Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT)

The Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) is a multiple choice aptitude test designed to enable university selection officers to assess your potential to succeed in tertiary study.

The test is 2 hours long with 10 minutes reading time and consists of 70 multiple choice questions.

You should sit the STAT Multiple Choice if:

• STAT is listed in the entry requirements for the RMIT program to which you are applying
• you are a minimum of 19 years of age on 1 January in the year in which you will start your studies
• you have not been enrolled in secondary studies for at least two years
• you have no prior secondary school (Year 12), VET studies or work experience that can be considered for entry, or these do not meet the minimum entry requirements for the program
   

STAT scores are valid for 2 years prior to the year of commencement of study.

For programs which consider ATAR for competitive selection, your STAT multiple choice will be converted to an equivalent ATAR and competitively ranked for selection.

Your STAT multiple choice score may be used to meet Year 12 English language requirements for entry to bachelor or associate degrees.

For entry to bachelor degrees you must achieve a minimum overall score of 156 or verbal reasoning sub-score of 155.

For entry to associate degrees you must achieve a minimum overall score of 150 or verbal reasoning sub-score of 149.

There is no University minimum English language requirements for entry to Vocational Education Studies.

You must still meet all other requirements for your program.

Sittings of the STAT in Victoria and Tasmania are administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Information regarding sitting dates, fees and locations can be found on the ACER STAT website.

ACER also administers STAT sittings in NSW and ACT. South Australian and Northern Territory residents should contact SATAC, WA residents TISC and QLD residents QTAC.

For information about sitting STAT overseas, contact ACER. 

If you submitted a VTAC application for your program your STAT results will be provided to RMIT automatically for the purposes of selection.

If you submitted a direct application for your program you will need to obtain your STAT result statement from VTAC and upload it to your application as a supporting document.