If your rehearsal, training or competitive commitments significantly impacted your Year 12 studies or equivalent, you may be eligible for up to five adjustment factors to raise your selection rank.
Each applicant is assessed on a case-by-case basis. We cannot confirm your eligibility for this scheme without a formal application. Use the below as a guide to determine whether you are an elite athlete or performer and should apply.
To be eligible for the Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme, you must:
In addition, the following will also be taken into consideration when you apply for this scheme.
You will be considered an elite athlete if you compete at the highest level in your sport, participating in competitions at state, national or international levels.
You must also be able to demonstrate how your participation adversely and significantly impacted your preparation for the HSC (or equivalent).
Other competitive activities, such as chess, can be considered if undertaken at the elite level.
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You will be considered an elite performer if you performed in extended or significant productions that adversely and significantly impacted your preparation for the HSC (or equivalent).
Examples of performer categories include orators or debaters, dancers, musicians and singers.
| Applications open | When UAC applications open in April |
|---|---|
| Applications close | 31 October 2025, 11:59 pm |
| Notification of outcome | All applicants will be notified by 18 December 2025 |
| Late applications | Late applications may be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Contact admissions.office@sydney.edu.au to confirm whether your late application will be accepted. Late applications are submitted through UAC. |
Your application will require you to submit at least one of the following to support your entry.
To demonstrate the impact of your competitive or performance commitments, you should consider including additional documentation such as:
Adjustment factors are combined with your ATAR or equivalent to boost your selection rank for the following eligible courses.
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Architecture and Environments | 5 |
| B Design (Interaction Design) | 5 |
| B Design and B Advanced Studies (Interaction Design) | 5 |
| B Design in Architecture | 5 |
| B Design in Architecture (Honours) and M Architecture | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Arts | 5 |
| B Arts and B Advanced Studies | 5 |
| B International Studies | 5 |
| B Languages | 5 |
| B Media and Communications | 5 |
| B Politics, Philosophy, and Economics | 5 |
| B Visual Arts | 5 |
| B Visual Arts and B Advanced Studies | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Commerce | 5 |
| B Commerce and B Advanced Studies | 5 |
| B Commerce and B Arts | 5 |
| B Commerce and B Science | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Economics | 5 |
| B Economics and B Advanced Studies | 5 |
| B Economics and B Arts | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Education (Early Childhood) | 5 |
| B Education (Health and Physical Education) | 5 |
| B Education (Primary) | 5 |
| B Education (Secondary) | 5 |
| B Education and B Advanced Studies (Secondary) | 5 |
| B Social Work | 5 |
| B Arts and B Social Work | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Advanced Computing | 5 |
| B Advanced Computing and B Commerce | 5 |
| B Advanced Computing and B Science | 5 |
| B Advanced Computing and B Science (Health) | 5 |
| B Advanced Computing and B Science (Medical Science) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Aeronautical Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Biomedical Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Civil Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Electrical Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Environmental Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Flexible First Year) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Mechanical Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Mechatronic Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Software Engineering) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours with Space Engineering | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours and B Arts | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours and B Commerce | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Civil Engineering) and B Design in Architecture | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours and B Project Management | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours and B Science | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours (Biomedical Engineering) and B Science (Health) | 5 |
| B Engineering Honours and B Science (Medical Science) | 5 |
| B Project Management | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Applied Science (Diagnostic Radiography) | 1 |
| B Applied Science (Exercise and Sport Science) | 5 |
| B Applied Science (Exercise Physiology) | 5 |
| B Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) | 1 |
| B Applied Science (Physiotherapy) | 1 |
| B Applied Science (Speech Pathology) | 1 |
| B Arts and M Nursing | 5 |
| B Biomedicine and Health | 5 |
| B Nursing (Advanced Studies) | 5 |
| B Pharmacy (Honours) and M Pharmacy Practice | 5 |
| B Pharmacy and Management (Honours) and M Pharmacy Practice | 5 |
| B Science and M Nursing | 5 |
| B Science (Health) and M Nursing | 5 |
| B Science and M Nutrition and Dietetics | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Music | 5 |
| B Music (Composition) | 5 |
| B Music and B Advanced Studies (Composition) | 5 |
| B Music (Music Education) | 5 |
| B Music (Performance) | 5 |
| B Music and B Advanced Studies (Performance) | 5 |
| Course | Adjustment factors |
|---|---|
| B Agricultural Science | 5 |
| B Agricultural Science Honours | 5 |
| B Animal and Veterinary Bioscience | 5 |
| B Liberal Arts and Sciences | 5 |
| B Liberal Arts and Sciences (Advanced) | 5 |
| B Mathematical Sciences | 5 |
| B Psychology | 5 |
| B Psychology Honours | 5 |
| B Science | 5 |
| B Science (Advanced) | 5 |
| B Science (Health) | 5 |
| B Science (Medical Science) | 5 |
| B Science and B Advanced Studies | 5 |
| B Science and B Advanced Studies (Advanced) | 5 |
| B Science and B Advanced Studies (Health) | 5 |
| B Science and B Advanced Studies (Medical Science) | 5 |
| B Science and B Arts | 5 |
| B Veterinary Biology and D Veterinary Medicine | 3 |
| B Wildlife Conservation (Taronga) | 5 |
The following courses are not available for entry through the Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme:
You will be notified of the outcome of your application by email. Emails will be sent from the University of Sydney no later than 18 December 2025.
Most undergraduate courses at the University of Sydney have Guaranteed Entry. If you achieve the guaranteed selection rank and meet any other admission criteria that apply to the course, you will be eligible to receive an offer if you place that course as your highest eligible preference.
Guaranteed Entry only applies to the first UAC offer round you are eligible to receive an offer in. Guaranteed Entry is also subject to available places in the course you apply for.
The Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme aims to encourage students to place their preferred course as their highest eligible preference, even if their ATAR is a few points below the entry requirements. The adjustment factors can raise your selection rank for eligible courses helping you potentially achieve the guaranteed rank.
Yes. All other admission criteria including the mathematics course prerequisites still apply where relevant.
If you are applying with a qualification other than an ATAR, you will have any earned adjustment factors added to your ATAR-equivalent rank.
You can combine your adjustment factors from three eligible entry schemes up to a maximum of 10 adjustment factors. Eligible entry schemes are the Academic Excellence Scheme, the Educational Access Scheme, and the Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme. All other schemes are excluded.
Check the entry scheme eligibility and exclusions for your course, as the following apply.
No. The is a separate program designed to support elite student-athletes during university and is not related to the Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme. It has a separate application process.
No.
Successful completion of a high-level AMEB may support your application, but you are unlikely to be assessed as eligible for this scheme if it is your only achievement.