All four universities offer alternative pathways of entry into most undergraduate courses. These pathways provide applicants who do not meet the normal entry requirements or whose qualifications are not competitive enough, an opportunity to gain entry to their chosen tertiary course. Special Entry is the most common alternative pathway. Special entry applicants are normally required to sit the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), although for some courses other selection criteria may apply.

See below for information on the universities special entry schemes.

• check your eligibility for Special Entry under the universities schemes;
  
  
• check that the courses you are interested in are available through Special Entry and what selection criteria are used;
  
  
• check whether you need to meet prerequisites;
  
  
• make sure you know how applicants are ranked in a Special Entry subquota so you can maximise your chances of getting in;
  
  
• find out how to make a Special Entry application.
  

Information on whether other alternative pathways exist for the course of your choice may be found either in the individual course entries in CourseSearch and/or from the institutions themselves.