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 ACT Qualifications

Formal documents issued by the Board at the end of Year 12 include:

  • Year 12 Certificate 
  • Tertiary Entrance Statement 
  • Vocational Certificates or Vocational Partial Completions which list the competencies that have been achieved under the Australian Qualification Framework 

The ACT BSSS offers different packages for students who wish to repeat Year 12 or for students who are commencing college studies after their original cohort has graduated. More information can be obtained from the Board Secretariat or from any college. 

The ACT BSSS brochure What Certificates could you obtain?also provides useful information about the ACT Senior Secondary System.

Academic transcripts may be obtained from the Office of the Board of Senior Secondary Studies.

ACT Year 12 Certificate

To be awarded an ACT Year 12 Certificate a student must complete a coherent pattern of study which includes a minimum of 17 standard units forming at least 3 A, T or M courses in a period not exceeding 5 years. There may be one break in study of up to one year.

ACT Tertiary Entrance Statement

The Tertiary Entrance Statement reports a student's UAI (University Admissions Index) and information on the T courses the student studied. To be awarded a Tertiary Entrance Statement (TES) a student must complete a minimum of 20 standard units of which 18 standard units must be classified as A or T. These units must be arranged to form at least 3 majors and 3 minors or 4 majors and 1 minor course and of these at least 3 majors and 1 minor course must be classified as T. The student must also sit the ACT scaling test (AST) in their final year of study. These studies must be completed in no less than 3.5 semesters and no more than 5 years. With the approval of the college principal there may be one break in study of up to one year. Students intending to take longer than 2 years need to obtain the permission of the college principal.

A student's UAI is calculated from his/her best 3 T majors scaled course scores plus 0.6 of the next best scaled course score. These scaled course scores are added to form the aggregate score. Students are then ranked based on their aggregate score. The UAI is calculated based on this ranking and information supplied by the NSW Scaling Committee.

The ACT BSSS brochure What's the UAI?also provides useful information about the ACT Tertiary Entrance Statement and the UAI