Early Entry Offers
Congratulations on receiving your one and only early offer through our Early Entry Program. Please note 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
For applications received between 9 April and 4 September 2025. - Early Offer Day 2: Thursday, 2 October 2025
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.
Next steps
- Accept within seven days to make it yours!
- Mark your calendar – enrolment opens on Monday 17 November.
- Accept within seven days to keep your spot safe.
- If you haven’t already, apply through UAC and check below for helpful info.
- Accept within seven days (hold onto it as a backup).
- If you haven’t already, make sure you apply through UAC, and check below for helpful info.
- Accept within seven days (hold onto it as a backup).
- Apply through UAC if you want to try for your first choice, and check below for helpful info.
- Accept within seven days to keep this option secure while you explore others.
- Apply through UAC if you’d like to try for something different, and check below for helpful info.
- Accept within seven days and keep this pathway open to you.
- Apply through UAC if you want to be considered for a degree, and check below for helpful info.
- Before you go, find out how Open Foundation and Diplomas can be your pathway to university.
- If you submitted your application after 4 September, it will be considered for Offer Day 2. Offers will be released on 2 October.
- If you applied by the deadline but did not receive an early offer on Offer Day 1 or Offer Day 2, you’ll need to apply through UAC to be considered for admission.
- Contact us and we’ll help you explore your options.
Why UAC?
- Takes your Year 12 results (ATAR or IB score) into account
- Recognises VET qualifications completed in 2025
- Allows you to apply for the degrees that are excluded from Early Entry
- Makes you eligible for adjustment points (Adjustment Factors)
- Provides access to admission and entry schemes
- Gives you more chances because there are multiple offer rounds
Ready for 2026? See how UAC gets you there.
Important UAC dates
- 30 SEP — Apply to UAC and pay just $82. From 1 October, the fee jumps to $215.
- 13 NOV — If you applied for SRS by the 5 September deadline, offers will be released in November Round 1.
We’ll also make SRS offers in November Round 2 and December Round 1. - 23 DEC — December Round 2 is when offers based on ATARs and IB scores will be released.
- 08 JAN — We’ll continue making ATAR- and IB-based offers in January Round 1 and January Round 2.
- 22 JAN — January Round 2 is the final UAC round the University of Newcastle will participate in.
UAC has a heap more information on applying, plus a full list of key dates. You can find it all on the UAC website.
We’ve also answered loads of questions about our Early Entry Program in the AskUON Knowledgebase.
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