SATAC uni offers to nearly 13,000 students

It’s the news they’ve been hanging out for – will they get into uni for 2022? Thousands now know the answer.

Almost 13,000 offers to study at universities are being made via the SA Tertiary Admissions Centre on Tuesday.

Medicine and health have attracted the highest number, 4635 offers, or 37 per cent of the 12,641 offers.

Humanities, social sciences and religious studies were also popular, with 2027 offers, or 16 per cent of the total.

These were followed by education and teaching, 948 offers, business and economics, 940, and engineering, 800.

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SATAC makes several rounds of offers to Adelaide University, Flinders and UniSA as well as five other tertiary institutions.

Among those looking forward to enrolling in 2022, is Aneri Shah, who will be going to Adelaide University to study psychology.

Aneri, 18, achieved an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) of 96.65 when results were released last week.

She was at Glenunga International High for all of her secondary schooling after primary at St Peter’s Woodlands Grammar.

At Glenunga, she was in the accelerated learning program which allowed her to compress the early years of high school and to get a taste of university by studying one course at Adelaide this year.

“Compared to school, uni is a lot more flexible; it’s up to you to manage your time,” she said.

“So I’ll be able to balance my work, social life and personal life.”

Part of that balance has been carving out time for her skateboarding hobby.

“It’s lots of fun and helps me relax,” she said.

Aneri Shah, 18, already has a conditional offer to study psychology – and enjoys riding the skateboard to relax between studies. Picture: Emma Brasier

Combined with earlier rounds, mostly to students who left school before 2021, SATAC has so far made 15,632 offers for 2022.

It will make a further substantial number of offers in mid-January.

A SATAC spokeswoman said many courses were still open to new applications or changes of preference.

Education Minister John Gardner said those who received an offer should feel proud but those who missed out should not be disheartened.

“There are still plenty of pathways out there to lead you to your dream career,” Mr Gardner said.

SA Minister for Education John Gardner. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Emma Brasier

In 2021, SATAC made a total of 25,190 offers over several rounds. Because of uncertainty on school results during Covid-19, there was no similar offer round in December 2020.

Flinders University said it was optimistic about 2022, with 505 offers made for new courses in education and engineering.

Flinders has made 5558 undergraduate and 1012 postgraduate offers so far, with medicine and health courses the most popular.

“The continuing strong demand for health and related courses reflects the growing focus on the value of healthy communities,” interim deputy vice-chancellor (students) Professor Deborah West said.

“The pandemic has increased the demand for qualified health professionals and our students can look forward to strong job opportunities in their fields upon graduation.”

At UniSA, nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy and a range of education programs were in demand among 6300 offers made so far.

“UniSA will continue to make offers into January and February, particularly for mature-age students and those studying online,” chief academic officer Professor Allan Evans said.

* The full list of offers will be provided in January.