It’s never too soon to start planning your future! If you’re in Year 10, 11 or 12, we can help you decide what you want to do after school and direct you to courses that will take you to a job you’ll love.
Check out our quick guide to courses and careers for tips.
Year 12 students – we offer free VCE revision lectures to help you with your exams.
If you're not sure what you want your future job to be, think first about what you enjoy doing now. You’ll be happiest studying a course and working in a job that matches your interests and strengths.
Ask yourself:
Your answers to these questions will give you a starting point for the kinds of courses and careers you could choose. Check out our quick guide to courses and careers if you need further help to decide what job would suit you.
You can also take the Job Outlook career quiz to help you understand what areas of work you may enjoy, then browse through a range of careers on the Job Guide website.
Volunteering or applying for work experience in the areas that interest you are other good ways to find out if you like them.
Once you have a better idea of your strengths and interests, you can search for university or TAFE courses that match.
For example, if your favourite subjects at school are science and physical education, and you love playing team sports in your spare time, you might want to study a Bachelor of Sport Science. This course could help you find work as an exercise physiologist or sport scientist for a professional sport team.
Our quick guide to courses and careers provides more examples of courses and the possible careers you might enjoy.
At VU you can choose to study a university course, or a TAFE course through our TAFE division, Victoria University Polytechnic.
There are several differences between TAFE and university study. The following comparison may help you decide which you would prefer:
You can also choose to first study at TAFE, and then at university. We make it easy for you to transfer from TAFE courses at Victoria University Polytechnic to degrees at VU through our pathways program.
Entry into your chosen course depends on whether or not you meet the admission requirements, which are different for each course. In most cases, this will be the study score (raw score) you obtain in prerequisite VCE subjects.
Once you have chosen the courses you would like to study, be sure to check the admission information for the prerequisite VCE subjects. By basing your VCE subject selection on these, you will give yourself the best chance of gaining a place in the course you want to do.
More examples of courses and corresponding VCE subjects are available in our quick guide to courses and careers.
Some courses at VU will also use your Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) to determine your eligibility for entry. Your ATAR is based on the total of all your Year 12 subject scores and received at the completion of your VCE.
Certain courses at VU and Victoria Polytechnic also include an audition or interview in their entry requirements.
The specific entry requirements for each course are outlined on our course pages.
Moving from secondary school to university can feel like stepping into a completely new world.
Not only are you expected to juggle several units and assignment deadlines all at once, but you may also want more time for work, travel and to explore everything life has to offer.
That's why we've developed our exciting First Year Model - to help you ease into university study and the pressures of adulthood, while making sure that you graduate industry and job-ready.
Our First Year Model offers:
Find out more about how our First Year Model works.
