How to get into ECU
We provide a wide range of entry pathways for school leavers and non school leavers.
Finding out all the available options will help allay any anxieties about any worst case scenarios.
Minimum admission requirements
There are minimum admission requirements to enter ECU.
These must be met in addition to meeting any special admission requirements for the course.
Not quite ready to start?
If they are eligible to apply for entry to one of our undergraduate courses but want to have a gap year before commencing their studies with us, we allow them to defer their offer for up to two semesters.
So if they receive an offer in semester one of a given year, they can defer that offer to commence in semester one of the year after.
Note - applicants to WAAPA courses are not able to defer their offers. They must instead re-apply for the course.
Important Dates
2012
- 13 August: Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) opens for applications to courses commencing Semester 1 2013
- 23 August: ECU Online Admission System opens for applications to courses commencing Semester 1 2013
- 30 September: Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) closes for "on time" applications
- 30 September: Closing date for applications to WAAPA courses, except for Production & Design (Costume, Design, Lighting, Props & Scenery and Sound) and Stage Management courses
- 15 November: Closing date for applications to WAAPA Production & Design (Costume, Design, Lighting, Props & Scenery and Sound) and Stage Management courses
- 30 November: Closing date for portfolio applications to be considered in the First Round of Offers
- 31 December: WACE (ATAR) results released on Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC)
2013
- 4 January: Closing date for portfolio applications to be considered in the Second Round of Offers
- 17 January: First Round Offers on Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC)
- 23 January: Closing date for applications via Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC)
- 4 February: Second Round Offers on Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC)
- 8 February: Closing dates for:
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- Applications for the University Preparation Course (Education Assistant) and University Preparation Course (Education Assistant: Special Needs) close
- Portfolio applications (and supporting documentation) made directly to ECU
- 15 February: Applications for the University Certificate in Maintenance Engineering close
- 16 February: Semester starts for students commencing in the University Preparation Course (Education Assistant) and University Preparation Course (Education Assistant: Special Needs)
- 18 February: Orientation week
- 25 February: Semester 1 starts
- ~Mid April: Applications to courses commencing Semester 2 2013 will open, check our mid-year entry page for more information
- 22 July: Orientation week
- 29 July: Semester 2 starts