Studying at ANU: how to get in for 2027 entry

If you finish school abroad in 2027, your realistic ANU starts are Semester 2, 2027 (July), with applications closing on 15 May 2027, or Semester 1, 2028, whose deadline ANU has not yet published. ANU has no September intake, and the bar is the programme's minimum ANU Selection Rank, converted from your school diploma.

The ANU minimum rank is a gate, not the level of the students admitted: ANU says entrance is competitive and that meeting the minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee entry. The table above shows where the minimum sits in SAT, ACT and IB terms for a rank of 94, the highest programme minimum still open to predicted results.

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Three rules that catch international applicants out

• Predicted results are limited. ANU accepts predicted GCE A level, IB Diploma or HKDSE results for a Semester 2 (July) start only, and only for programmes with a minimum rank of 94 or below. For a programme above that, a 2027 school leaver applies with final results, for Semester 1, 2028; once final results exist, you must apply using those results.
• IB adjustment factors need UAC. ANU considers IB students for adjustment factors only if they apply through UAC. A direct application, including one on predicted IB results, gets no adjustment factors. Once your IB results are out, ANU recommends UAC.
• No enrolment document before the Genuine Student check. Only applicants ANU assesses as Genuine Students are approved to accept their offer and be issued a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE), and the CoE is required to apply for a student visa. Your offer letter may ask you to complete the ANU GS Assessment Form before accepting your offer or paying any deposit.

Semester 1, 2027 at ANU stays open until 15 December 2026, but only for applicants who already hold final results. Programmes offered by the Crawford School of Public Policy close earlier: 31 October 2026 for Semester 1, 2027 and 15 April 2027 for Semester 2, 2027. UAC applicants find ANU's deadlines on the UAC website.

What it costs to apply, and the tuition awards

The one fee on the ANU application pages is AUD$150 for each direct application; UAC charges its own application fees. ANU considers international students automatically for the Vice-Chancellor's International Achievement Award, worth 20% off first-year tuition, and for the International Achievement Award, worth up to 50% off tuition for up to four years. Neither the 2027 international tuition nor the visa living-cost amount was on the official ANU and Home Affairs pages checked for this report, so confirm both before you budget.

This chapter sets out what ANU says about itself and where each claim comes from. It gives no world-ranking position for ANU, because we have not verified one.

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Most international university in Australia · THE 2026

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Most employable graduates in Australia · THE 2023-25

This report gives no QS, Times Higher Education (THE), ShanghaiRanking (ARWU) or U.S. News Best Global Universities position for ANU: we have not verified ANU's entry on any publisher's own site, and we do not copy ranks from third-party sites. The two positions in the bar above are ANU's own claims, taken from its page for international applicants.

What ANU's reputation rests on

ANU was founded in 1946, and in ANU's words its role was “to help realise Australia's potential as the world recovered from a global crisis”. ANU calls itself Australia's only national university, with a mission that includes improving “our understanding of ourselves and our neighbours” and giving the country research capacity “amongst the best in the world”.

As the national university, ANU says it works with government, the private sector and other research institutes. ANU is governed today under the Australian National University Act 1991.

Distinctions ANU advertises, and where they come from

ANU's page for international applicants leads with four claims:

• #1 most international university in Australia, from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.
• #1 for the most employable graduates in Australia, from the Times Higher Education Global University Employability Ranking 2023-25.
• 5 stars for student-teacher ratio and staff qualifications, from the Good Universities Guide Ratings 2026.
• 6 Nobel laureates among ANU staff and alumni, as ANU counts them.

These are the results ANU chooses to show. When you compare ANU with another university, use the same ranking and the same edition for both.

ANU publishes no acceptance rate: its admissions pages give no count of international undergraduate applications or offers for 2027 entry, and nor do the other official pages we checked. What ANU publishes is the bar. Your results become an ANU Selection Rank out of 99.95, and meeting your programme's minimum does not guarantee entry.

Treat any ANU acceptance rate you find, overall or for one programme, as an estimate by someone other than ANU. The rates in older guides, including earlier versions of this one, could not be traced to an ANU or government source. ANU runs a rolling process: offers are issued on an ongoing basis, and most applications are assessed within ten business days of submission.

What ANU publishes about its students

ANU's study site counts 17,000+ students, and ANU's claim to be the most international university in Australia cites the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026. No ANU page we checked gives an undergraduate count, a postgraduate count or an international percentage.

The real bar: your programme's minimum Selection Rank

The ANU Selection Rank decides whether you meet your programme's minimum, and ANU warns twice that the minimum is not enough: entrance to ANU is competitive, and admission to some ANU programs is on a competitive basis. ANU does not name those programmes.

ANU sends you to its Programs and Courses site for the most up-to date admission requirements, so check the minimum for International Relations, Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Law, Economics, Commerce, Engineering or Computing there. The one minimum on ANU's international selection criteria page is 80, for Bachelor of Music applications for Semester 1, 2027. Predicted A Level, IB or Hong Kong DSE results work only for the semester 2 (July) start and only for programmes with a minimum requirement of 94 or below, so some ANU minimums sit higher.

Falling short when you apply is not always the end at ANU. ANU says you may be considered for a conditional offer if you do not yet meet all requirements, English included, and that if you miss your preferred programme you may automatically be considered for an alternative program that can lead into it.

The one programme with a published number of places

The Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology is the only ANU programme with a published number of places on the pages we checked: approximately 50 in each intake, Semester 1 intake only. ANU does not say how many of those places go to international students, and entry also needs a compulsory supplementary form assessed for suitability.

If you are aiming for the PhB, the programme ANU lists with a compulsory supplementary form is the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) - Science: entry is based on meeting the minimum selection rank requirement plus a suitability assessment of that form, and ANU publishes no number of places or rate for it.

What we see in College Council advising

This part is College Council advising experience, not ANU data. A mistake we often see among applicants for International Relations, Politics, Philosophy and Economics and Law is choosing ANU because it looks easier to get into than US or UK universities, not because an ANU programme fits a clear academic goal. Choose the programme first, then check its minimum on Programs and Courses.

For 2027 entry, ANU decides most undergraduate offers on the ANU Selection Rank, out of 99.95, which ANU calculates from your academic qualification. You also need the programme's own requirements, such as prerequisites, and ANU's English requirement. A few bachelor programmes add a compulsory form or an optional portfolio.

ANU's undergraduate selection is not a US-style admissions file. For most bachelor programmes, ANU's admission pages list no personal essay, activity list, recommendation letters or general Statement of Purpose; the few programmes that add a supplementary form are covered below. The 300-500 word statements that do appear in ANU's selection rules belong to the optional portfolios for Music, Design and Visual Arts. A personal statement can come up later for the Genuine Student check, not for selection: ANU may ask for a personal statement, CV or other evidence.

How the ANU Selection Rank works

ANU compares your ANU Selection Rank with the minimum of each programme you list. ANU states that entrance is competitive and that meeting the minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee entry. Treat an ANU programme minimum as a gate, not as the level of the students ANU admits. For most programmes, your effort belongs in your final grades rather than a long personal essay.

Programmes with extra selection criteria for 2027

For 2027 entry, the Bachelor of Health Science, the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) - Science and the Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology add a supplementary form to the rank. ANU judges your suitability from the form's questions, and the form is compulsory for all applicants. ANU's arts degrees go the other way: three programmes, Music, Design and Visual Arts, no longer have compulsory additional criteria from Semester 1 2027.

A satisfactory portfolio for ANU's Music, Design or Visual Arts degree earns an adjustment factor of up to 10 points, applied only from a selection rank of 70. ANU's assessment page lists Diversity Scheme portfolio-based adjustments among those open to international students with an Australian senior secondary certificate or the IB who apply through UAC. If you apply direct with another diploma, ask ANU admissions whether a portfolio can raise your rank before you build one.

ANU warns that application deadlines for programmes with additional selection criteria may vary from the general dates, so check the ANU programme page for the form or portfolio deadline before you apply.

Adjustment factors through UAC

ANU adds adjustment factors to the rank for a limited group of international applicants. International students who complete an Australian Senior Secondary Certificate of Education or the International Baccalaureate and apply through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) may be eligible for the Subject Adjustment Scheme. The same applicants may also be eligible for Educational Access Scheme (EAS) adjustments and, from Semester 1, 2027, for Diversity Scheme portfolio-based adjustments.

ANU's IB page is explicit about the route: if IB applicants apply directly to ANU, no adjustment factors will be applied.

Preferences, outcomes and second chances

You can list up to three preferences in your ANU application. ANU assesses each preference and makes a single offer to your highest eligible one. ANU's own advice is not to list all three preferences with the same entry requirements, so include a programme with a lower minimum as a fallback.

ANU lists four possible responses after it assesses an application, and most applications are assessed within ten business days of submission.

ANU lets you change programme or intake after applying. You can change your programme preference or intake at any time after you submit, through ANU's Request for International Application Re-Assessment web form. ANU treats the change as a new application and reassesses it, but you will not be charged an application fee.

For 2027 entry, ANU converts your school-leaving result into an ANU Selection Rank out of 99.95; an IB Diploma from a school outside Australia needs 31 points for rank 80 and 35 for rank 90. Rank 80 is the only 2027 programme minimum on the ANU admissions pages we checked, for Music, Design and Visual Arts, and meeting a minimum does not guarantee entry.

ANU uses your academic qualification or sequence of study to set your Selection Rank. ANU publishes one indicative table per qualification on its page Undergraduate program indicative entry requirements, each giving the score you need for ranks from 70 upwards; there is no single chart for every country, and each table has its own rule for which subjects count.

Every score in the ANU tables is a gate, not the level of admitted students: admission to some ANU programs is on a competitive basis, and the pages we checked show no scores of admitted international students.

IB Diploma: the 2027 table

The ANU International Baccalaureate table applies to admission from semester 1, 2027 and has two scales. The first covers IB Diplomas and Bilingual Diplomas from schools outside Australia, whatever the exam session; the second covers schools in Australia from the November 2022 session and includes decimal scores.

ANU encourages IB students to apply through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC), where they may be eligible for subject adjustment factors; if you apply directly to ANU, no adjustment factors will be applied. ANU requires IB applicants to nominate ANU to receive their results directly through the IBO website, and the first six IB transcript requests are free.

A-levels and predicted results

ANU lets you apply directly on predicted results if you are currently completing the GCE A Levels, IB diploma or Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education. The ANU conditions:

• the programme has a minimum requirement of 94 or below (in the IB table, rank 94 is 38 points);
• you start in semester 2 (July);
• the prediction is on official school letterhead and in the same format as the final results;
• if final results are available, you must apply using those results, and enrolment is subject to a final check against your official final academic transcript.

The ANU pages we checked contain no A-level conversion table, so look up GCE A Levels on the ANU indicative entry requirements page before you estimate your rank.

National diplomas ANU lists

ANU has a separate table for each national qualification below, and unlike the IB table these ANU pages state no entry year. The table gives the score for rank 80, the 2027 minimum for Music, Design and Visual Arts, and for rank 90; on the Austrian and Czech scales a lower number is better.

Several ANU tables set their own rule for what counts:

• Gao Kao: separate columns for Jiangsu, Shanghai, Yunnan, Zhejiang and Hainan. The table is for tests taken from 2017 onwards, and a Gao Kao taken from 2021 with a total mark of 750 for Yunnan and Jiangsu uses the Other provinces column.
• Ontario: your best 6 subjects from University Preparation or University/College Preparation courses, English (ENG4U) included, from a school listed on the Government of Ontario official website.
• Alberta: the best five subjects at 30-level. British Columbia: all grade 12 subjects except Graduation Transitions and Career Life Connection, with an A counted as 4.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: the final examination grade multiplied by 20, with no score listed above rank 90.
• Brazil: the ENEM table stops at 780 for rank 85.

ANU also lists Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Saskatchewan. The alphabetical ANU list we could read stops at the Czech Republic Maturita, so this report has no ANU table for the German Abitur, French Baccalaureat, Italian Esame di Stato, Polish Matura or Indian CBSE and ISC; check the ANU page for yours.

Programme minimums and prerequisites for 2027

Music, Design and Visual Arts are the only ANU bachelor degrees with a published 2027 minimum in the pages we checked: a selection rank of 80 from semester 1, 2027. These three degrees no longer have compulsory additional selection criteria, and a satisfactory portfolio can add up to 10 points if your rank is at least 70.

The Bachelor of Health Science, the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) - Science and the Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology add a compulsory supplementary form to the minimum selection rank requirement, and the ANU page gives no number for that minimum. The Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology degree has approximately 50 places in each intake.

For Business, Economics, Engineering, Computing, Law, International Relations and Politics, Philosophy and Economics, the ANU admissions pages we checked publish no 2027 minimum rank; ANU points you to Programs and Courses for the current requirements of each programme.

ANU says some programs have additional entry requirements such as prerequisites or portfolios. The ANU pages we checked name no mathematics prerequisite for Engineering, Computing or Economics, so compare the programme page with your school subjects.

If your diploma has no table or your score falls short

If your diploma has no ANU table, ANU accepts SAT results alongside any senior secondary qualification that is equivalent to the Australian Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (SSCE) and has no ANU assessment schedule, such as the USA High School Diploma, the China High School Diploma (Gao Zhong) or the Indonesian SMA; a SAT of 1170 is the indicative score for rank 80. For a qualification outside those examples, ANU encourages you to contact the ANU Admissions and Scholarships Office to confirm that it is equivalent to the SSCE.

If your rank is below the minimum of your preferred programme, ANU may automatically consider you for an alternative program that can lead into your first preference, or for a packaged offer. ANU also lets you meet its minimum academic requirement after one year of an Australian Bachelor Degree or a comparable qualification.

For foundation and tertiary preparation programmes, ANU keeps a separate page of indicative entrance ranks; that ANU page was not among those we checked, so this report gives no foundation figures.

ANU accepts the SAT or the ACT for undergraduate admission alongside the school diplomas it lists, such as the US High School Diploma, and its tables run from an SAT of 1090 or an ACT of 20 for an ANU Entrance Rank of 70 up to 1470 or 35 for a rank of 99. ANU does not date these tables to an intake, so recheck them before you apply for 2027 entry.

Older guides say ANU does not require the SAT. ANU's rule is narrower: ANU accepts SAT results alongside any senior secondary qualification that is equivalent to the Australian SSCE, provided ANU does not have an assessment schedule for that qualification. ANU's SAT list includes but is not limited to the diplomas below; ANU's ACT list leaves out the Chinese one.

In practice, a diploma on ANU's SAT list has no ANU assessment schedule of its own, so plan on the SAT, the ACT where ANU lists your diploma for it, or AP exams with a US or Chinese diploma. If your diploma is not listed, ANU asks you to contact the Admissions and Scholarships Office to confirm it is equivalent to the SSCE. The IB and the national diplomas with their own ANU tables are in the entry requirements chapter.

SAT and ACT scores for each ANU Entrance Rank

ANU's SAT and ACT tables give the minimum indicative score you will need for each ANU Entrance Rank. Find your programme's rank in the selection rank chapter, then read across.

ANU's SAT and ACT scores are a gate, not the level of admitted students, and no ANU page we checked publishes admitted students' scores. You must also meet your programme's own academic and non-academic requirements and the English requirements, and at some programmes meeting every requirement does not guarantee entry. ANU's SAT table has no round threshold for a strong score: it steps from 1390 at rank 97 to 1430 at rank 98.

Transcripts to send with the SAT or ACT

With the SAT, ANU asks applicants still at school for an interim mid-year Year-12 transcript. Applicants who have finished school send the final Year-12 transcript and a graduation and/or diploma certificate. With the ACT, ANU asks for evidence of completion of Year 11 and/or Year 12 with a listed diploma.

Advanced Placement (AP) as an entry route

ANU's AP page, which covers applications for admission effective from semester 1, 2026, accepts AP as direct entry only alongside a U.S. or Chinese high school diploma. You present 3 to 4 AP subjects, taken in the same year or across two years. Only AP scores of 3, 4 or 5 count toward the aggregate; 2 or below and Calculus AB subgrades are excluded. ANU converts letter grades as A/A+=5, A-/B+/B=4, B-/C+/C-=3 and turns the aggregate into an ANU Entrance Rank, with one column for 3 subjects and one for 4 subjects.

Check ANU's AP page for 2027 figures before you count on an AP rank. AP results must reach ANU as an official report from the College Board.

With the SAT, AP is not compulsory for ANU, but completed AP subjects may earn adjustments. With the ACT, AP is not mandatory either, but if you have AP results ANU wants an electronic copy of the official results and a hard copy by post.

How to send SAT, ACT, AP and IB results to ANU

• SAT: Collegeboard.org, institution code 3582. ANU may not appear in the drop-down list, so type the code in.
• ACT: ACT.org, institution code 5429.
• AP: Collegeboard.org, institution code 3582. You get one free score report; more cost a fee.
• IB: nominate ANU on the IBO website; the first six transcript requests are free.

ANU says each of these results needs to be verified through official online channels, so order the official report from the testing body. If you also apply to US colleges, one SAT sitting serves both: you can nominate universities when you register and add recipients later for a fee.

Other tests: UCAT, interviews and medicine

The ANU admissions pages we checked name no UCAT and no entrance exam for bachelor entry. Health Science, Philosophy (Honours) - Science and Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology add a compulsory supplementary form. On ANU's additional selection criteria page, the only bachelor interviews are for Design and Visual Arts entry in Semester 2, 2026; from Semester 1 2027 those two and Music have no compulsory extra criteria, and an optional portfolio can add up to 10 points if your selection rank is at least 70.

The ANU pages we checked do not say how ANU admits students to medicine or which test medicine uses; confirm both on ANU Programs and Courses.

If you apply to ANU for 2027, you must show that you meet its English language requirements, and the ANU English language requirements page names IELTS, TOEFL iBT, Cambridge C1 Advanced and PTE Academic as some of the popular tests without giving a minimum score for any of them. Proof of English is one of the documents you need to apply, so have it ready before applications close: 15 May 2027 for Semester 2, 2027, which starts in July, or 15 December 2026 for Semester 1, 2027.

The ANU English language requirements are part of the University's minimum admission requirements, and ANU wants evidence from every applicant, even if you are a domestic student. Your degree program may set additional requirements on top, and ANU adds that meeting all admission requirements does not guarantee entry to its competitive programs.

ANU does not print the scores on its admissions pages. For the detail it sends you to the ANU English language policy, listed in the ANU Policy Library as English language admission requirements and post-admission support. Open that policy, and your program's page on Programs and Courses, before you book a test date.

Minimum scores, higher bands and how long a result lasts

Score figures for ANU circulate in third-party guides, including higher bands for particular degrees and a limit on how old a test result may be. None of them appears on the ANU admissions pages, so treat any ANU score you cannot find in the policy itself as unconfirmed.

Exemptions: Group A countries and study in English

You may not need a test for ANU. ANU accepts completion of prior secondary or tertiary qualifications in English, and citizenship of a Group A country along with education undertaken in that country. The ANU admissions pages do not list the Group A countries or define how much of your study must be in English, and ANU refers you to its English language policy for more information. If your school teaches in English, check with ANU before you skip the test.

Online and at-home test versions

The ANU admissions pages say nothing about online or at-home versions of IELTS, TOEFL iBT or PTE Academic. ANU's list of tests is not complete, so if you hold a test it does not name or plan a home edition, email ANU Future Students and get the answer in writing before you book.

If you fall short: conditional offers

Missing the ANU English requirement when you apply need not end your application. ANU says you may be considered for a conditional offer if you are not yet meeting all requirements, the English language requirements included. When you apply directly to ANU, an offer can be conditional upon fulfilling specific academic or English language requirements, and the documents that meet those conditions must be uploaded directly to your Studylink application.

If ANU finds that you do not meet its minimum admission requirements at all, it tells you that you are ineligible and encourages you to work on your English language skills or academic grades and to apply again in the future. The ANU admissions pages we checked describe no English language course for applicants who fall short.

ANU has two undergraduate intakes, Semester 1 and Semester 2 in July, and no September start. If you finish school abroad in mid-2027, you can aim for Semester 1, 2028, whose key dates ANU has not published yet, or for July 2027, applying by 15 May 2027 on predicted results if you take A-levels, the IB or the HKDSE.

ANU's application asks for a semester, not a month; the intakes open now are Semester 1, 2027 and Semester 2, 2027. Semester 1, 2027 closes on 15 December 2026, while you are still at school, and ANU assesses predicted results only for July, so that intake suits only readers who have already finished school.

July 2027: the Semester 2 intake

For a July 2027 start, ANU's applications close on 15 May 2027, or 15 April 2027 for programmes of the Crawford School of Public Policy. Programmes with additional selection criteria may set a different date.

July is the only intake for which ANU assesses predicted results. If you are completing A-levels, the IB Diploma or the HKDSE, you can apply with them to any undergraduate programme whose minimum requirement is 94 or below, on an ANU Selection Rank scale that runs to 99.95. Once your final results are out, you must apply using those results. ANU's predicted-results rule names only these three qualifications; for any other, check ANU's indicative entry page for your country before you count on July 2027.

We found no minimum rank for the Bachelor of Philosophy degrees on the ANU pages we checked. Look up your programme on ANU Programs and Courses: above 94, predicted results do not count.

Semester 1, 2028: dates not published yet

ANU has not published Semester 1, 2028 dates, and dates move between years: the Semester 2 deadline moved from 14 June 2026 to 15 May 2027. Until the 2028 dates appear, treat the Semester 1, 2027 cycle as a guide only. For Semester 1 you apply with your final results.

Some programmes close before the general deadline. For Semester 1, 2027, international applicants to the Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology must add it as a preference and submit its form by 30 November 2026.

What a July start changes

ANU guarantees an offer of on-campus accommodation to "international undergraduate students commencing in the first semester of their first year of study at ANU". The wording does not say whether a July start counts, and we could not read ANU's guarantee page, so ask ANU's accommodation team to confirm in writing before you choose July.

The Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology is listed as Semester 1 intake only, with approximately 50 places in each intake, so that degree has no July start. The Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) - Science, by contrast, has taken July starters: its supplementary form covers Semester 2, 2026.

A July application does not lock you in. ANU lets you change your intake any time after you have submitted an application; ANU then reassesses the application as a new one, without a new application fee.

For a July 2027 start at ANU, you apply on ANU's online application portal by 15 May 2027 and pay AUD$150 for each application, unless you are taking Australian Year 12, the IB Diploma or New Zealand's NCEA, for which ANU's default route is UAC International. Most applications are assessed within ten business days, and if you are overseas you accept a Semester 2 offer by the standard 30 June deadline.

ANU admissions do not run through Common App or UCAS. ANU sends international applicants to the Direct Application Portals or Universities Admissions Centre (UAC), so an application prepared for the US or the UK does not reach ANU. ANU says its educational agents around the world can help you apply, but an agent is an option, not a step: you can submit the whole application yourself on the portal.

Direct application or UAC International

ANU's international page says that if you are completing the Australian Senior Secondary Certificate of Education, the International Baccalaureate or the NCEA Level 3, you should submit your application through UAC. For UAC applicants the ANU portal deadline is not the one that counts: ANU lists its undergraduate programmes and application deadlines on the UAC website, and UAC charges its own fee, with the amount depending on when you apply.

ANU points IB students to UAC because of adjustment factors. An IB school leaver is considered for adjustment factors only through UAC, and if you apply directly to ANU, no adjustment factors will be applied. Through UAC you may also qualify for Educational Access Scheme and Diversity Scheme adjustments for Semester 1, 2027 commencement onwards. If you have already completed the IB Diploma, ANU recommends UAC. On either route, you nominate ANU to receive your results through the IBO website.

If you are still completing A Levels, the IB Diploma or the Hong Kong DSE, you can still apply directly to ANU on predicted results (for IB students this means giving up the UAC adjustment factors), but ANU assesses them for commencement in the semester 2 (July) only and only for programmes with a minimum requirement of 94 or below. The school letter must be on official school letterhead, in the same format as the final results, and if final results are available, you must apply using those results.

Every step for a July 2027 start

For a February 2028 start, ANU has not yet published the Semester 1, 2028 key dates. In the current cycle, Semester 1, 2027 applications close on 15 December 2026 (31 October 2026 for Crawford programmes), and ANU's standard Semester 1 acceptance deadline is 15 January if you are overseas. Predicted results count only for a July start, so for February 2028 you apply with your final results.

Documents and the application fee

ANU charges an application fee of AUD$150 for each application you submit, paid at the end of the online form. The lower fee quoted in earlier versions of this guide is out of date. Everything you upload follows the same rule: scanned in colour and not re-sized, and not changed in any way.

Besides NAATI-accredited translators, ANU accepts Multicultural New South Wales Language Services, Australian diplomatic missions, sworn translators approved by Australian missions in the countries ANU lists, and recognised government authorities such as a notary office in China, after you check with ANU Admissions; each translated page must bear the translator's signature, the date translated and the translator's accreditation details.

The Genuine Student requirement

All international applicants to ANU must be assessed as Genuine Students (GS) before receiving a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE), a requirement introduced by Australia's Department of Home Affairs. ANU says the GS requirement is assessed throughout your application journey: you may be asked for financial evidence or a personal statement at any time, your offer letter may require the GS Assessment Form, and ANU may later ask for a personal statement, Curriculum Vitae or other evidence.

The Department of Home Affairs runs its own GS assessment when you apply for the student visa, and ANU calls it essential that the information you provide to ANU aligns with your visa application. If you are not deemed a genuine student under Ministerial Direction Number 106, ANU may reject your application, withdraw any offer or cancel your Confirmation of Enrolment. Incomplete or misleading answers can make the application invalid, so write the GS form and the visa application from the same facts: the same programme, the same funding and the same plans.

Programmes with their own procedure

The Bachelor of Music, the Bachelor of Design and the Bachelor of Visual Arts at ANU no longer have compulsory additional selection criteria from Semester 1 2027 onwards. A portfolio is optional, and a satisfactory one adds up to 10 points if your selection rank is at least 70. A supplementary form is compulsory for every applicant to the Bachelor of Health Science, the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) - Science and the Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology; the last has a Semester 1 intake only, so it cannot start in July.

An Honours year at ANU is a separate application. Admission to an Honours year is at the discretion of the ANU College for your field. Some ANU Colleges require you to have discussed your research proposal and located a potential supervisor before you apply, and each Honours programme has its own application closing date.

A flexible double degree at ANU lets you study two undergraduate degrees at the same time and graduate with two qualifications; its application page was not among the sources we checked, so confirm the procedure on Programs and Courses.

Changing your preference or intake

You can list up to three preferences in an ANU application, and you get a single offer to your highest eligible preference. ANU's advice is not to list all three preferences with same entry requirements, so make your last preference a programme with a lower minimum.

Any time after you submit, you can change your ANU programme or intake with the Request for International Application Re-Assessment web form. ANU treats it as a new application and reassesses you, but you will not be charged an application fee. If you already hold an offer, you or your education agent should email Admissions@anu.edu.au with your application ID, which starts with a 'W'. Once ANU has issued your CoE, any approved change to your program of study requires a new CoE.

As of October 2026, ANU offers school leavers 50 single bachelor degrees or a flexible double degree designed from 599 options, taught across six academic colleges. For the programmes international applicants ask about most, the official ANU pages we checked give no length, minimum rank, intake list or annual international fee, so confirm all four with ANU before you apply, starting with the programme page in ANU's Programs and Courses catalogue, which ANU calls the most up-to date source of admission requirements.

A single degree at ANU leads to one bachelor qualification. A flexible double allows you to study two undergraduate degrees at the same time and graduate with two qualifications, which ANU describes as two qualifications in less time. ANU's catalogue lets you search programs, majors, minors and courses for the current academic year and beyond. From abroad, you can apply for up to three programs in order of preference.

An ANU Honours year is typically a fourth year of study that continues an undergraduate degree, and admission to an Honours year is at the discretion of the ANU College responsible for your field. If you finish a bachelor degree elsewhere, including overseas, ANU says it is possible to transfer to ANU for your final Honours year.

ANU's six academic colleges

ANU has six academic colleges that house its schools and research centres, not the seven listed in older guides. ANU's honours page names the ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, Asia & the Pacific, Business & Economics, Law, Governance & Policy, Science & Medicine, and Systems & Society. The ANU home page navigation still shows some older names, such as the ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics, so you may meet both sets.

The Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs was formally established in 2010 and is one of two Schools within the College of Asia and the Pacific. The Crawford School of Public Policy, which is celebrating 20 years, belongs to a different college, the ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy.

International Relations

International Relations at ANU is taught by the Department of International Relations, one of the four academic units of the Coral Bell School. The other three are the Department of Pacific Affairs, the Department of Political and Social Change and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. ANU's degree builder lists International Affairs, International Relations and International Security as subjects, next to Diplomacy, Security Studies and Strategic Studies.

Politics, Philosophy and Economics

A Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics appears on third-party listings, but the ANU pages we checked name Philosophy, Political Economy, Political Sciences and Politics only as subjects in the degree builder. Confirm the current PPE programme and its minimum in Programs and Courses. If the pairing you want is not offered as one degree, a flexible double lets you combine two.

Asia-Pacific studies and languages

ANU groups this field on its study site as Security, International Affairs & Asia-Pacific Studies, and its degree builder lists Asia Pacific Studies, Asian Languages and Asian Studies with Pacific Studies and Middle East Studies. The current title of the bachelor degree was not on any ANU page we could verify, so search Asia-Pacific in Programs and Courses rather than relying on an older name. Plan your language early: ANU says you can choose from 28 languages, which it calls the most of any Australian university.

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Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)

The Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) is the degree the old guide called the PhB. For its Science stream, entry is based on meeting the minimum selection rank requirement and involves an assessment of suitability through a supplementary form that is compulsory for all applicants. The published form is for students starting in Semester 2, 2026, or in Semester 1 2027. When we checked in October 2026 there was no form yet for Semester 2, 2027, so watch ANU's selection criteria page.

The ANU pages we checked do not say who the programme is for, whether research starts in the first year, how many students it takes or what rank it needs, so the small fixed cohort quoted in the old guide is not repeated. Do not confuse it with the Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology, a different programme: 3 years full-time, Semester 1 intake only and approximately 50 places in each intake.

Economics

Economics at ANU is taught by the Research School of Economics, one of four Schools and the foundational Research School in the ANU College of Business and Economics, which runs an undergraduate programme in economics. The degree builder lists Econometrics, Economic History, Economic Policy and Economics alongside Applied Economics, Finance and Statistics.

Engineering, computing and cybernetics

ANU's degree builder groups this field as Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics, with subjects such as Mechatronics, Renewable Energy, Robotics and Software Engineering next to Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. On the pages we checked, Cybernetics appears as a subject and in an older college name, not as a separate school. Physics is taught by the Research School of Physics in the College of Science and Medicine. ANU counts 6 Nobel laureates among its staff and alumni.

Exchange, and which programmes are open to you

You can study part of your ANU degree abroad at one of 180 partner universities across 39 countries. ANU does not publish how many of its degrees are open to international students, but one rule narrows the choice. If you are currently completing the GCE A Levels, IB Diploma or Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education, ANU assesses predicted results for commencement in the semester 2 (July) only, and only for programmes with a minimum requirement of 94 or below on its Selection Rank out of 99.95. Check your programme's minimum before you count on a July start.

Older versions of this guide gave place counts, acceptance rates, subject rankings and government links for these programmes. None of it is on the ANU pages we checked, so none of it is repeated here.

ANU's main campus is in Acton, an inner-city suburb of Canberra, which ANU's study page calls Australia's national capital; ANU calls itself a policymaking powerhouse and teaches 28 languages. The ANU pages we checked in October 2026 name no internship programme in Parliament, a government department or an embassy, and give no distance from the campus to Parliament House.

ANU describes itself as Australia's only national university, with a unique remit to support research, education and innovation, and its About page says that as Australia's national university, ANU works with government, the private sector and other research institutes.

The Crawford School and the Coral Bell School

The Crawford School of Public Policy belongs to the ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy, not the College of Asia and the Pacific, and is celebrating 20 years. The Crawford School describes its academic study as educating current and future policy leaders; the degree it names in its news is a master's, the Master of Economics and Public Policy.

The Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs is one of two Schools in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, beside the School of Culture, History and Language. The Bell School, formally established in 2010, has four units: the Department of International Relations, the Department of Pacific Affairs, the Department of Political and Social Change and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.

Neither the Crawford School nor the Coral Bell School names its undergraduate degrees on its home page. ANU's study page groups bachelor's degrees under Security, International Affairs & Asia-Pacific Studies. Check current degree names and rules on Programs and Courses, and see our chapter on what to study at ANU.

How the policy schools work with government and the region

In September 2026 the Bell School reported that ANU, with RMIT, Griffith and La Trobe, will design a DFAT-funded Pacific-led project across 14 universities, and the Bell School's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre runs an executive education program for Defence. These are staff projects, not student placements.

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Internships in Parliament, departments and embassies

ANU's international applications page promises access to the unique industry internships, resources and support of a national institution, but no ANU page we checked names an internship in Parliament, a federal department or an embassy, says whether one earns credit, or says whether international students can take part. ANU's Degree Builder lists Internships as a topic, without naming a course.

ANU Careers & Employability says its careers consultants and employer engagement experts help students access employers. Before you pick ANU for a government placement, ask ANU which internship courses international students can take and whether they count towards your degree.

Languages and study in the region

ANU says you can choose from 28 languages, the most of any Australian university by ANU's count, taught in the Ethel Tory Centre's interactive studios, and study part of your degree abroad at one of 180 partner universities that span 39 countries. ANU's study page does not say which of those languages are Asian or Pacific, which can be taken as a major, how many partners are in the region, or whether ANU runs in-country language study.

Where the Acton campus sits in Canberra

ANU's main campus is in the inner-city suburb of Acton, Canberra in the ACT, and ANU places its campus community within easy walking or cycling distance to the city. ANU gives no distance from Acton to Parliament House and no count of nearby embassies, so this report drops the embassy count that older guides gave without a source.

ANU cites one outcome figure for its graduates: #1 for the most employable graduates in Australia, in the Times Higher Education Global University Employability Ranking 2023-25. The ANU pages we checked give no graduate employment rate, salary or list of destinations.

An earlier version of this guide showed where ANU graduates work, sector by sector. No ANU or government page we checked contains those figures, so this guide no longer shows them. Treat any ANU employment rate or salary that comes without a named survey and year as someone else's estimate.

What 'most employable graduates in Australia' means

ANU quotes only its position among Australian universities in the Times Higher Education Global University Employability Ranking 2023-25. The ANU pages we checked give no world position from that ranking and no employment rate behind it. A ranking position is not a measured share of graduates in work.

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ANU Careers & Employability and Career Central

ANU Careers & Employability helps current students and new graduates with career planning, job applications and decision making, runs workshops on job applications and career planning, and its employer engagement experts help you reach employers. Career Central, in Kambri, in the former Harry Hartog site, takes drop-ins Tuesday to Thursday, 10am-3pm; you can also book an appointment with a consultant or write to careers@anu.edu.au.

ANU's international applications page promises industry internships, resources and support, but no ANU page we checked names an internship programme, its places or who is eligible. No ANU page we checked describes the alumni LinkedIn group, alumni chapters abroad or international mentoring programme that earlier versions of this guide mentioned. Ask ANU Careers & Employability what is open to international students in your degree.

Notable ANU alumni

ANU's pages that we checked publish one alumni figure: 6 Nobel laureates among ANU staff and alumni, with no names and no split between staff and graduates. The politicians, Nobel laureate and university leaders listed in earlier versions of this guide appear on none of those official ANU pages, so this guide no longer names them. Confirm any famous name on an official biography that states the ANU degree or role.

For 2027 entry, the only ANU charge with an amount on the official pages we checked is the AUD$150 fee for each application you make directly to ANU. ANU lists tuition per program on its Programs and Courses website, and no 2027 international bachelor fee was among the pages we could verify, so this chapter shows what you pay for and where ANU publishes each amount.

The ANU degree pages we checked carry no tuition: the Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology page sends you to the Programs and Courses website for fees. Look up the international fee for your program and a 2027 start there, and ask ANU whether it rises each year of the degree, because the pages we checked do not say.

Earlier versions of this guide quoted per-program ranges with no ANU source; they are gone, and any ANU fee on a ranking or agent site is an estimate until Programs and Courses confirms it. ANU's pages we checked give no Commonwealth supported place fee and no Student Services and Amenities Fee amount, so there is no domestic comparison here.

Health cover and the student visa

Overseas Student Health Cover is the compulsory cost besides tuition that ANU names: you will need overseas health cover for the duration of your stay. The ANU pages we checked give no price for it, so get a quote for the full length of your program before you fix your budget.

The visa you need for ANU is typically the subclass 500 student visa. Under the Genuine Student requirement ANU may ask for financial evidence at any point in your application, and its offer process mentions paying any deposit without giving an amount. The Home Affairs visa page we fetched carried no financial figure either, so check the Home Affairs website for any financial requirement when you apply.

Living costs in Canberra

ANU's pages we checked give no living-cost estimate for Canberra, so this chapter gives none. The Numbeo-based ranges in earlier versions, and the claim that Canberra is cheaper than Sydney and Melbourne, had no official source and are removed.

For housing, ANU's accommodation page lets you compare its 18 residences, catered or self-catered, and applications to live on campus in 2027 are open. Start your housing budget there; the housing chapter covers the halls and ANU's accommodation guarantee.

Your first-year and whole-degree budget

Your first-year ANU budget is the application fee plus your program's 2027 tuition, health cover, housing and other living costs. For the whole degree, repeat every line except the application fee for each year of study, at a higher fee if ANU says it rises; the Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology, for instance, runs 3 years full-time.

You cannot stretch an ANU degree to spread the cost: your student visa requires a 100 per cent study load each semester, 24 units, and ANU allows a lighter load only in limited, exceptional circumstances.

This chapter gives no USD or EUR figures: with no verified AUD fee there is nothing reliable to convert, so convert ANU's fee for your program at the rate on the day you pay. Budget at the full fee too: the International Achievement Award is up to 50% off your tuition, so count it only once ANU confirms your award.

In October 2026, ANU's scholarships page features the ANU International Achievement Award, worth up to 50% off your tuition for up to four years, and the ANU Vice-Chancellor's International Achievement Award, worth 20% off first-year tuition, and you are considered for both automatically when you apply. None of the ANU pages we checked names a need-based award open to international undergraduates.

The ANU International Achievement Award is open to high-achieving international students and awarded automatically when you apply, with no separate application. The ANU Vice-Chancellor's International Achievement Award welcomes academically talented international students, and ANU says you're considered automatically when you apply to ANU. Both ANU awards reward your results, not your financial need.

ANU's scholarships page leaves out what you would need to plan on either international award: how many are given, what result counts as high-achieving, which study levels they cover, and whether one student can hold both. Neither ANU award covers your full tuition. Build your budget on the full fee and treat any award as a discount on a plan that already works. ANU's Genuine Student check can also ask you for financial evidence or a personal statement at any time during the application process.

ANU's scholarships page also features the ANU All-Rounder Scholarship for students who lead and give back, and the Tuckwell Scholarship, which ANU offers to 25 school-leavers every year. The page gives no student type for either, so read their eligibility rules before you count on them.

Deadlines for ANU's automatic international awards

ANU's scholarships page gives no separate deadline for either international award, because consideration comes with your admission application. The date that matters is the ANU application close for your intake. If you finish school abroad in 2027, ANU's international applications for Semester 2, 2027 close on 15 May 2027, and ANU has not yet published the Semester 1, 2028 dates.

Need-based aid and the Vice-Chancellor Scholars Program

The access scholarships on ANU's scholarships page are for domestic students. The ANU Vice-Chancellor Scholars Program gives eligible domestic undergraduate and postgraduate students financial and practical support, so the program is not open to you as an international applicant. The ANU Changing Futures Scholarship is also limited to domestic undergraduates who have faced significant challenges.

ANU's scholarships page also mentions equity grants for future students and emergency financial support for current students, without saying whether international students qualify. Ask the ANU Admissions and Scholarships Office before you count on either.

Government and external funding

None of the ANU pages we checked names a government or external scholarship for international undergraduates, such as Australia Awards. ANU's scholarship search can filter by funding source, including External Industry & Academic Scholarships, and by study area, including security, international affairs and Asia-Pacific studies, but the filters on the page we read come without award names. If your own government or a foundation in your country funds study abroad, that body sets its own rules and deadlines, so apply to it alongside your ANU application.

Postgraduate awards

Awards for master's or PhD study are postgraduate funding, not part of a bachelor application. ANU's scholarship search has separate study levels for Postgraduate/Masters, and Graduate certificate and for postgraduate research (HDR), and ANU lists postgraduate research stipends among its scholarships for alumni. None of the ANU pages we checked mentions Fulbright, so check that route with Fulbright's office for your country.

ANU guarantees an offer of on-campus accommodation to international undergraduate students commencing in the first semester of their first year, and for 2027 entry it lists 18 residences, catered or self-catered, with applications for on campus accommodation now open on the Accommodation Portal. If you start in July (Semester 2), ANU's wording does not say whether the guarantee covers you.

Living in an ANU residence puts you at the heart of the Acton campus, in the inner-city suburb of Acton, Canberra, within easy walking or cycling distance to the city. ANU lists what a residence gives you: you walk to classes and the library, you are close to on-campus events, clubs and societies, and you can represent your residence in Interhall Sport and Arts competitions.

The accommodation guarantee and a July start

ANU's international applications page words the guarantee this way: ANU guarantees an offer of on-campus accommodation to "international undergraduate students commencing in the first semester of their first year of study at ANU". The guarantee promises an offer of on-campus accommodation, not a place in a residence you pick, and it names international undergraduates only.

The ANU guarantee wording does not say whether a July (Semester 2) start counts. If you plan to start in July, ask ANU Accommodation at uni.accom@anu.edu.au to confirm in writing that the guarantee covers you before you choose that intake.

To apply for a room at ANU, you submit an application on the Accommodation Portal. ANU says applications for on campus accommodation are now open for 2027. ANU explains the guarantee, and how it manages accommodation preferences, on two separate pages; read both before you apply, and ask ANU Accommodation whether a closing date applies to keep your guaranteed offer.

Choosing among the residences

ANU has 18 residences, each catered or self-catered: in a catered residence your meals are provided, in a self-catered one you cook for yourself. ANU offers a short quiz and a 'compare residences' tool to help you rank them. The ANU pages we checked give no weekly or yearly room price, so this report quotes none; ask ANU Accommodation for current rates before you list your preferences. ANU's scholarships page lists accommodation support among the help open to future students.

Students who are minors at the start of semester

If you will be under 18 at the start of the semester, ANU tells you that your visa will require you to prove that you have organised acceptable living arrangements. ANU links a page of on-campus options for students in that position, and the ANU Policy Library holds a guideline titled Accommodation and Welfare Arrangements for Students Under 18. Check your date of birth against the semester start date as soon as you choose an intake.

After first year: living off campus

ANU's accommodation team answers queries whether you are living on or off campus, and the ANU accommodation page links to a page of other living options. Ask that team about rents and areas before you sign a private lease. To reach ANU Accommodation:

• Email: uni.accom@anu.edu.au
• Phone: +61 2 6125 1100, Monday to Friday 9.30 am to 4.30 pm AEDT
• In person: Student Hub, Di Riddell Student Centre, Monday to Friday 10.00 am to 4.00 pm AEDT

Student life at ANU centres on its campus in Acton, Canberra, shared by 17,000+ students from 100 countries, and ANU cites the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 to call itself the #1 most international university in Australia.

ANU's main campus is in the inner-city suburb of Acton, Canberra in the ACT, and ANU describes its residences and campus community as within easy walking or cycling distance to the city. The official pages we checked give no population for Canberra and nothing on buses, light rail or safety, so look those up on ACT Government sites before you choose where to live off campus.

Clubs, sport, Kambri and ANU80

ANU lists convenient access to on-campus events, clubs and societies among the benefits of living on campus, and a place in one of its 18 residences lets you represent your residence in Interhall Sport and Arts competitions. The ANU pages we checked give no count of clubs and societies, and the students' association's pages were not among them, so check the current list before you arrive.

ANU's Kambri precinct houses the university's new Career Central space, in the former Harry Hartog site. ANU was founded in 1946, and its home page invites you to celebrate 80 years of ANU with Genesis Owusu and other Australian artists, live on campus, and to explore the 80th anniversary celebrations. The home page gives no dates, so check which anniversary events are still on when you arrive for 2027 entry.

Support for international students

The ANU pages we checked do not describe orientation, international student advisers, academic or welfare support, or national and cultural student clubs, so this guide cannot rate them. What ANU does state: you will need overseas health cover for the duration of your stay; international undergraduates starting in the first semester of their first year get a guaranteed offer of on-campus accommodation; and the accommodation Student Hub in the Di Riddell Student Centre is open Monday to Friday, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm AEDT. ANU's visa page links to Information for New International Students, and ANU has a separate policy on Accommodation and Welfare Arrangements for Students Under 18.

ANU's total of 17,000+ students from 100 countries is the only figure on its student body in the ANU pages we checked. Those pages give no international share and no list of the largest national groups, so treat any such figure for ANU as an estimate.

Weekends, nature and nights out

ANU's international page promises kangaroos and koalas, rivers and mountains during your time in Canberra but names no places. No ANU page we checked mentions Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve or the Brindabella Ranges, and ACT Government park pages were not among the pages we could check, so this guide gives no trip plans or travel times.

Canberra's nightlife is something no official page we checked measures. ANU's accommodation page counts the Canberra night life among the benefits of living on campus, so ask current ANU students what a weekend in Canberra looks like before you decide.

For a July 2027 start at ANU you typically need a subclass 500 student visa, and you apply for it as soon as ANU issues your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE), which comes after you accept your offer by 30 June if you are overseas. While you hold the visa, ANU expects a full load of 24 units each semester and reports unsatisfactory academic progress to the Department of Home Affairs.

From offer to arrival for a July 2027 start

ANU's Semester 2 starts in July, and each step below waits on the one before it.

For a Semester 1 start, ANU's standard acceptance deadline is 15 January if you are overseas and 31 January if you are in Australia.

The Genuine Student check, at ANU and at Home Affairs

ANU must assess you as a genuine student before it issues a CoE, under Ministerial Direction Number 106, and may ask for financial evidence or a personal statement at any time. Home Affairs then conducts its own assessment of your GS status, so what you tell ANU must align with your visa application. If ANU finds you are not a genuine student, it may withdraw your offer or cancel a CoE already issued; the admissions chapter covers the GS form.

Visa fee, funds and work hours

The Home Affairs page for the subclass 500 visa showed no visa fee, financial capacity amount, processing time or English score when we checked them in October 2026, so this chapter gives none of these; take them from Home Affairs when you apply. ANU's own English requirement applies earlier: you must provide evidence that you meet the English language requirements for admission, as the English chapter explains.

The work-hours limit in earlier versions of this guide is removed until an official page confirms it. The earlier length range of the post-study visa and the promise of a clear route to permanent residency are removed for the same reason: we could not verify them on an official page.

What ANU requires while you hold the visa

Reducing your study load will extend the duration of your program and breach your visa conditions, so ANU allows it only in limited, exceptional circumstances, backed by documents such as medical or counselling certificates.

Arrival: health cover, housing and students under 18

Overseas Student Health Cover is mandatory, and you need it for the duration of your stay; ANU's pages give no price, and the cost chapter covers budgeting for it.

ANU guarantees an offer of on-campus accommodation to international undergraduate students commencing in the first semester of their first year of study, and applications for 2027 are open. That wording does not say whether a July start counts, so confirm it with ANU before you choose Semester 2; the housing chapter covers the residences.

If you will be under 18 at the start of the semester, your visa will require you to prove that you have organised acceptable living arrangements, and ANU keeps a policy titled Accommodation and Welfare Arrangements for Students Under 18 in its Policy Library; read it before you accept. Orientation dates were not on the official pages we verified, so confirm them with ANU once you hold your CoE.

ANU suits you if you have strong school results, want to study policy, international affairs or the Asia-Pacific in Australia's capital, and can start in July 2027, applying by 15 May 2027, or in Semester 1, 2028. For most bachelor's programmes ANU judges your diploma, converted to an ANU Selection Rank out of 99.95, and the international awards featured on its scholarship page reward results: up to 50% off tuition, or 20% off the first year.

ANU selection runs on grades, and the programme minimum is a gate, not the level of admitted students: meeting the minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee entry. Some programs have additional entry requirements; for the Bachelor of Health Science and the Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology, a supplementary form is compulsory for all applicants. Beyond such forms and portfolios, the ANU admission pages we checked ask for no essay, though the Genuine Student check may ask for financial evidence or a personal statement at any time.

You need no admissions test for ANU if it has an assessment schedule for your diploma: ANU accepts the SAT alongside a senior secondary qualification only when the University does not have an assessment schedule for it, as with a US High School Diploma. Every ANU applicant must demonstrate English, through prior study in English or a test such as IELTS, TOEFL iBT, Cambridge C1 Advanced or PTE Academic.

ANU is in Canberra, Australia's national capital, and its Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs is a research school for the study of Asia-Pacific and international politics, society, strategy, security, and diplomacy. ANU was founded in 1946 and is governed under the Australian National University Act 1991.

Who should look elsewhere

• You need a September start. ANU's intakes are Semester 1 and a Semester 2 start in July.
• You want a high-ranked programme on predicted results. ANU assesses predicted A Level, IB or HKDSE results for July only, and only for programmes with a minimum requirement of 94 or below. Above that, you apply with final results, for Semester 1, 2028.
• You depend on need-based aid as an international student. ANU's international awards are for achievement and awarded automatically when you apply; need-based awards the scholarship page features, such as the ANU Changing Futures Scholarship, are for domestic students.
• You must know the fee before you apply. No 2027 international bachelor fee was among the ANU pages we verified; the cost chapter shows where ANU publishes it.

This report does not set ANU against Sydney, Melbourne, Sciences Po, LSE or Georgetown: their 2027 entry routes, start dates and fees were not among the pages we verified. If you compare, use each university's own pages, and choose ANU because its programme serves your goal, not because grade-based entry looks easier than an essay.

Next steps with dates

If you finish school abroad in 2027, your realistic ANU starts are July 2027 on predicted results or Semester 1, 2028 on final results. Semester 1, 2027 closes on 15 December 2026 and suits you only if you already hold final results: if final results are available, you must apply using those results, and predicted results count for July only.

Look up your programme's minimum Selection Rank and 2027 fee on ANU's Programs and Courses website before you apply. If your plans shift, ANU lets you change your program preference and/or your intake any time after you have submitted an application, and reassesses it as a new application.

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