Regional and Remote Entry Scheme
Education is open to all, and we are determined to level the playing field.
From 2024, the Regional and Remote Scheme offers every eligible student* entry on a reduced ATAR and a range of additional support. No separate application is required.
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Benefits
- Admission to an undergraduate degree based on a reduced ATAR
- Support transitioning from school to university through our Prep for USYD Program
- The Vice Chancellor’s Global Mobility Award, valued at up to $5,000 for eligible exchange programs
Eligibility
To be eligible, you must be:
- a domestic student residing at the time of your UAC application in a regional or remote area,* or
- a recent school leaver who attended a regional or remote school;*
- applying for an undergraduate degree in Semester 1 or 2.
*Classified as meeting one of the following Australian Statistical Geography Standards (ASGS):
Remoteness Area Values must be ASGSI = Inner Regional, ASGSO = Outer Regional, ASGSR = Remote, or, ASGSV = Very Remote
The ASGS utilises geocoding technology to assign each school and individual street address an Australian Statistical Geography Standard Remoteness Area Value.
How to apply
You do not need to apply for the Regional and Remote Scheme.
You will be automatically considered based on the details provided in your UAC application.
To find out if you’re eligible for the Regional and Remote Scheme, place a University of Sydney course in your UAC preference list by the following deadlines, and receive eligibility advice by email the following week from the University of Sydney.
Preference deadline |
Date you'll receive eligibility advice |
Thu, 31 August 2023 |
Fri, 8 Sep 2023 |
Fri, 29 September 2023 |
Mon, 9 Oct 2023 |
Fri, 3 November 2023 |
Mon, 13 Nov 2023 |
Thu, 30 November 2023 |
Fri, 8 Dec 2023 |
Fri, 15 December 2023 |
Fri, 22 Dec 2023 |
Thu, 4 January 2024 |
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 |
Wed, 17 January 2024 |
Thurs, 25 Jan 2024 |
Thu, 1 February 2024 |
Fri, 9 Feb 2024 |
Fri, 9 February 2024 |
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 |
If you’re eligible, place your chosen Regional and Remote Scheme course as your highest eligible UAC preference. If you meet the Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR, and other admission requirements, you will be made an unconditional offer to study.
| Course | Guaranteed selection rank | Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR |
| B Architecture and Environments | 85 | 80 |
| B Design (Interaction Design) | 80 | 75 |
| B Design (Interaction Design)/B Advanced Studies | 80 | 75 |
| B Design in Architecture | 95 | 90 |
| B Design in Architecture (Honours)/M Architecture | 97 | 92 |
Applicants for the above courses are also invited to apply for the portfolio admissions pathway.
| Course | Guaranteed selection rank | Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR |
| B Arts | 80 | 70 |
| B Arts/B Advanced Studies | 80 | 70 |
| B Arts/B Advanced Studies (Dalyell Scholars) | 98 | 95 |
| B Arts/B Advanced Studies (International and Global Studies) | 90 | 80 |
| B Arts/B Advanced Studies (Languages) | 90 | 80 |
| B Arts/B Advanced Studies (Media and Communications) | 95 | 85 |
| B Arts/B Advanced Studies (Politics and International Relations) | 92 | 82 |
| B Visual Arts*~^ | 70 | 60 |
| B Visual Arts/B Advanced Studies*^ | 70 | 60 |
*Additional admission criteria apply, check the course details.
^Indicative only and not guaranteed in 2024.
~Applicants are also invited to apply through the Creative Arts Special Admission Scheme.
| Course | Guaranteed selection rank | Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR |
| B Commerce* | 95 | 85 |
| B Commerce/B Advanced Studies* | 95 | 85 |
| B Commerce/B Advanced Studies (Dalyell Scholars)* | 98 | 95 |
*Additional admission criteria apply, check the course details.
| Course | Guaranteed selection rank | Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR |
| B Economics* | 91 | 80 |
| B Economics/B Advanced Studies* | 91 | 80 |
*Additional admission criteria apply, check the course details.
| Course | Guaranteed selection rank | Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR |
| B Education (Early Childhood) | 77 | 65 |
| B Education (Health and Physical Education)* | 80 | 70 |
| B Education (Primary)* | 85 | 75 |
| B Education (Secondary)* | 80 | 70 |
| B Education/B Advanced Studies (Secondary)* | 80 | 70 |
| B Social Work | 80 | 70 |
| B Arts/B Social Work | 80 | 70 |
*Additional admission criteria apply, check the course details.
| Course | Guaranteed selection rank | Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR |
| B Advanced Computing* | 90 | 80 |
| B Advanced Computing/B Commerce* | 95 | 85 |
| B Advanced Computing/B Science* | 90 | 80 |
| B Advanced Computing/B Science (Health)* | 90 | 80 |
| B Advanced Computing/B Science (Medical Science)* | 90 | 85 |
| B Engineering Honours (Dalyell Scholars)* | 98 | 95 |
| B Engineering Honours (Aeronautical)* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours (Biomedical)* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours (Chemical and Biomolecular)* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours (Civil)* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours (Electrical)* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours (Flexible First Year)* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours (Mechanical)* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours (Mechatronic)* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours (Software)* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours with Space Engineering* | 99 | 95 |
| B Engineering Honours/B Arts* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours/B Commerce* | 95 | 85 |
| B Engineering Honours (Civil)/B Design in Architecture* | 95 | 90 |
| B Engineering Honours/B Project Management* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours/B Science* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours (Biomedical)/B Science (Health)* | 90 | 80 |
| B Engineering Honours (Biomedical)/B Science (Medical Science)* | 90 | 85 |
| B Project Management* | 86 | 80 |
*Additional admission criteria apply, check the course details.
| Course | Guaranteed selection rank | Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR |
| B Arts/B Laws | 99.5 | 95 |
| B Commerce/B Laws* | 99.5 | 95 |
| B Economics/B Laws* | 99.5 | 95 |
| B Engineering Honours/B Laws* | 99.5 | 95 |
| B Science/B Laws* | 99.5 | 95 |
*Additional admission criteria apply, check the course details.
| Course | Guaranteed selection rank | Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR |
| B Applied Science (Diagnostic Radiography)‡ | 96^ | 92^ |
| B Applied Science (Exercise and Sport Science)‡ | 82^ | 72^ |
| B Applied Science (Exercise Physiology)‡ | 91^ | 83^ |
| B Applied Science (Occupational Therapy)‡ | 93^ | 85^ |
| B Applied Science (Physiotherapy)‡ | 99.5^ | 91.5^ |
| B Applied Science (Speech Pathology)‡ | 94^ | 90^ |
| B Arts/D Medicine*‡ | 99.95^ | 99.5^ |
| B Arts/M of Nursing | 80 | 70 |
| B Nursing (Advanced Studies) | 84 | 76 |
| B Oral Health‡ | 88^ | 86^ |
| B Pharmacy (Honours)/Master of Pharmacy Practice* | 90 | 80 |
| B Pharmacy and Management (Honours)/Master of Pharmacy Practice* | 90 | 80 |
| B Science/D Dental Medicine*‡ | 99.7^ | 99^ |
| B Science/D Medicine*‡ | 99.95^ | 99.5^ |
| B Science/M Nursing* | 80 | 75 |
| B Science (Health)/M Nursing* | 80 | 75 |
| B Science/M Nutrition and Dietetics | 97.5 | 92.5 |
*Additional admission criteria and processes apply, including specific preference deadlines for combined Medicine and Dentistry courses. Check the course details.
‡Limited Regional and Remote Scheme places available.
^Indicative only and not guaranteed in 2024. Unconditional offers will only be made from UAC December Round 2.
| Course | Guaranteed selection rank | Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR |
| B Music*~ | 70^ | 65 |
| B Music (Composition)*~ | 70^ | 65 |
| B Music/B Advanced Studies (Composition)* | 70^ | 65 |
| B Music (Music Education)* | 70^ | 65 |
| B Music (Performance)*~ | 70^ | 65 |
| B Music/B Advanced Studies (Performance)* | 70^ | 65 |
*Additional admission criteria apply, check the course details.
^Indicative only and not guaranteed in 2024. Unconditional offers will only be made from UAC December Round 2.
~ Applicants are also invited to apply through the Creative Arts Special Admission Scheme.
| Course | Guaranteed selection rank | Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR |
| B Agricultural Science | 75 | 70 |
| B Agricultural Science Honours | 75 | 70 |
| B Liberal Arts and Sciences | 70 | 65 |
| B Liberal Arts and Sciences (Advanced) | 95 | 90 |
| B Psychology* | 85 | 80 |
| B Psychology Honours* | 96 | 93 |
| B Science* | 80 | 75 |
| B Science (Advanced) | 95 | 90 |
| B Science (Health)* | 80 | 75 |
| B Science (Medical Science)* | 90 | 85 |
| B Science/B Advanced Studies* | 80 | 75 |
| B Science/Advanced Studies (Dalyell Scholars including Mathematical Science)* | 98 | 95 |
| B Science/Advanced Studies (Advanced)* | 95 | 90 |
| B Science/B Advanced Studies (Animal and Veterinary Bioscience)* | 80 | 75 |
| B Science/B Advanced Studies (Health)* | 80 | 75 |
| B Science/B Advanced Studies (Medical Science)* | 90 | 85 |
| B Science/B Advanced Studies (Taronga Wildlife Conservation)* | 85 | 80 |
| B Science/M Mathematical Sciences* | 98 | 93 |
| B Veterinary Biology/D Veterinary Medicine*‡ | 98^ | 90 |
*Additional admission criteria apply, check the course details.
‡Limited Regional and Remote Scheme places available.
^Indicative only and not guaranteed in 2024. Unconditional offers will only be made from UAC December Round 2.
Exclusions
- B Arts (Dual Degree, Sciences Po, France)
- B Economics (Dual Degree, Sciences Po, France)
Last updated August 2023. All scores are correct at the times of publication.
Regional and Remote Scheme FAQs
The University of Sydney will contact you directly if you are eligible for the Regional and Remote Scheme.
To be eligible, you must be:
- a domestic student residing at the time of your UAC application in a regional or remote area*, or
- a recent school leaver who attended a regional or remote school;
- applying for an undergraduate degree in Semester 1 or 2.
If you’re eligible, place your chosen Regional and Remote Scheme course as your highest eligible UAC preference. If you meet the Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR, and other admission requirements, you will be made an unconditional offer to study.
*Classified as meeting one of the following Australian Statistical Geography Standards (ASGS):
Remoteness Area Values must be ASGSI = Inner Regional, ASGSO = Outer Regional, ASGSR = Remote, or, ASGSV = Very Remote
No, you do not need to apply or provide any documentation. You will be assessed on the information provided as part of your standard UAC application.
There is no deadline to be considered for the Regional and Remote Scheme. You must create a UAC application in time for an offer round that the University of Sydney participates in. Keep in mind that some courses do fill up in UAC December Round 2 and offers may not be made for all courses in all rounds.
Most of the Regional and Remote Scheme ATARs are guaranteed for admission. However, some Regional and Remote ATARs are indicative as noted by a ^ in the tables above.
Please note that some courses also include additional admission criteria that you must meet. See the Regional and Remote Scheme course ATAR table above for more information.
No additional adjustment factors or admission schemes will apply to the Regional and Remote Scheme ATAR.
If you are eligible for both MySydney and the Regional and Remote Scheme, you will gain admission through the Regional and Remote Scheme and be offered the MySydney Scholarship valued at $8,500 for each year of your undergraduate degree.
Yes, you can receive one offer per UAC round.
Yes, you can be considered for the Regional and Remote Scheme in all UAC offer rounds you are eligible to participate in. Keep in mind that some courses do fill up in UAC December Round 2 and offers may not be made for all courses in all rounds.
Unconditional offers are released for school leavers and non- school leavers at different times.
School leavers
You will receive an unconditional offer in December Round 2 if you are eligible and have your Regional and Remote Scheme course as your highest eligible preference.
Non-school leavers
Unconditional offers are made starting from November for most of our courses. In most cases, if you have submitted a UAC application, and meet the eligibility requirements, you can be made an unconditional offer in the following UAC round. Some courses that have indicative ATARs or additional admissions criteria will not be offered until UAC December Round 2.
You will be considered for the Regional and Remote Scheme if you have started an undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney or another university if you make a UAC application to commence a new undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney.
In most cases you can apply to defer your Regional and Remote offer, however, not all courses allow deferral. If your course cannot be deferred, you will need to reapply via UAC for the semester that you want to commence, and you would be considered for the Regional and Remote Scheme based on your new admission application.
You can contact admission.pathways@sydney.edu.au if you have any questions.
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