Narara	2250
Narrabeen Sports High School	North Narrabeen	2101
Narrabri High School	Narrabri	2390
Narromine High School	Narromine	2821
New England Girls' School	Armidale	2350
Newcastle Grammar School	Newcastle	2300
Newcastle High School	Hamilton	2303
Newcastle Waldorf School	Glendale	2285
Newman Senior Technical College	Port Macquarie	2444
Normanhurst Boys High School	Normanhurst	2076
North Sydney Boys High School	North Sydney	2060
North Sydney Girls High School	Crows Nest	2065
Northern Beaches Christian School	Terrey Hills	2084
Northern Beaches Secondary College Balgowlah Boys	Balgowlah	2093
Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus	Cromer	2099
Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Seni	Harbord	2096
Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls	Manly Vale	2093
Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus	North Curl Curl	2099
Northholm Grammar School	Arcadia	2159
Northlakes High School	San remo	2262
O'Connor Catholic College	Armidale	2350
Oakhill College	Castle Hill	2154
Oberon High School	Oberon	2787
Oneschool Global NSW - Armidale	Armidale	2350
Oneschool Global NSW - Maitland	East Maitland	2323
Orange Anglican Grammar School	Orange	2800
Orange Christian School	Orange	2800
Orange High School	Orange	2800
Orara High School	Coffs Harbour	2450
Oxford Falls Grammar School	Oxford Falls	2100
Oxley High School	North Tamworth	2340
Pacific Hills Christian School	Dural	2158
Parkes Christian School	Parkes	2870
Parkes High School	Parkes	2870
Peak Hill Central School	Peak Hill	2869
Peel High School	Tamworth	2340
Pennant Hills High School	Pennant Hills	2120
Pittwater High School	Mona Vale	2103
Presbyterian Ladies College	Armidale	2350
Pymble Ladies' College	Pymble	2073
Queenwood	Mosman	2088
Quirindi High School	Quirindi	2343
Ravenswood School For Girls	Gordon	2072
Red Bend Catholic College	Forbes	2871
Redfield College	Dural	2158
Redlands	Cremorne	2090
Riverside Girls High School	Huntleys Point	2111
Roseville College	Roseville	2069
Rutherford Technology High School	Rutherford	2320
Saint Ignatius' College	Lane cove	2066
Scone Grammar School	Scone	2337
Scone High School	Scone	2337
Scots All Saints College	Bathurst	2795
Shore - Sydney Church Of England Grammar School	North Sydney	2060
Singleton High School	Singleton	2330
South Grafton High School	South Grafton	2460
St Aloysius' College	Kirribilli	2061
St Andrew's Christian School	Clarenza via Grafton	2460
St Augustine's College Sydney	Brookvale	2100
St Bede's Catholic College	Chisolm	2322
St Brigid's Catholic College	Lake Munmorah	2259
St Catherine's Catholic College	Singleton	2330
St Clare's High School	Taree	2430
St Columba Anglican School	Port Macquarie	2444
St Edward's Christian Brothers' College	Gosford	2250
St Francis Xavier's College	Hamilton	2303
St Ives High School	St Ives	2075
St John Paul College	Coffs Harbour	2450
St Johns College Dubbo	Dubbo East	2830
St Joseph's Catholic College	East Gosford	2250
St Joseph's College	Hunters Hill	2110
St Joseph's College	Lochinvar	2321
St Joseph's High School Aberdeen	Aberdeen	2336
St Joseph's Regional College	Port Macquarie	2444
St Leo's Catholic College	Wahroonga	2076
St Luke's Grammar School	North Curl Curl	2099
St Mary's Catholic College	Gateshead	2290
St Mary's College	Gunnedah	2380
St Mary's College Gunnedah	Gunnedah	2380
St Matthews Catholic School Mudgee	Mudgee	2850
St Paul's Catholic College	Manly	2095
St Paul's Catholic College, Booragul	Booragul	2284
St Paul's College	West Kempsey	2440
St Peter's Catholic College	Tuggerah	2259
St Philip's Christian College - Cessnock	Nulkaba	2325
St Philip's Christian College - Gosford	Narara	2250
St Philip's Christian College - Port Stephens	Salamander Bay	2317
St Philip's Christian College - Waratah	Waratah	2298
St Pius X High School	Chatswood	2067
St Stanislaus' College	Bathurst	2795
Stella Maris College	Manly	2095
Swansea High School	Caves Beach	2281
Tamworth High School	Tamworth	2340
Tangara School For Girls	Cherrybrook	2126
Taree High School	Taree	2430
Tenterfield High School	Tenterfield	2372
Terrigal High School	Terrigal	2260
The Armidale School	Armidale	2350
The Forest High School	Frenchs Forest	2086
The Henry Lawson High School	Grenfell	2810
Tomaree High School	Nelson Bay	2315
Toormina High School	Toormina	2452
Toronto High School	Toronto	2283
Trangie Central School	Trangie	2823
Trundle Central School	Trundle	2875
Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College The Entrance Campus	Long Jetty	2261
Turramurra High School	South Turramurra	2074
Uralla Central School	Uralla	2358
Wadalba Community School	Wadalba	2259
Wahroonga Adventist School	Wahroonga	2076
Walcha Central School	Walcha	2354
Warialda High School	Warialda	2402
Warners Bay High School	Warners Bay	2282
Wauchope High School	Wauchope	2446
Wee Waa High School	Wee Waa	2388
Wellington High School	Wellington	2820
Wenona School	North Sydney	2060
West Wallsend High School	West Wallsend	2286
Whitebridge High School	Whitebridge	2290
Willoughby Girls High School	Willoughby	2068
Wingham High School	Wingham	2429
Woolgoolga High School	Woolgoolga	2456
Wyong Christian Community School	Wyong	2259
Wyong High School	Wyong	2259
Yeoval Central School	Yeoval	2868
Young High School	Young	2594

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Programs

You can apply for any undergraduate program through the Early Entry Program, except for the programs listed here:

Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Honours) (Diagnostic Radiography)
Bachelor of Midwifery
Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts
Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts/Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours)
Bachelor of Oral Health Therapy
Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours)
Joint Medical Program

You can apply for these programs through the Universities Admission Centre (UAC).

*Excluded programs will be reviewed annually and may change.

Who can apply?

Eligible domestic NSW students completing Year 12 in 2025.

A student is considered domestic for university admission purposes if they are an Australian citizen, New Zealand citizen (or dual citizenship holders of either Australia or New Zealand), Australian permanent resident, or Australian permanent humanitarian visa holder.

International applicants, including those currently onshore studying another qualification, have the option to apply directly to the University through our international admissions process.

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Preferences

When you apply, you can choose up to three preferences and adjust them throughout the application period.

Your early offer will be based on your highest eligible preference when preference changes close, so make sure your preferred degree is listed as your top choice.

Preference Deadlines

11:59 PM on Thursday, 4 September 2025: We’ll assess your application based on the preferences you’ve locked in by this deadline. Any changes you make after that won’t count — so make sure your preference list is final!

11:59 PM on Thursday, 25 September 2025: If you apply for Early Entry between 5 September and 25 September 2025, this is your deadline to finalise your preferences.

Not eligible for an early offer? No worries!

If you don’t meet the requirements for any of your preferred degrees, we’ll review your preferences and offer you an alternative — like a pathway program (Diploma or Open Foundation) or a lower-ranked degree in the same study area (if available).

Offers

Please note that you will receive only one early offer through our Early Entry Program, and the offer is conditional on your completion of the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) or International Baccalaureate (IB) in 2025.

Early Offer Day 1: Thursday, 11 September 2025 (Main)

For applications received between 9 April and 4 September 2025.

Early Offer Day 2: Thursday, 2 October 2025 (Supplementary)

For applications received between 5 September and 25 September 2025.

You will have seven days to accept your early offer and secure your place at the University of Newcastle.

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2025 Key dates

02 Apr

UAC Applications OPEN

09 Apr

Early Entry Program Applications OPEN

16 Aug

Newcastle Open Day

30 Aug

Central Coast Open Day

04 Sep

Applications and preference changes for Early Offer Day 1 CLOSE

11 Sep

Early Offer Day 1 (Main)

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25 Sep

Applications and preference changes for Early Offer Day 2 CLOSE

02 Oct

Early Offer Day 2 (Supplementary)

23 Dec

UAC Post-ATAR Offer Round (December Round 2)

27 Jan

Semester 1 2026 Commences

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Hear from Ruby, a current undergraduate student 1.11

"When I first received my early entry offer, I was really happy because I felt like a big weight was lifted from my shoulders... I felt a lot more secure knowing I had a guaranteed pathway into next year."

- Ruby, Undergraduate Student

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