Title: Australian Tertiary Admission Rank - Wikipedia
Headings: Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
Contents
History
Introduction of ATAR
2016 ATAR error
Changes from UAI
Calculating the ATAR
Victoria
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Queensland
Tasmania
Western Australia
See also
References

Content: Tasmania is an exception, where the University of Tasmania is the only tertiary institution and therefore acts as a self-governing admissions centre. Private universities, with the exception of Bond University, do not primarily consider the ATAR and students must apply directly. Contents
1 History
1.1 Introduction of ATAR
1.2 2016 ATAR error
1.3 Changes from UAI
2 Calculating the ATAR
2.1 Victoria
2.2 New South Wales
2.3 Australian Capital Territory
2.4 Queensland
2.5 Tasmania
2.6 Western Australia
3 See also
4 References
History
Introduction of ATAR
During June 2009, the Federal Minister for Education Julia Gillard announced the removal of Universities Admission Index (UAI) and the introduction of the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, or ATAR, for Year 12 students of 2009 within the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, and for the rest of the country, excluding Queensland, in 2010. The ATAR was introduced to unify the university entrance system in Australia, where previously each state or territory had its own individual system (UAI in ACT/NSW, TER in SA/NT/WA/TAS, ENTER in Victoria). In 2020, Queensland switched to the ATAR as the primary tertiary entrance pathway, replacing the Overall Position (OP). 2016 ATAR error
In 2016, a computer error allowed 2075 students to receive their ATAR score five days earlier than they were supposed to be announced. External SMS provider for VCAA, Salmat Digital, created an error that allowed students to receive their results by texting VCAA and requesting their scores to be sent to them on the expected release date. This sparked outrage from parents of students who did not receive their scores, citing that they considered it "unfair", as well as concern about some students receiving their results before they were equipped to deal with them (particularly with regards to counselling). Changes from UAI
The shift to ATAR means that the ranks most students receiving a UAI would increase by a small amount (although this would not present as any advantage as cutoffs would subsequently increase), while the maximum rank in NSW/ACT would change from a UAI of 100 to an ATAR of 99.95. Calculating the ATAR

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