Academic entry requirements

To ensure your academic success at TAFE Queensland, there is a minimum level of academic proficiency you need to achieve before enrolling in our courses. You will be required to prove that you meet the minimum academic requirements in your application.

The entry requirements for all our certificate III level courses is an Australian Year 10 qualification or equivalent. Entry to our certificate IV, diploma and advanced diploma courses requires a Year 12 qualification or equivalent.

The following table outlines the international education achievement levels that are equivalent to a Year 10 or 12 qualification in Queensland, Australia.

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COUNTRY	AUSTRALIAN YEAR 10 EQUIVALENT	AUSTRALIAN YEAR 12 EQUIVALENT
Brazil	Diploma de Ensino Medio (Year 10 equivalent)	Diploma de Ensino Medio Diploma de Técnico de Nivel Medio IB Diploma
Chile	Educacion Media (Year 10 or Year 11 equivalent)	Licencia de Educación Media (Certificate of Secondary Education Certificate) Licencia de Educación Media Técnico-Profesional (Certificate of Technical-Vocational Secondary Education) IB Diploma
China	Successful completion of Senior Grade 2 (equivalent to Australian Year 11) with reasonable results of more than 60% pass in academic subjects such as Maths, English, and Science.	Three years' Senior Middle School (Academic, Technical or Vocational) with reasonable results of more than 60% pass in academic subjects such as Maths, English, and Science IB Diploma
Colombia	Bachillerato Upper Secondary Schooling (Year 11 equivalent)	Bachillerato / Diploma de Bachiller IB Diploma
Finland	Successful completion of one year of study towards the Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Lukion Paastotodistus) with a minimum pass mark of five	Senior Secondary School Certificate (Lukion Paastotodistus) Initial Vocation qualification (Ammatillinen perustutkinto)
France	Completion of Year 10/2de Senior Secondary School/ Lycées General et Technologique Completion of Year 10 Vocational Senior Secondary School/ Lycées Professionnel	Baccalauréat Général - General Baccalaureate Baccalauréat Technologique - Technological Baccalaureate Baccalauréat Professionnel - Vocational Baccalaureate IB Diploma
Germany	Realshule or Hauptschule Completion of four years of Gymnasium	Allgemeinen Hochschulreife /Abitur IB Diploma
Hong Kong	HKDSE Senior High School Year 1	Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education IB Diploma
India	Year 10 - All India Secondary School Certificate, Indian Certificate of Secondary Education, Secondary School Certificate	Senior School Certificate (awarded by the Central Board of Secondary Education) 4 Academic - English must be at 70% or above with other three subjects each 65% or above
Indonesia	Junior Secondary School Certificate of Completion plus 1 year Senior Secondary School	Certificate of Completion of Senior Secondary Education (Ijazah SMA or Surat Tanda Tamat Belajar: Sekolah Menengah Atas - STTB: SMA) issued by the school IB Diploma
Italy	Second year of Senior Secondary School	Diploma Liceale - Marked on a scale of 0-100 (maximum), with 60 the minimum pass mark Before 2010 - Diploma di superamento dell'esame di stato conclusivo dei corsi di istruzione secondaria superiore (Upper secondary school leaving certificate) IB Diploma
Japan	One year Upper Secondary Lower Secondary (Chugakko Sotsugyo Sho) plus one year further study	Certificate Upper Secondary School Certificate of Graduation IB Diploma
Malaysia	Sijil Pelajaran Malaysian SPM (four subject passes)	Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) (four subject passes) IB Diploma
Nepal	School Leaving Certificate (SLC)	School Leaving Certificate + Higher Secondary Certificate - Grade average of 60 and above for grade 11 and 12 results (combined for final results) School Leaving Certificate + Proficiency Certificate - Grade average of 60 and above for grade 11 and 12 results (combined for final results)
Norway	Vitnemål fra grunnskolen (Certificate from Basic School) plus one year at upper secondary school	Vitnemål fra den videregaende skolen (Certificate from upper secondary school)
Papua New Guinea	School Certificate (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) - 4 C grades)	High School Certificate - 4 C grades IB Diploma
Philippines	Certificate of Graduation / High School Diploma	High School Diploma plus one year of Post-Secondary School Two years of any Bachelor Degree IB Diploma
Singapore	Singapore/Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCEO-level) - minimum 4 D grades	Singapore/Cambridge GCE Advanced Level Certificate with grade E or higher in two Advanced Level subjects and three Ordinary Level subjects. Completion of a Technician Diploma/Certificate from a Polytechnic IB Diploma
South Korea	One year of Senior High School	Ilbankye Kodung Hakkyo (General Senior High School Certificate) IB Diploma
Spain	Graduado en EducaciónSecundaria Obligatoria (Lower Secondary Compulsory Education Certificate)	Títulos de Bachiller/Bachillerato (Baccalaureate) IB Diploma
Sweden	Slutbetyg Från Grundskola (Leaving Certificate) plus one year Upper Secondary	Swedish Secondary School Certificate (Slutbetyg Från Gymnasieskola) IB Diploma
Taiwan	Senior High School (first or second Year)	Senior High School Diploma or Senior Vocational School Diploma IB Diploma
Thailand	Upper Secondary School - Matayom 4/5	Thailand Certificate of Secondary Education - Matayom 6 or MS 6 IB Diploma
Vietnam	Successful completion of Year 11 with a 6.0 GPA	Upper Secondary Education Graduation Diploma (Bang Tot nghiep Trung hoc Pho thong) - with a 7.0 GPA IB Diploma