Monash Guarantee ATARs

The Monash Guarantee can get you into a Monash course even if you don’t reach the course’s lowest selection rank. You could be eligible for the Monash Guarantee if you:

• have experienced financial disadvantage,
• live in a low socio-economic area,
• live or attend school in a regional or remote area,
• are an Indigenous Australian,
• are in Year 12 and attend a Monash list under-represented school,
• are living in Australia as an asylum seeker or refugee.

How it works

Most undergraduate courses at Monash have a Monash Guarantee ATAR, which is lower than the expected selection rank for that course.

If you meet the eligibility criteria, achieve the Monash Guarantee ATAR for your preferred course (starting at 70.00) and complete all course requirements, you will be guaranteed an offer at Monash.

Health courses may also have restrictions due to clinical placements. We have reserved some places for Monash Guarantee students who would not otherwise have been offered a place, and have the strongest results across the range of criteria.

The Monash Guarantee does not apply to select Scholars programs, the Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine, the Diploma of Higher Education, the Diploma of Tertiary Studies or Indigenous entry courses.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Monash Guarantee, you must:

• have completed an Australian Year 12 or International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma within the previous five years (2022 onwards), and have not started any tertiary studies,
• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, a holder of Australian permanent residency or a permanent or eligible temporary humanitarian visa,
• satisfy all course-specific prerequisites and requirements, such as a portfolio, interview or audition,
• meet the Monash Guarantee ATAR for your preferred course,
• demonstrate one of the following:
  • that you have experienced financial disadvantage,
  • are in year 12 and attend a Monash-listed under-represented school,
  • live or attend school in a regional or remote area,
  • are an Indigenous Australian,
  • live in a low socio-economic area,
  • are living in Australia as an asylum seeker or refugee.

Financial hardship

If your family is experiencing financial hardship, this may impact your secondary school studies and can make it difficult for you to reach your full potential. To demonstrate financial hardship, you must have documents that prove at least one of the following:

• You receive an income-tested Centrelink benefit that proves financial disadvantage (eg. Youth Allowance, Abstudy or income-tested Health Care Card),
• Your parents/guardians receive an income-tested Centrelink benefit that proves financial disadvantage (eg. Family Tax Benefit A),
• You and/or your family are facing financial hardship or excessive financial obligations (eg. living on a farm suffering from drought or floods).

Low socio-economic area

If you live in a low socio-economic area and meet the required ATAR, other course requirements and eligibility requirements, you will be eligible for the Monash Guarantee. Find out if your address qualifies.

Live or attend school in a regional or remote area

If you live or go to school in a regional or remote area, according to census data, you’ll be eligible for the Monash Guarantee. Find out if your address qualifies.

Indigenous Australian

If you're an Indigenous Australian, and you meet the required ATAR, other course requirements and eligibility requirements, you will be eligible for the Monash Guarantee.

Under-represented school

Monash has identified more than 1000 schools across Australia as being under-represented at university. If you are in year 12 and attend a Monash-listed under-represented school, meet the required ATAR, other course requirements and eligibility requirements, you will be eligible for the Monash Guarantee.

Living in Australia as an asylum seeker or refugee

If you have experienced forced migration and meet the required ATAR, course prerequisite, and eligibility criteria, you may be eligible for the Monash Guarantee.

Eligible Visa subclasses include:

• Temporary Humanitarian Stay visa (subclass 449),
• Temporary Protection visa (subclass 785),
• Temporary Humanitarian Concern visa (subclass 786),
• Safe Haven Enterprise visa (subclass 790).

How to apply

To apply for the Monash Guarantee, you must:

• submit a VTAC course application and include your preferred Monash University courses in your preference list,
• pay your VTAC application fee,
• complete an Equity Schemes and Scholarships (ESS) application and submit any required documentation by the closing date.

Need more information?

View the FAQs.
Email: future@monash.edu
Phone: 1800 MONASH

NB: List does not include Indigenous entry courses as they do not have MG ATARs.

NB: List does not include Indigenous entry courses as they do not have MG ATARs.

NB: List does not include Indigenous entry courses as they do not have MG ATARs.