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Adelaide University 'Activate' Program
Launching in 2026, Adelaide University will bring together the best of the University of Adelaide and UniSA. As part of this transition, we are pleased to launch the new Activate program! Activate will give high-achieving Year 12 students the chance to study university courses that could count towards both their SACE and Selection Rank. Expressions of interest are open now here:
Want to get a HEADSTART on uni?
The University of Adelaide’s Headstart scholarship program gives high achieving students the opportunity to study at university while still in Year 12, and have these university studies count towards their SACE and Selection Rank.
While studying at the University part-time Headstart students not only have the opportunity to find out what university life is like before they even finish school, but also contribute to and benefit from the diverse cultural and intellectual life of the University of Adelaide.
Headstart provides gifted and highly-motivated students with a challenge beyond the Year 12 curriculum and the chance to grow as individuals as they combine secondary school and university studies.
Headstart students can choose to replace or supplement their Year 12 subjects with university courses (subjects). University courses are recognised by the SACE Board, allowing students to use them towards their SACE Stage 2 completion and therefore their Selection Rank.
The scholarship
Successful Headstart applicants are exempt from tuition fees and the Student Services and Amenities Fees while in the program. Headstart participants can enrol in a maximum of two courses of first-year university study*.
*Students choosing to study Physics are able to study four courses, to meet the Mathematics co-requisite requirements.
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Enquiries
Further information about the scheme is available from the Future Students Branch.
- Telephone: (08) 8313 7335
- Email: headstart@adelaide.edu.au