Schools Recommendation Schemes
How to apply for the Schools Recommendation Scheme
SRS applications open 2 Apr 2025.
You can apply for SRS from your completed undergraduate application.
Schools Recommendation Schemes (SRS) are one way institutions make early offers of undergraduate admission to Year 12 students, using criteria other than (or in addition to) the ATAR.
To apply for SRS you must be a Year 12 applicant who is attempting one of the following:
- an Australian Year 12 qualification in 2024
- an International Baccalaureate in Australia in 2024.
You must also be:
- a UAC applicant for undergraduate admission in 2025
- an Australian or New Zealand citizen, a permanent resident of Australia or holder of an Australian permanent resident humanitarian visa.
Steps to completing your SRS application
Before you can apply for SRS, you need to apply for undergraduate admission through UAC. While there is a processing fee when you apply for undergraduate admission, there is no additional fee to apply for SRS.
- Follow the link to the SRS application from the undergraduate application.
- NSW HSC and ACT BSSS students: Details of your Year 11 studies should be displayed. Check that they are correct. If they're not correct, submit your SRS application and then contact UAC.
All other applicants (including all IB students): Enter the details of your Year 11 studies. After you submit your SRS application, upload a PDF of your Year 11 report to the qualifications section of your undergraduate application. You must upload your school report in order to have your studies assessed and considered by institutions as part of your SRS application. Uploaded documents cannot be edited or deleted but can be replaced up to three times. - Accept the declaration.
- Download your confirmation of application.
You can only submit one SRS application.
Nominating your course preferences
You don’t need to nominate any courses in your SRS application because it is automatically linked to your course preferences in your UAC application for undergraduate admission.
Year 12 students: How to apply for the Schools Recommendation Scheme
Step-by-step instructions for domestic Year 12 students applying for the Schools Recommendation Scheme
Duration: 2.05 minutes
When you log back in to your undergraduate application, you'll see a notification confirming that you've applied for SRS. You cannot log in to your SRS application again.
NSW HSC and ACT BSSS students
For most applicants, there is nothing more to do. UAC will contact your school principal and ask them to submit a rating of your aptitudes.
If, when you applied for SRS:
- the details of your Year 11 studies were incorrect, contact UAC
- a notification was displayed informing you that your school was not yet participating in SRS, ask your principal to email srs@uac.edu.au to register.
Note that your Year 11 studies will not be displayed in the qualifications section of your undergraduate application.
All other applicants (including all IB students)
You will be prompted to upload a PDF of your Year 11 school report to the qualifications section of your undergraduate application.
Do not post or deliver your Year 11 report to UAC.
UAC will contact your school principal and ask them to submit a rating of your aptitudes.
Withdrawing an application
You can withdraw your SRS application by emailing the Access Unit: equity@uac.edu.au
NSW HSC and ACT BSSS students
You do not need to upload any documents to support your SRS application.
All other applicants (including IB students)
You need to upload your Year 11 school report. Your Year 11 grades can then be assessed.
Report format
To ensure SRS applicants are assessed consistently, we need your Year 11 results to be reported using a 5-point grading scale (except IB grades, which can be in a 7-point grading scale). We recommend that:
- Victorian students complete and upload the SRS Year 11 Report Form (semesters 1 and 2) instead of their school report
- Tasmanian students upload TASC results (final)
- South Australian and Northern Territory students upload school reports (semesters 1 and 2) and SACE results (final)
- Queensland students upload school reports (graded A to E, units 1 and 2)
- Western Australian students upload school reports (graded A to E, semesters 1 and 2)
- IB students upload school reports (graded 7-point scale, semesters 1 and 2).
Please note:
- Overall satisfactory S grades cannot be used for assessment (refer to accepted grades in the sample grading table below)
- We need final (not interim) reports.
- We need both semester 1 and 2 results.
Sample 5-point grading scale
5 |
A |
A+, A– |
80 to 100% |
4 |
B |
B+, B– |
70 to 79% |
3 |
C |
C+, C– |
60 to 69% |
2 |
D |
D+, D– |
50 to 59% |
1 |
E |
E+, E– |
0 to 49% |
Document specifications
Each document must be a PDF file smaller than 5MB.
If your document is not a PDF, you can convert it using either:
- UAC’s document conversion service – attach the document file to an email addressed to conv2pdf@uac.edu.au. For each attached file you’ll receive an email back within a few minutes containing a converted PDF, or
- one of the many document conversion packages available on the web.
Important note for Mac users: If you're using an Apple computer with an OSX version less than 10.8, do not use its built-in PDF software to prepare PDF documents. Documents created or saved using this software and uploaded will be not viewable.
Instructions for uploading your document
- Log in to your UAC undergraduate application.
- Select the Qualifications tab.
- Locate your Year 11 qualification and click the Upload icon.
When you complete your UAC application, make sure you provide a current, personal email address so that UAC can contact you about your application. Do not use a school email address, as this will expire when you finish Year 12.
Some email accounts might send emails from UAC to your junk folder. Add the domain uac.edu.au to your list of safe email contacts to avoid this. It’s your responsibility to check your emails regularly (including in your junk folder) for any messages from UAC.
When UAC receives your SRS application, your school principal will be emailed a link to access your details. They will then advise their nominated staff member to rate you according to your aptitude in different areas.
While UAC invites all secondary schools in Australia with SRS applicants to submit ratings, participation is optional. UAC cannot guarantee that your school will provide ratings for your application.
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