Overview

Our new Bachelor of Science is reimagining science education with an increased focus on lifelong learning, personal development and career readiness. With 27 majors to choose from, you can tailor your degree to your interests. Our flexible degree structure enables you to explore different disciplines in your first year to find the field that’s right for you. Extensive Work Intergrated Learning (WIL), employability experience courses including work placement, industry projects and Research Integrated Learning (RIL) ensures you're graduate career-ready.

For further information visit the UNSW Degree Finder or contact us on 1300 UNI NSW (1300 864 679).

Double degrees: Bachelor of Science can be combined with 422110 Bachelor of Education (Secondary), 424100 Bachelor of  Commerce, 424350 Bachelor of Actuarial Studies, 424450 Bachelor of Economics, 426000 Bachelor of Laws, 425800 Bachelor of Science (Computer Science),  425850 Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), 429200 Bachelor of Arts, 422301 Bachelor of Social Sciences, or 425560 Bachelor of Fine Arts.

ATAR Profile: Some UNSW offers were issued based on the UNSW Gateway Early Conditional Offer Scheme with a lower ATAR entry requirement. Refer to the Admissions Information for a complete ATAR profile by degree.

Majors

Areas of study

Anatomy, bioinformatics,  biology and biodiversity, biotechnology, chemistry, climate sytems science, earth science, ecology and conservation, food science, genetics, geography, immunology, marine and coastal science, materials science, mathematics, mathematics for education, microbiology, molecular and cell biology, neuroscience, pathology, pharmacology, physical oceanography, physics, physiology, psychology, statistics, vision science.

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

Business, industry, government and universities in pharmaceutical and medical research, public policy, occupational health and safety, environmental research and industry, manufacture of new products, forensic science, patent law, cognitive science, oceanography, food manufacture, science education and communication, meteorology, optics and applications of mathematics and statistics in the finance industry.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer99.9599.95
Median rank to receive an offer82.187.8
Lowest rank to receive an offer7073.9

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the University of New South Wales website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.


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