Explore alternative entry schemes
Aurora's Career Pathways database profiles alternative entry schemes to Australian universities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, focussing on native title-related degree programs.
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The aim of this database is to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to pursue or further their career in a Native Title Representative Body or Native Title Service Provider (collectively NTRBs).
Career pathways
The alternative entry schemes listed here must:
- be specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants or make a strong consideration for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- be offered by a university that is classified as a Table A Provider by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- allow, on successful completion and in accordance with specific faculty requirements, entry to an undergraduate degree program at university
- lead to undergraduate study in areas related to a career in native title (identified as anthropology, archaeology, environmental management, law and cultural heritage)
- be located in states or territories where NTRBs are located.
You can sort the table below by the headings. For detailed information on each alternative entry scheme, select the scheme.
Program |
University | State |
|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access Scheme | RMIT | Victoria |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access Scheme | Australian Catholic University | New South Wales |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Entry Program | University of Newcastle | New South Wales |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit Alternative Entry Scheme | University of Queensland | Queensland |
| Aboriginal Bridging Course | Curtin University | Western Australia |
| Access Melbourne | Melbourne University | Victoria |
| Alternative Entry for Indigenous Australians | La Trobe University | Victoria |
| Bachelor of Arts (Extended) | Melbourne University | Victoria |
| Badanami Alternative Entry Program | University of Western Sydney | New South Wales |
| Cadigal Alternative Entry Program | University of Sydney | New South Wales |
| Certificate IV in Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management | La Trobe University | Victoria |
| Darrambal | Charles Sturt University | New South Wales |
| Direct Admission Special Consideration Program | Victoria University | Victoria |
| Enabling Program | Monash University | Victoria |
| Foundation Access Studies Program | University of Ballarat | Victoria |
| Foundation Studies | University of South Australia | South Australia |
| Indigenous Admissions Scheme | Flinders University | South Australia |
| Indigenous Alternative Entry Program | Charles Darwin University | Northern Territory |
| Indigenous Australian Admission Scheme | Australian National University | Australian Capital Territory |
| Indigenous Higher Education Pathway Program | University of Southern Queensland | Queensland |
| Indigenous Non-Award Pathway | Monash University | Victoria |
| Indigenous Special Entry Pathway | University of South Australia | South Australia |
| Indigenous Student Intake Test | Edith Cowan University | Western Australia |
| Indigenous Tertiary Enabling Course | Curtin University | Western Australia |
| Indigenous University Orientation Course | Edith Cowan University | Western Australia |
| Internal Selection Program | University of New England | New South Wales |
| Koora Kudidj Pre-Law Programme | Murdoch University | Western Australia |
| Kulbardi Aboriginal Tertiary Entrance Course | Murdoch University | Western Australia |
| Ngunnawal Foundation Program | University of Canberra | Australian Capital Territory |
| Pathways (Enabling) Programs | University of New South Wales | New South Wales |
| Pre-Law Program | University of New South Wales | New South Wales |
| Preparation for Tertiary Success | Batchelor Institute | Northern Territory |
| Tertiary Access Course | James Cook University | Queensland |
| TRACKS | University of New England | New South Wales |
| UNSW Indigenous Admission Scheme | University of New South Wales | New South Wales |
| Warawara Alternative Entry Program | Macquarie University | New South Wales |
| Wilto Yerlo University Preparatory Program | University of Adelaide | South Australia |
| Woolyungah Alternative Admissions Program | University of Wollongong | New South Wales |
| Yana Muru Pathway Program | University of Technology Sydney | New South Wales |
| Yapug | University of Newcastle | New South Wales |