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Where does VET fit? · Tasmania
In Tasmania, VET builds your TCE and opens its own way into university.
VET earns credit points towards the 120 you need for the Tasmanian Certificate of Education. It does not count in the Tasmanian ATAR, but a completed Certificate IV meets the University of Tasmania’s general entry requirement for bachelor degrees.
Year 11–12
TASC courses + your VET qualification
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1 · TCE
VET counts towards finishing school
The TCE is built from credit points, and each course is rated for complexity. VET earns credit points like any other study, at the level of the qualification.
120
credit points needed for the TCE
80
or more of them at complexity Level 2 or higher
+
the everyday adult standards in reading and writing, maths, and computers and the internet
How VET turns into credit points
TASC counts the nominal hours of the units you complete. Hours are divided by 10 and rounded.
10 nominal hours
1 credit point
Certificate I
complexity Level 1
Certificate II
complexity Level 2
Certificate III
complexity Level 3
A whole qualification counts at its own level, even before it is finished. The same unit never earns credit points twice.
What VET cannot replace
Reading, writing and communication
in English
Mathematics
everyday standard
Computers and the internet
everyday standard
Each standard is met through a TASC course that includes it, or a safety-net test. VET does not meet them.
Credit points from a Certificate IV or Diploma count towards the 80 at Level 2 or higher. Check how TASC rates each qualification for the year you finish.
2 + 3 · University
In Tasmania, VET reaches university by its own route
The ATAR and a VET qualification are separate. Students can aim for one, or keep both open.
The ATAR
VET does not count here
TASC builds a Tertiary Entrance score from your best five Level 3 and 4 courses over two years, 15 points each, out of 75. VET qualifications are not among them.
Level 3/4
Level 3/4
Level 3/4
Level 3/4
Level 3/4
You also need the TCE and Satisfactory Achievement or better in at least four Level 3 or 4 courses. A student can keep fewer courses on the ATAR pattern and use a Certificate IV for entry instead.
The VET route
Entry on the qualification itself
Apply directly to the University of Tasmania. A completed qualification meets its general entry requirement at these levels:
Certificate III
Pre-degree courses such as diplomas and associate degrees, in a relevant discipline
Certificate IV
Undergraduate (bachelor) courses
No ATAR
UTAS gives applicants without one an Assessed Entry Score
VET is a common route in: in 2025, 794 students, 14% of UTAS’s intake, were admitted on the basis of VET study.
Before you count on it
Check the level
Whether credit points count towards the 80 depends on the complexity level TASC gives each unit.
Keep the adult standards
Reading and writing, maths and ICT standards come from TASC courses, not VET.
Prerequisites still apply
Some UTAS courses need set TASC subjects or a qualification in a related field.
Check the year you apply
Admission rules change between years. Always confirm with the university.
Shafston School of Business · VET in Schools 2027. Sources: TASC (VET recognition in the TCE and ATAR calculation from 2025) and University of Tasmania admissions information, checked October 2026.