Head Start

Non-ATAR VET students completing an AQF Certificate III or above

You are eligible to apply for the Griffith University Head Start program if you are a non-ATAR student completing an AQF Certificate III or above and meet all the following requirements:

• you are undertaking VET study in combination with 4 QCAA General and/or Applied subjects or equivalent acceptable non-standard curriculum such as Steiner or Toowoomba Christian College
• you are achieving an average grade of B (or equivalent grade) across all subjects, including a General or Applied English subject* (or equivalent)#, and working towards completing VET study
• English Subject prerequisite: Education (EDN) and Laws (LAW) courses require you to be completing ‘any two units of English, excluding English Studies’
• you are meeting any other subject requirements. For Education (EDN) courses, you must also be completing a General Mathematics or higher (or equivalent). If you are applying for Engineering (ENG) courses, you must also be completing Mathematical Methods.

For subject prerequisite equivalents, visit prerequisites and assumed knowledge.

You are eligible to apply for the Griffith University Head Start program if you are completing an International Baccalaureate Diploma and you meet all the following requirements:

• you are achieving a minimum grade of 4 in all Higher Level (HL) subjects and minimum grade of 5 in all Standard Level (SL) subjects including English
• English subject prerequisite: Education (EDN) and Laws (LAW) courses require you to be completing a General English or equivalent. General subjects that meet the English prerequisite include English, Literature, English as an Additional Language, English and Literature Extension
• you are meeting any other subject requirements. For Education (EDN) courses, you mu also be completing Mathematics: Applications and Interpretations (SL) or higher. For Engineering (ENG) courses, must also be completing Mathematics: Applications and Interpretations (HL or SL), Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches (HL or SL).

For subject prerequisite equivalents, visit prerequisites and assumed knowledge.

Non-standard curriculum students:

Toowoomba Christian College or NZ Steiner Certificate of Education

You are eligible to apply for the Griffith University Head Start program if you are a non-standard curriculum student from Toowoomba Christian College or NZ Steiner Certificate of Education and meet all the following requirements:

• you are undertaking a minimum of five subjects that contribute to the completion of your senior qualification or certificate
• you are achieving an average grade of B across all subjects, including the subject that meets the English Subject Prerequisite^#. Education (EDN) and Laws (LAW) courses require you to be completing a General English or equivalent
• you meet any other subject requirement. For Education (EDN) courses, you must also be completing a General Mathematics or higher (or equivalent). If you are applying for Engineering (ENG) courses, you must also be completing Mathematical Methods (or equivalent).

^#For subject prerequisite equivalents, visit prerequisites and assumed knowledge.

You are eligible to apply for the Griffith University Head Start program if you are a home-schooled student and meet all the following requirements:

• you provide evidence of being enrolled in a home education program
• you have either:
  • achieved a minimum of 80% User Percentile in the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) administered by The College Board
  • achieved a minimum overall score of 159 in the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) administered by the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER).

Note: You may access Head Start On-campus or Online programs that have only Essential English as the admission requirement with no additional subject requirements.

For more information on SAT, visit the College Board website.

For more information on STAT, visit the ACER STAT website.