13 Oct 2026
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Lock in your preferences for SRS offers
If you're in Year 12 and you’ve applied for undergraduate study through the Schools Recommendation Scheme (SRS), it's time to lock in your preferences: the first offer round is just around the corner. Review your preferences in your UAC application.
International Year 12 students: read SRS information for you
Here's a rundown of SRS dates for domestic students:
| Change course preferences by | for SRS offers released on |
|---|---|
| 5 Nov | 12 Nov (November Round 1): conditional and unconditional offers |
| 18 Dec | 23 Dec (December Round 2): unconditional offers + conditional offers converted to unconditional offers |
| 29 Dec | 8 Jan (January Round 1): unconditional offers + conditional offers converted to unconditional offers |
November Round 1 SRS offers
On 12 November, domestic applicants can receive either an unconditional offer or a conditional offer.
If you receive an unconditional offer, congratulations! Go ahead and accept it. If you want to stay in the running for another offer in subsequent rounds, move the course you’ve been offered down to the bottom of your list of course preferences or remove it entirely. (As long as you have accepted the offer, you can’t lose it.)
If you receive a conditional offer, you still need to meet additional criteria before the institution will make you an unconditional offer in December Round 2 (on 23 December) or January Round 1 (8 January). The institution will tell you what these are in the conditional offer email you receive on 12 November.
You might receive more than one conditional offer on 12 November, but only one of them can become an unconditional offer in December Round 2. In this offer round, like in all rounds, you’ll receive an offer to the course that is highest in your list of preferences and for which you are eligible and competitive enough. So make sure you have the course you most want to study at the top of your list of preferences, even if you haven't received a conditional offer to it.
Changing preferences after you receive an offer
Other early offer schemes
If you've already received an offer to a course through another early offer scheme, don't include that course in your UAC application. Instead, increase your options by listing other courses that are covered by SRS.
SRS info for international Year 12 students
On 12 November, you can receive one or more unconditional SRS offers. Here are the key dates for updating your course preferences for SRS and ATAR-based offers.
| Change course preferences by | for offers released on |
|---|---|
| 5 Nov | 12 Nov: unconditional SRS offers |
| 18 Dec | 23 Dec: unconditional ATAR-based offers |
Always follow the university's instructions for accepting your offer. Check our guide to receiving offers as an international student.
SRS offers in a nutshell
- First SRS offers will be made on Thursday 12 November.
- Domestic students: Your SRS application will also be considered in subsequent offer rounds before ATARs are released.
- International students: Your SRS application will only be considered in the 12 November round of offers.
- If you receive an unconditional offer, accept it. If you want to receive another offer in subsequent rounds, move the course you have accepted to the bottom of your list or remove it entirely.
- If you receive a conditional offer, you still need to:
- meet the criteria specified in the offer
- meet all other institution requirements for that course
- include the course in your list of preferences by 11.59pm on Friday 18 December. Make sure the course that you would most like to do is at the top of your list.