The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) is the administrative body which processes applications for universities (and other tertiary institutions) in the state of Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

. VTAC also calculates the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank

Australian Tertiary Admission Rank

The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank is the primary criterion for entry into most undergraduate-entry university programs in Australia, it was gradually introduced during 2009 and 2010 to replace the Universities Admission Index, Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank and Tertiary Entrance...

 (ATAR) for Victorian Year 12 students.

Application system

Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) processes applications from suitably qualified students, which may list up to 12 preferences for tertiary courses in the state of Victoria. Tertiary institutions determine whether the applicant is given an offer to undertake a course – VTAC then informs students of the highest preferred course they have been offered, if any.

Institutions in the VTAC system

The following tertiary institutions accept applications through VTAC:

Universities

• Australian Catholic University
  Australian Catholic University
  Australian Catholic University is a national public university. It has six campuses and offers programs in five faculties throughout Australia.-History:...
  
  
• Australian Maritime College
  Australian Maritime College
  The Australian Maritime College is a tertiary education institution based in Launceston, Tasmania and is an institute of the University of Tasmania. AMC is Australia's national centre for maritime education, training and research...
  
  
• Central Queensland University
  Central Queensland University
  CQUniversity is an Australian public university based in Queensland. Its main campus is in North Rockhampton Queensland. However, it also has campuses in Bundaberg, Emerald, Gladstone and Mackay, as well as operations throughout Asia-Pacific. For instance, Melior Business School is one of its...
  
  
• Charles Sturt University
  Charles Sturt University
  Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus university located in New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory. It has campuses at Bathurst, Canberra, Albury-Wodonga, Dubbo, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Burlington, Ontario...
  
  
• Deakin University
  Deakin University
  Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...
  
  
• La Trobe University
  La Trobe University
  La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...
  
  
• Monash University
  Monash University
  Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
  
  
• RMIT University
  RMIT University
  RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
  
  
• Swinburne University of Technology
  Swinburne University of Technology
  Swinburne University of Technology is an Australian public dual sector university based in Melbourne, Victoria. The institution was founded by the Honourable George Swinburne in 1908 and achieved university status in June 1992...
  
  
• University of Ballarat
  University of Ballarat
  The University of Ballarat is a dual-sector university in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It was formed by the passage of an Act of the Victorian Parliament in 1994, from the Ballarat College of Advanced Education...
  
  
• The University of Melbourne
  University of Melbourne
  The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
  
  
• Victoria University
  Victoria University, Australia
  Victoria University is a multi-sector tertiary institution based in Melbourne, Australia with 10 campuses.VU offers qualifications in higher education, vocational education , and short courses...
  
  

TAFE institutes

• Australian Maritime College TAFE
  Australian Maritime College
  The Australian Maritime College is a tertiary education institution based in Launceston, Tasmania and is an institute of the University of Tasmania. AMC is Australia's national centre for maritime education, training and research...
  
  
• Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE
  Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE
  Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE is a regional provider of vocational education, training and assessment services, located in northern and central Victoria, Australia...
  
  
• Box Hill Institute
• Chisholm Institute
  Chisholm Institute
  Chisholm Institute is a Technical and Further Education Institute located in the south-east Melbourne and Westernport Bay areas in Australia. It provides adult education in a number of areas including the arts and humanities, hospitality, information technology, mechanics and business...
  
  
• East Gippsland Institute of TAFE
  East Gippsland Institute of TAFE
  Advance TAFE is a TAFE institute located in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It has campuses located at Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Sale, and outreach centres located in the small towns of Buchan, Heyfield, Mallacoota, Orbost, Swifts Creek and Yarram.A wide selection of study...
  
  
• GippsTAFE
• Gordon Institute of TAFE
  Gordon Institute of TAFE
  The Gordon Institute of TAFE is the TAFE institute servicing Geelong since 1888. It has 26,000 students studying on-campus, off-campus and in business or industry ....
  
  
• Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE
  Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE
  Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, also known as GOTAFE, is a Technical and Further Education institute located in the north east region of Victoria, Australia based on the Goulburn and Ovens rivers, and is the largest regional TAFE in Victoria, and a specialist centre for food processing, equine...
  
  
• Holmesglen
  Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
  Holmesglen Institute of Technical And Further Education is a tertiary level training institute situated in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.-History:...
  
  
• Kangan Institute
  Kangan Batman TAFE
  Kangan Institute is a Technical and Further Education provider located over a number of campuses in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It specialises in the automotive, aerospace, polymer and transport industries.- History :...
  
  
• Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
  Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
  Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE is a TAFE institute located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It has six city campuses located at Preston, Collingwood, Epping, Fairfield, Greensborough, Heidelberg, a country campus at Ararat, and country training facilities at Eden...
  
  
• RMIT University TAFE
  RMIT University
  RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
  
  
• South West Institute of TAFE
• Sunraysia Institute of TAFE
  Sunraysia Institute of TAFE
  The Sunraysia Institute of TAFE is the TAFE institute servicing Mildura, Victoria since 1979.About the InstituteSunraysia Institute of TAFE is the largest provider of vocational education and training services in North West Victoria, Australia...
  
  
• Swinburne University of Technology TAFE
  Swinburne University of Technology
  Swinburne University of Technology is an Australian public dual sector university based in Melbourne, Victoria. The institution was founded by the Honourable George Swinburne in 1908 and achieved university status in June 1992...
  
  
• University of Ballarat TAFE
  University of Ballarat
  The University of Ballarat is a dual-sector university in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It was formed by the passage of an Act of the Victorian Parliament in 1994, from the Ballarat College of Advanced Education...
  
  
• Victoria University TAFE
• William Angliss Institute of TAFE
  William Angliss Institute of TAFE
  William Angliss Institute of TAFE is a TAFE institute located in the Melbourne CBD, Victoria, Australia providing a specialist centre for training and vocational education in Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts...
  
  
• Wodonga Institute of TAFE

Independent tertiary colleges

• Academia International
• Academy of Interactive Entertainment
  Academy of Interactive Entertainment
  The Academy of Interactive Entertainment is an Australian video games and 3D animation school. Founded in 1996, it was one of the world's first institutions to offer qualifications in these industries. The AIE provides courses covering CGI, animation, video game asset creation and games programming...
  
  
• Australian Academy of Design
  Australian Academy of Design
  The Australian Academy of Design is a not-for-profit private school of design based in Port Melbourne. A Government-recognised Higher Education Provider , it is one of only two Australian higher education institutions to deliver a Bachelor of Design Arts, and offers major studies in Advertising,...
  
  
• Australian College of Natural Medicine
  Australian College of Natural Medicine
  The Australian College of Natural Medicine located in Australia.- History :The Endeavour College of Natural Health is a private educational institution located in Australia...
  
  
• Australian College of Sports Therapy
• Australian Guild of Music Education
• Australian Institute of Fitness
• Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School
  Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School
  The Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School is an Australian higher education provider of hotel management education, with campuses in Leura and Sydney, Australia....
  
  
• Carrick Institute of Education
• Elly Lukas Beauty Therapy College
• Eltham College of Education
  Eltham College of Education
  Eltham College of Education is a private early years, junior and high school with an enrolment of approximately 1,200 students. It is situated in Research, an outer suburb north east of Melbourne, Australia. The current principal is Dr. David Warner.-Campuses:The school is currently divided up...
  
  
• ESTT College of Natural Medicine
• Footscray City College
  Footscray City College
  Footscray City College is a Year 7-12 and TAFE co-educational school in Melbourne, Australia. It is adjacent to Victoria University's Footscray Park campus, and Footscray Park itself. Approximately 1000 students attend, primarily from the local area. The college is on a spectacular site with views...
  
  
• Grenadi School of Design
• Holmes Colleges
• International College of Hotel Management
• International College of Professional Photography
• JMC Academy
  JMC Academy
  JMC Academy is an Australian private college that provides private education and training for the Creative Industries with campuses in central Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne...
  
  
• Max Therapy Institute
• Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology
  Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology
  Melbourne Institute of Business and Technology is an Australian tertiary education provider. Located on Deakin University's Melbourne Campus at Burwood and Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds, MIBT provides the Certificate IV in University Foundation Studies which is equivalent to Year 12, and...
  
   (associated with Deakin University
  Deakin University
  Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...
  
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• Melbourne Institute of Technology
  Melbourne Institute of Technology
  Melbourne Institute of Technology is a college in the city of Melbourne which has a partnership relationship with the University of Ballarat....
  
   (associated with the University of Ballarat
  University of Ballarat
  The University of Ballarat is a dual-sector university in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It was formed by the passage of an Act of the Victorian Parliament in 1994, from the Ballarat College of Advanced Education...
  
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• Monash College (part of Monash University
  Monash University
  Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
  
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• Moorabbin Flying Services
• Navitas College of Public Safety
  Navitas College of Public Safety
  The Navitas College of Public Safety is an Australian owned independent tertiary education provider of courses accredited by the Victorian Department of Education and Training. The current student population numbers around 500...
  
  
• Oceania Polytechnic Institute of Education
• Ozford College of Business
• Photographic Imaging College
• Photography Studies College
  Photography Studies College
  Photography Studies College, commonly abbreviated to PSC, is a privately owned independent tertiary college located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Established in 1973, PSC is located at 65-67 City Road, Southbank, 3006....
  
  
• Qantm College
• SAE Institute
  SAE Institute
  The SAE Institute is a private college founded in 1976 by Sound Engineer, Record Producer and businessman Tom Misner. The first school was opened 1977 in Sydney,...
  
  
• Sage Massage
• Southern School of Natural Therapies
• Stott's Colleges
• Victorian Institute of Technology