Definitions

In these regulations,

the Academic Board is the Academic Board of The University of Western Australia;

the Admissions Centre is the Admissions Centre of The University of Western Australia;

the Admissions Manual is a publication produced annually by the Admissions Centre which provides information to University staff involved in student selection, about the application and admission process;

Commonwealth-supported places are places funded under the Higher Education Support Act (2003) for which the Commonwealth Government requires citizens and permanent residents of Australia and citizens of New Zealand to pay a student contribution to the cost of their studies at university;

a domestic applicant is an applicant who is a citizen or permanent resident of Australia, a holder of an Australian humanitarian visa, or a citizen of New Zealand and who may be either a Commonwealth-supported student or a fee paying student;

Fee-paying places are places for which the student pays a fee set at an amount equal to the sum of the Commonwealth Government contribution and student contribution to the University;

an international applicant is an applicant who is not a citizen or permanent resident of Australia or a citizen of New Zealand and is not eligible to be a Commonwealth-supported student;

a matriculated student for the purposes of Statute 7 and other related statutes or regulations of the University is one who has been admitted to the University for a degree course;

a private candidate is a person who sits a Tertiary Entrance Examination on a private basis. Such candidates must enrol with the Curriculum Council. The mark for a Tertiary Entrance Examination taken on a private basis may be used in the calculation of the Tertiary Entrance Score.

the STAT is the Special Tertiary Admissions Test and comprises a series of tests designed to assess a range of competencies considered important to success in university study; 

TEE means Tertiary Entrance Examination (Western Australian);

the Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) is a number between 99.95 and zero that reports a student's rank position relative to all other students. The TER is normally derived from the Tertiary Entrance Score by a mathematical procedure approved by the Academic Board. A TER is also derived for applicants who have taken the normal university entrance qualification akin to the TEE in another state of Australia or in New Zealand or who have the International Baccalaureate Diploma. In these cases the TER is considered equivalent to the Western Australian TER.

the Tertiary Entrance Score (TES) is a score out of 510, calculated on the basis of a person's TEE results as follows:

Except in the case of students who reached the age of 19 years or more by 1 March of the year in which the TEE subjects are taken and who complete the Two–subject–plus–STAT TEE, the TES is calculated by multiplying by 5.1 an applicant's best mean scaled score over four or five Tertiary Entrance subjects, with at least one subject from each of List 1 and List 2 contributing to the score.

A subject score which contributes to the mean scaled score is the combined scaled score for that subject. The combined scaled score for a subject is the scaled value of a 50:50 composite of the external examination score and the moderated school assessment for that subject except in the case of subjects taken on a private basis in which case the scaled examination score will form 100 per cent of the final scaled score. All subjects for which the scores contribute to the calculation of the TES must have been completed over no more than two consecutive years.

In the case of students who reached the age of 19 years or more by 1 March of the year in which the TEE subjects are taken and who complete the two–subject–plus–STAT TEE, the TES is calculated by multiplying by 5.1 the average of the applicant's best two subject scores. Both subjects must have been completed in the same year.

the Tertiary Entrance Subjects are the subjects for which the scores may contribute towards the calculation of the Tertiary Entrance Score and are as follows:

List 1:

Ancient History

Art

Chinese: Advanced

Chinese: Second Language

Drama Studies

Economics

English

English Literature

French

Geography

German

Hebrew *

History

Indonesian: Advanced

Indonesian: Second Language

Italian

Japanese: Advanced

Japanese: Second Language

Latin*

Malay: Advanced

Modern Greek

Music

Political and Legal Studies

* Examinations in Hebrew and Latin are not conducted as part of the Western Australian Tertiary Entrance Examinations. An applicant for admission to the University who is taking either or both of these subjects is required to ensure that the related examinations they sit for are conducted by an examining authority approved by the Academic Board of the University. The Admissions Committee may scale the marks obtained in such examinations for use in the calculation of the Tertiary Entrance Score.

List 2:

Accounting

Applicable Mathematics

Biology

Calculus

Chemistry

Discrete Mathematics

Geology

Human Biology

Information Systems

Physical Science

Physics

The following subject combinations may not be used in the calculation of the Tertiary Entrance Rank: If both subjects are taken, the result in only one may be used to calculate the TER.

(a)  Biology and Human Biology

(b)  Chinese: Advanced and Chinese: Second Language

(c)  Discrete Mathematics and Applicable Mathematics

(d) Discrete Mathematics and Calculus

(e)  English and English Literature

(f)  Indonesian: Advanced and Indonesian: Second Language

(g)  Indonesian: Advanced and Malay: Advanced

(h)  Indonesian: Second Language and Malay: Advanced

(i)   Japanese: Advanced and Japanese: Second Language

(j)   Physical Science and Chemistry

(k)  Physical Science and Physics

tertiary study is any formal study undertaken at the level of Diploma as accredited under the Australian Qualifications Framework, or above;

TISC is the Western Australian Tertiary Institutions Services Centre; 

the University is The University of Western Australia.