Your pathway to UWS with Gao Kao

Your pathway to
UWS with Gao Kao
The University of Western Sydney (UWS) is ranked as one
of the world’s top 100 young universities by the prestigious
Times Higher Education Rankings. With more than 42,000
students and 1,300 academic staff, UWS is one of Australia’s
largest research-led universities.
UWS is the largest undergraduate commonwealth funded
university in Australia.
UWS is one of the earliest Australia universities that accepts
Chinese National Higher Education Entrance Examination
(Gao Kao qualification).
WORLD
unU NIVERSITY
RANKINGS
Ranked 361 in the world
Our undergraduate programs are divided into three
Categories (A, B & C) for the Gao Kao score in line with the
ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank). For example, a
student from Guangdong Province with a maximum score
of 750 is required to achieve an overall 503 score to enter
category A program, or an overall 525 score for any category
B program.
Students from the same province with a score less than
503 but higher than 450 are eligible for the UWS Diploma
program (equivalent to the first year of Undergraduate study).
IELTS Bonus Points! Students with a valid IELTS test result
will receive up to 30 bonus points at the time of application.
For example, a student from Guangdong Province with an
overall 490 score will receive 30 bonus points (490+30=520)
with an IELTS test result of overall 6.5; or 20 bonus points
(490+20=510) with an overall IELTS result of 6.0 (package
offer with English study at UWSCollege).
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Gao Kao cut-off scores
Category C
Full
Mark
Category A
Course Cut-Off
Category B
Course Cut-Off
Category C
Course Cut-Off
480
322
336
288
600
402
420
360
Diploma of Construction Management
750
503
525
450
Diploma of Engineering
772
517
540
463
810
543
567
486
900
603
630
540
Diploma of Arts
Diploma of Business and Commerce
Diploma of Health Science
Diploma of Information and Communications Technology
Diploma of Science
Diploma of Social Science
Category A
IELTS Bonus Point
Bachelor of Business and Commerce (all majors)
IELTS 6.5
30 Bonus Points
Bachelor of Construction Management
IELTS 6.0
20 Bonus Points
Bachelor of Design and Technology
IELTS 5.0
10 Bonus Points
Bachelor of Engineering Science
Subject to English entry requirement of the course, English course
package is available at UWSCollege
Bachelor of Housing
Bachelor of Industrial Design
Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology
List of Maximum Points
Bachelor of Information Systems
Province
Full Mark
Bachelor of Arts (all majors except Interpreting & Translation)
Anhui 安徽
750
Bachelor of Communication (all majors)
Beijing 北京
750
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)
Chongqing 重庆
750
Bachelor of International Studies
Fujian 福建
750
Bachelor of Nursing
Gansu 甘肃
750
Bachelor of Health Science (all key programs except Paramedicine)
Guangdong 广东
750
Bachelor of Natural Science (Environment Management)
Guangxi 广西
750
Bachelor of Science
Guizhou 贵州
750
Bachelor of Science (Nutrition and Food Sciences)
Hainan 海南
900
Hebei 河北
750
Category B
Heilongjiang 黑龙江
750
Bachelor of Engineering (all key programs)
Henan 河南
750
Bachelor of Computer Science (all majors)
Hubei 湖北
750
Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth-5/Birth-12)
Hunan 湖南
750
Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary)
Inner Mongolia 内蒙古
750
Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)
Jiangsu 江苏
480
Bachelor of Science - Pathway to Teaching (Secondary)
Jiangxi 江西
750
Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting & Translation)
Jilin 吉林
750
Bachelor of Medical Science (all majors)
Liaoning 辽宁
750
Bachelor of Natural Science
(Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security)
Ningxia 宁夏
750
Bachelor of Community Welfare
Qinghai 青海
750
Shaanxi 陕西
750
Shandong 山东
750
Shanghai 上海
600
Shanxi 山西
750
Sichuan 四川
750
Tianjin 天津
750
Xinjiang 新疆
750
Xizang 西藏
750
Yunnan 云南
772
Zhejiang 浙江
810
Bachelor of Policing
Bachelor of Psychology*
Bachelor of Social Science (all majors)
Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)*
Bachelor of Social Science (Pathway to Master of Urban
Management and Planning)
Bachelor of Criminal and Community Justice
Bachelor of Criminology
Bachelor of Social Work
Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedicine)*
Bachelor of Tourism Management
*Subject to school assessment