VCE
Degrees of difficulty: The 10 toughest university courses to get into
The University of Melbourne has seven of the top 10 hardest-to-access degrees this year based on selection rank. See the list.
- by Noel Towell
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First-round university offers are out. Here’s how to make the system work for you
Graduates who didn’t get their first preference still have plenty of options open to them, with the advice from experts simple – just wait.
- by Cassandra Morgan
First-round offers: Search 2025 university courses
Use our interactive database to search for Australian university and college courses offered in 2025 and their minimum entry requirements.
Teens eye teaching, commerce and health in first-round university offers
A record 47,500 year 12 graduates will learn their university pathway today with the fastest growing study area management and commerce.
- by Noel Towell
The schools with the most top performers in popular VCE subjects
The secrets of the success of the schools that aced English, biology, psychology, mathematical methods and business management.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Craig Butt
The young couple who got perfect scores at a school that doesn’t believe in marks
Stella Holmes à Court and Manny Anasson were among more than 800 Victorian students who got their International Baccalaureate results.
- by Cassandra Morgan
‘Why not study maths or something?’ The students acing VCE’s oddball subjects
And what exactly is sociology, anyway? We asked some of Victoria’s top students to explain.
- by Caroline Schelle
VCE 2024: Every school’s median study score revealed
Search this interactive list of how well your school performed in the VCE.
VCE hat-trick: This regional school is the best in the state for the third year running
A regional private school has topped the VCE charts three years running. The reason is clear.
- by Noel Towell
The secret to this school’s VCE success was starting every morning the same way
Principal Matthew Lee said the school’s median study score of 31 could be attributed to the year 12 cohort’s “superpower”.
- by Alex Crowe and Craig Butt
The 2024 VCE honour roll by the numbers
Almost 13,000 students achieved a 40+ score in a year 12 subject in 2024. That’s a higher cohort than the total number of athletes who competed at the Paris Olympics.
- by Craig Butt
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