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Tertiary Entrance and the International Baccalaureate Description

International Baccalaureate Diploma holders gain admission to universities throughout the world. These include prominent institutions such as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale, Heidelberg and The Sorbonne. Some colleges and universities offer advanced standing or course credit to students with strong International Baccalaureate results.

In Victoria, the Victorian Vice-Chancellors Committee has agreed on a common policy whereby Victorian International Baccalaureate students are assigned an ATAR score awarded on the basis of their Diploma results (See Notional ATAR Table for 2010 below).  The Notional ATAR Table for 2011 IB students will be available in February 2011.  The conversion will be similar to that for 2010 as outlined below.

The Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre (VTAC) has defined a separate application category for Victorian International Baccalaureate applicants, with closing dates for change of preferences to suit the early January release of International Baccalaureate results.

Most university faculties have defined equivalent International Baccalaureate studies for the subjects stated as prerequisites for their courses (see the Careers Counsellor for further details). Where a minimum VCE Study Score is stated as being required for entry into a course, an equivalent International Baccalaureate grade will also exist. This grade will differ for Higher Level and Standard Level studies and may also differ between tertiary institutions. See Institution websites or Careers Counsellors for further details.

Victorian Equivalence Table

The table below gives the 2010 Notional ATARs corresponding to the various passing IB scores both with and without a successfully completed Victorian University Extension Study at the appropriate level.

Remember that the combined rank is based on the following weightings and state conversion tables:

The IB population weightings used were the estimated IBDP numbers for 2010, as provided by IBAP, with ACT and NSW treated as a single entity, and NT and SA treated as a single entity. The Victorian weighting therefore is 51.83, with the SA/NT weighting being 21.54, and the NSW/ACT weighting being 26.63 (these states accounted for 77.94% of the Australia-wide IB population with Queensland being the largest non contributor).

	2010 EQUIVALENT NOTIONAL ENTER 2010 Passing IB Score including bonus points Combined Rank/Notional ATAR Notional ATAR with a Low Extension Study Result Notional ATAR with a Medium Extension Study Result Notional ATAR with a High Extension Study Result 45 99.95 99.95 99.95 99.95 44 99.80 99.80 99.80 99.85 43 99.60 99.60 99.60 99.65 42 99.35 99.35 99.40 99.40 41 98.80 98.80 98.85 98.85 40 98.40 98.45 98.50 98.50 39 97.55 97.60 97.65 97.70 38 97.10 97.15 97.20 97.30 37 96.25 96.30 96.40 96.50 36 95.10 95.20 95.30 95.40 35 93.90 94.00 94.15 94.20 34 92.45 92.55 92.70 92.80 33 90.90 91.05 91.20 91.35 32 89.05 89.20 89.40 89.55 31 87.00 87.20 87.40 87.50 30 84.25 84.45 84.70 84.85 29 81.70 81.95 82.20 82.40 28 79.65 79.90 80.15 80.40 27 77.40 77.65 77.95 78.20 26 75.05 75.30 75.55 75.90 25 72.25 72.55 72.85 73.15 24 69.10 69.40 69.75 70.05

As supplied by VTAC February 2010