The requirements to receive an ATAR in Tasmania are set by the University of Tasmania, as the Tertiary Admissions Centre (TAC) for Tasmania.

The TAC has decided to make a minor change to the ATAR calculation process that will apply from 2025 onwards.

The change will see an ATAR calculated using an eligible student’s best results in Level 3 and 4 courses over two years of senior secondary education (combination of two years from Years 11, 12 or 13). This change removes the requirement for three of the results to be from the final year of study.

More information about the change is available from the University at www.utas.edu.au/atar

No. The minor change to which course results are used to calculate an ATAR will not apply until 2025.

The TAC (the University of Tasmania) is phasing in the change to allow time to communicate the ATAR calculation changes before they come to into effect.

This recognises that current Year 12 students have made strategic decisions on what courses they think they will do best in during their final year. Making a change this close to the end of the year would be moving the goal posts at the ‘end of the game’.

If you are eligible for an ATAR, your ATAR will be calculated using the best three scores from your final year of study (usually Year 12) and the two best scores from that same year or one other year.

For information about how the ATAR is currently calculated and university entrance pathways, see Understanding the ATAR and University entrance.

Yes. The minor change to which results are used to calculate an ATAR will apply to you (and to students in future years), if you are eligible for an ATAR.

To be eligible to receive an ATAR in Tasmania, you must complete at least two years of post-Year 10 senior secondary study (or equivalent). During this period, you must:

  1. meet the standards to achieve the Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE), and
  2. achieve at least a Satisfactory Achievement or better in at least four TASC Level 3 or 4 courses or equivalent (including HAP and/or UCP courses).

For more information about the ATAR calculation change, see the University of Tasmania factsheet Understanding the changes to the ATAR.

The change will be a fairer approach as the timing of the best results will be less important.

Students can focus on achieving their highest possible results, rather than planning the order in which to do courses to have more of their high scores in their final year of study.

A student’s best results in a senior secondary course show what they are capable of and under the change the best results from two years of senior secondary study will be counted.