Year 12 subject scheme

The Year 12 subject scheme awards adjustment points towards your selection rank, based on your performance in select high school subjects that are relevant to your preferred UTS course. We’ve put together this scheme because we believe that your ability to undertake a course is better measured by looking at your subject marks in addition to your ATAR. 

Who is eligible? 

You're eligible to receive adjustment points as long as you are a recent school leaver who has:

  • applied for a UTS course that awards adjustment points;
  • a minimum ATAR of 69 (or interstate equivalent);
  • completed the relevant HSC subjects.

International Baccalaureate and Interstate Year 12

Applicants studying the International Baccalaureate or Year 12 interstate are also eligible for adjustment points. Check how your subjects are comparable to NSW HSC subjects (links below open external sites):

Note:  Some courses do not offer adjustment points as part of the Year 12 Subject Scheme, including courses from the Faculty of Law, and Education courses from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The list of eligible courses may change year to year. 

How to apply

You do not need a separate application for this scheme. If you chose a UTS course that awards adjustments as one of the preferences, after your ATAR results are released, we will automatically apply adjustment factors to that course in your application.

Please note, the maximum number of adjustments you can be awarded for each UTS course you've applied to is five. Go to the adjustment factors table to see which HSC subjects will give you adjustment factors for which UTS courses. 

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.