Now more and more Chinese students are going to Australia for secondary education. International students, like local students, after completing the state-mandated high school courses, in the 12th grade, all students must take the state government organized graduation exam, the students who pass the exam will receive a high school diploma from the states, the following is what the states call the graduation exam certificate.
- (NSW): High School Diploma (HSC) (Higher School Certificate), New South Wales
- Australian Capital Territory (ACT): ACT12 Grade Certificate (ACT Year 12 Certificate)
- Victoria (VIC): Victoria High School Diploma (VCE) (Victorian Certificate of Education)
- Northern region (NT): Northern Education Certificate (NTCE) (Northern territory Certificate of Education)
- Queensland (QLD): High School Diploma (Senior Certificate)
- South Australia (SA): South Australia High School Diploma (SACE) (South Australian Certificate of Education)
- Tasmania (TAS): Tasmania High School Diploma (TCE) (Tasmanian Certificate of Education)
- Western Australia (WA): Western Australia High School Diploma (WA Certificate of Education)
Higher School Certificate
Although the name is different, the function is the same, and the property is equivalent to that of China.
In Australia, with the exception of Queensland, test scores are usually 100 per cent Percentile Ranking, with an intermediate interval of 0.05.
States also call performance rankings different, such as New South Wales and the Capital Territory, which call UAI-University Admission Index; Victoria ENTER-Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank West Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania call TER-Tertiary Entrance Rank; Queensland, known as OP-Overall Position, but reflect the same level of students, that is, UAl95 is the same level as ENTER95 and TER95. If a student`s TER is 75.00, his score is equal to or slightly better than that of 75 per cent of 12 graders.
Every year, when students are admitted to each university, a minimum score line is drawn, and students who reach the lowest level have the opportunity to be admitted to the university to which they apply. Some majors have the requirements of preparatory courses, some majors will draw the lowest line of professional courses, and each major will select candidates through different ways such as questionnaires, interviews and so on on the basis of the lowest line. After meeting all the selection conditions, the examinee can get the university admission notice.
