We encourage you to apply for the courses you most want to study. If you're not eligible to enter your chosen course right now, the admissions team will work with you to find the best pathway option.
Enquire online for advice on the application process and the available pathways to study.
This course is not available to students who have recently completed secondary education. You may consider alternative education courses, including:
- Associate Degree (Education Support)
- Bachelor of Education (Primary)
- Bachelor of Education (Health & Physical Education)
To be eligible for an offer, you must:
- have completed a course at Associate Degree level or higher at any Australian higher education provider (or an equivalent overseas qualification) in your intended teaching area; and
- have at least four years of industry experience in your intended teaching area; and
- complete the Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT). This includes a personal statement and a small number of multiple-choice questions
To be eligible for an offer, you must:
- have completed a Trade Certificate, AQF Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma (or an equivalent qualification) in your intended teaching area; and
- have at least one year of industry experience in your intended teaching area
- complete the Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT). This includes a personal statement and a small number of multiple-choice questions
This course is not available to students who apply based on work and life experience. You may consider alternative education courses, including:
- Associate Degree (Learning Support)
- Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
- Bachelor of Education (Primary)
- Bachelor of Education (Health & Physical Education)
- Bachelor of Education (Science and Mathematics)
You can enquire online for information on interstate and international equivalents to the Tasmanian senior secondary subjects above. If you have not met any of these prerequisites you will need to complete a UTAS foundation unit before you start your course.
In addition, all applicants are required to provide a non-academic personal statement which is used to assist in the selection of students into all Initial Teacher Education (ITE) courses at the University of Tasmania.
This statement is submitted through the Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT) after you have completed your application and is used in conjunction with your ATAR score (or equivalent alternative entry). All applicants must satisfactorily complete the NACAT before they will be provided with an offer into the course.
Instructions on submitting your statement and completing the NACAT are provided during the application process.
Prior to undertaking their final Professional Experience placement, Bachelor of Education (Applied Learning) students are required to complete the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teaching Education (LANTITE).
