Search your name in our database of second-round tertiary offers
Year 12 graduates who missed out on a first-round offer of their preferred university, TAFE or private college course last month are among nearly 14,000 people set to receive a second-round offer of higher education in Victoria on Tuesday.
The Victorian Higher Education Admissions Center’s (VTAC) second round offers include Year 12 graduates from Queensland and Western Australia hoping to study in Victoria, as well as mature-age students and other non-Year 12 applicants.
Grade 12 graduate Ada Miller’s experience working as assistant manager of vocalists Public Schools Are Flashy This event, which showcases the talents of thousands of students each year at John Cain Arena, inspired them to make a last-minute change of plans and apply for a second round of bids.
During the first round of offers, Miller was accepted to study live production and technology at RMIT University. But after discussing her options with a friend who was studying at the Victorian College of the Arts, the 18-year-old decided to change her preferences and instead agreed to study a bachelor’s degree in events management at university.
“I felt so grown up in that position Public Schools Are Flashyand I could see my future there,” Miller said. “I went to the College of Art [website] I found event management and thought, ‘Oh my God.’ “This is what I want to do,” he said.
The second-round bid pool is significantly smaller than the first round in December, when around 50,000 people learned whether they had been accepted into their preferred course. More than 67,400 students currently have offers to start higher education in 2026.
The second round includes at least 3350 offers to study at Monash University, more than 1900 offers for RMIT University, 1700 from the University of Melbourne and 1300 from Deakin.
“Eighty-eight percent of VTAC applicants have already received at least one course offer; more offers will follow throughout January and February,” said VTAC CEO Teresa Tjia.
You can search for your name in the table below to see second round VTAC course offerings. This is not a comprehensive list of all second-round offers as some applicants have refused to have this information published.
Health courses remain the most popular in Victoria, with around 21 per cent of offerings in this area. Studies in society and culture accounted for 19.3 percent of proposals, while studies in management and business and natural and physical sciences each accounted for approximately 15 percent of proposals.
Education also proved popular, with an increase of approximately 6.5 percent in applications (3686 students) compared to the previous year.
Offers in the first round database can also be searched; some students are included in both databases because they did not receive the highest preference in the first round in December.
People who have not yet received an offer are asked to seek support from their school, tertiary institution and VTAC to change their choice before the 2pm deadline on Wednesday.
Prospective students who have not yet applied to higher education can submit a new application through VTAC until 17:00 on Tuesday to be considered in the remaining offer rounds in January and February.
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Jackson Graham is an education correspondent for The Age. He previously worked as an explanatory reporter.Connect via email.
