Application Process

Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements have been set in place to ensure that all individuals who gain entry into a Nationally Accredited Program have the appropriate skills and abilities they require to be successful in their studies. Some courses may have higher entry requirements, please check specific course brochures for more information. 

The following outlines entry requirements for international students intending to undertake study at Queensford College.

Note: All documents that are submitted upon application for enrolment at the College must be translated into English and be certified a true copy of the original.

Academic Entry Requirements

Each individual course at Queensford College has academic entry criteria that students must meet to be eligible for enrollment in that course. For Mature Age students who do not hold any qualification, they must pass the Internal LLN / English Placement test.*

• For Certificate II level qualification
  • Students must have completed at least an Australian year 10 or equivalent
  • Students must pass Queensford College’s internal LLN/ English Placement test

• For Certificate III level qualification
  • Students must have completed at least an Australian year 11 or equivalent
  • Students must pass Queensford College’s internal LLN/ English Placement test

• For any Certificate IV, Diploma, and Advanced Diploma level qualification
  • Depending on upon the nationality of the student year 11 (Australian equivalent year 11) may be sufficient, please check with Queensford College prior to enrolment
  • Students must have completed at least an Australian year 12 or equivalent
  • Students must pass Queensford College’s internal LLN/ English Placement test

*Applicable for student nationalities and Queensford College who would fall under SSVF matrix. Contact the International Marketing and Admissions Team to see if you would be eligible to take the Internal Queensford College LLN / English Placement Test and request for the link.

English Entry Requirements

• For Certificate II level qualification

Students must provide evidence of attaining an overall IELTS score of 4.5 bands or equivalent scores on a similar test (such as TOEFL, PTE etc). Alternatively, students can be accepted into a course if they have:

• attained at least Pre-Intermediate Level of English and must provide evidence of the same, or
• passed Queensford’s relevant Internal English Placement Test

• For Certificate III level qualification

Students must provide evidence of attaining an overall IELTS score of 5.0 bands or equivalent scores on a similar test (such as TOEFL, PTE etc). Alternatively, students can be accepted into a course if they have:

• attained at least Intermediate Level of English and must provide evidence of the same, or

• passed Queensford’s relevant Internal English Placement Test

• For any Certificate IV, Diploma, and Advanced Diploma level qualification

Students must provide evidence of attaining an overall IELTS score of 5.5 bands or equivalent scores on a similar test (such as TOEFL, PTE etc). Alternatively, students can be accepted into a course if they have:

• attained at least Upper Intermediate Level of English and must provide evidence of the same, or
• passed Queensford’s relevant Internal English Placement Test

English Language Requirements Exempted

English language requirements are exempted if the student:

• is enrolled in full-time school studies as a principal course including in a secondary exchange programme, a postgraduate research course, a standalone English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS), and Foreign Affairs or Defence sponsored students, or
• has completed at least five years’ study in one or more of the following countries: Australia, UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, or the Republic of Ireland, or
• is a citizen and holds a passport from UK, USA, Canada, NZ or Republic of Ireland, or
• has in the two years before applying for the student visa, has completed, in Australia and in the English language, either the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education or a substantial component of a course leading to a qualification from the Australian Qualifications Framework at the Certificate IV or higher level, while he/she held a student visa

Please note that there are specific Entry Requirements for the HLT54115 (CRICOS Course Code: 096029D) Diploma of Nursing, for more information, please view the prerequisites here.