Community & Business
10 December, 2025
It’s time for NSW HSC students to get ready for their ATAR
Over 60,000 NSW HSC students will be able to access their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) from 9am on Thursday, December 18.
The ATAR is a rank used by universities to select school leavers for entry into university courses. UAC research has shown that the ATAR is a reliable predictor of success in first year university study and allows universities to select from among the many applicants for high-demand courses in a fair and consistent way.
While the ATAR is just one way to gain entry to university, with many courses using alternative criteria such as a personal statement, portfolio, audition, interview or test, a recent study by the Mitchell Institute found that 70 per cent of school leavers nationally are admitted wholly or in part based on their ATAR.
To view their ATAR on UAC’s website on Thursday, December 18, students will need their NESA student number and UAC PIN. If they have lost or forgotten their PIN now is the time to contact UAC to have it reissued.
Those students who have applied through UAC will have until 11.59pm on December 18, to finalise their course preferences for the first ATAR-based offer round on December 23, 2025.
