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If you’re a domestic prospective student (current school leaver or non-school applicant) and you’ve included Macquarie in your preferences, you may be eligible to receive adjustments.
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Adjustment factors allow additional points that can be added to your ATAR or equivalent admission rank.
Combine adjustment factors
The maximum amount of adjustment factors a student can receive is 15 points combined across schemes. Please note that not all schemes apply to all courses.
View the maximum amount of adjustment factors you can receive for each course:
15 points
- Bachelor of Ancient History
- Bachelor of Ancient History by distance
- Bachelor of Applied Finance
- Bachelor of Applied Finance and Bachelor of Professional Accounting
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Cyber Security
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Medical Sciences
- Bachelor of Biodiversity and Conservation
- Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Professional Accounting
- Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Psychology
- Bachelor of Business Analytics
- Bachelor of Business Analytics and Bachelor of Applied Finance
- Bachelor of Business Analytics and Bachelor of Professional Accounting
- Bachelor of Chiropractic Science
- Bachelor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- Bachelor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Bachelor of Psychology
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
- Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Psychology
- Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Security Studies
- Bachelor of Cyber Security
- Bachelor of Economics
- Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Applied Finance
- Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Business Analytics
- Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Bachelor of Psychology
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) with a specialisation in Civil Engineering
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) with a specialisation in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) with a specialisation in Mechanical Engineering
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) with a specialisation in Mechatronic Engineering
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) with a specialisation in Software Engineering
- Bachelor of Environment
- Bachelor of Environment and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- Bachelor of Game Design and Development
- Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- Bachelor of Linguistics and Language Sciences and Bachelor of Marketing and Media
- Bachelor of Marketing and Media
- Bachelor of Media and Communications and Bachelor of Cyber Security
- Bachelor of Medical Sciences
- Bachelor of Medical Sciences and Bachelor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- Bachelor of Professional Accounting
- Bachelor of Psychology
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- Bachelor of Security Studies and Bachelor of Business Analytics
- Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences and Bachelor of Psychology
12 points
- Bachelor of Applied Finance and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Archaeology
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Cyber Security and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Environment and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of International Studies
- Bachelor of International Studies and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- Bachelor of Linguistics and Language Sciences and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Media and Communications and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Medical Sciences and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Professional Accounting and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Psychology and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Security Studies and Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Social Science and Bachelor of Laws
- Undergraduate Certificate of Accounting (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Actuarial Studies (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Business (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Business Analytics (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Commerce
- Undergraduate Certificate of Cyber Security (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Engineering (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Finance (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Game Design (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Humanities (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Information Technology (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Marketing (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Media (Bachelor Pathway)
- Undergraduate Certificate of Software Engineering
10 points
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Arts by distance
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (Primary)
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Linguistics and Language Sciences
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
- Bachelor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
- Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
- Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science
- Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
- Bachelor of Linguistics and Language Sciences
- Bachelor of Media and Communications
- Bachelor of Media and Communications and Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Planning
- Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Security Studies
- Bachelor of Security Studies by distance
- Bachelor of Security Studies and Master of Cyber Security Analysis/M Counter Terrorism/M Criminology/M Intelligence/M Security and Strategic Studies
- Bachelor of Social Science
- Bachelor of Social Science by distance
- Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
- Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
- Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) by distance
- Diploma of Arts Media and Communications
- Diploma of Business
- Diploma of Business Analytics
- Diploma of Commerce
- Diploma of Engineering
- Diploma of Game Design and Development
- Diploma of Information Technology
- Diploma of Marketing and Media
- Diploma of Software Engineering
- Intensive Program
- Standard Foundation Program
8 points
- Bachelor of Clinical Science
5 points
- Bachelor of Actuarial Studies
- Bachelor of Actuarial Studies with Professional Practice (Honours)
- Bachelor of Applied Finance and Bachelor of Actuarial Studies
- Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Actuarial Studies
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Actuarial Studies
