South Australia university offers: ATAR score cut-offs for 2023 courses

An unexpected university course has an ATAR cut-off of 98.5 – making it harder to get into than engineering, health sciences and law.

University students (from left) Alison Peubner, Joel Sweet and Freyja Leinonen. Picture: Dean Martin

South Australia’s three main universities still have hundreds of undergraduate courses available for school leavers following this week’s round of first preference offers.

The SA Tertiary Admission Centre (SATAC) has compiled an extensive list of vacancies at the University of Adelaide, UniSA and Flinders University.

This follows 16,200 offers made during the week to students across the state.

FULL LIST OF 16,200 SA UNIVERSITY OFFERS FOR 2023

SATAC has advised potential applicants to check the status of the courses with the universities before applying.

“Although vacancies exist, applicants are still required to meet the normal entry requirements,” it said.

Students who missed out on their first preference can search for other options by entering their ATAR score in this table:

A second round of offers is planned for January 25, depending on course availability.

UniSA said it would be accepting applications for its undergraduate degree programs until January 25, with further offers expected in February.

Freyja Leinonen has studied mechanical engineering at UniSA. Picture: Dean Martin

Places remained in the disciplines of business, accounting, property, management, marketing, finance, economics, human resource management, tourism and event management, real estate practice, construction management, engineering, information technology, aviation, mathematics, software engineering, science, environmental science, laws, arts, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, counselling and interpersonal skills, social work, education, creative industries, design, journalism and professional writing, film and television and contemporary art.

Other courses included communication and media, architecture, pharmacy and pharmaceutical science, public health, human movement, outdoor and environmental leadership, exercise and sport science, nursing, laboratory medicine, nutrition and food science, and biomedical science.

Offerings in physiotherapy, speech pathology and medical radiation science had been expanded, with additional places available for highly qualified applicants.

UniSA urged potential applicants to visit unisa.edu.au/studyin2023 or contact the Future Student Enquiries Team on 08 8302 2376 or unisa.edu.au/enquiry.

Alison Peubner has studied medicine at the University of Adelaide. Picture: Dean Martin

The University of Adelaide had similar vacancies remaining following this week’s round of offers across most of its degrees.

This included construction management, agricultural science, applied data analytics architectural design, law, economics, science, biotechnology, business, commerce, computer science, creative arts, criminology, engineering, environmental policy and management, finance and banking, food and nutrition science, health and medical sciences, information technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, international development, marine and wildlife conservation, mathematical and computer sciences, media, philosophy, politics and economics, project management, psychological science, sociology, teaching, veterinary technology and viticulture and oenology.

Joel Sweet has studied exercise science at Flinders University. Picture: Dean Martin

Flinders University had places available in a range of courses including arts, business, media, creative arts, creative industries, tourism, psychology, exercise science, speech pathology, occupational therapy, social work, sciences, engineering, information technology, law, teaching/education, health sciences and medical science.

“As some of these courses may be closing without notice we encourage applicants to apply or rearrange their preferences as soon as possible,” it said.

Prospective applicants are asked to contact Flinders to discuss options on 1300 354 633, email [e-mail] or go to www.flinders.edu.au/first.

In addition to undergraduate courses, places also are available in many postgraduate courses. The availability of postgraduate courses can be checked on the SATAC website at www.satac.edu.au or through the universities.