VTAC Information
VTAC accounts opened on Monday August 4.
VTAC accounts – should be set up and $80 fee paid by 29 September 2025. After that late fee of $160 applies.
SEAS and Scholarships – are be completed within the VTAC account– supporting statements for Categories 2, 3 and 4 Financial, Medical or Difficult circumstances and scholarships need to be completed for preliminary review by September 5, 5pm - 2025.
SEAS and scholarship applications close 10 October 2025 5pm. Be sure to give people time to prepare these for you.
Course Preferences
– can be up to 8 courses and you can add /delete / change these right up until 12 December 2024.
Please also check specific requirements that your course may require- these are listed in Course search
Check these carefully and be sure to meet deadlines. Students will not be offered a position in the course if these specific tasks are not completed or met, regardless of your ATAR.
Teaching / Education
– Casper Testing
Students considering applying to enrol in an undergraduate teaching course in Victoria in 2026 are advised to pay careful attention to the entry requirements for each university. Some will require the Casper
(as mentioned above), others may accept the Casper or their own, whilst others may require only their own, and not the Casper. The table below is to be used as a guide only, and students should refer to VTAC and the individual university websites for the most up-to-date information.
- Nursing
– English Declaration in VTAC
- Art Folios – check due dates and complete all Selection Tasks (especially for RMIT & Deakin)
- Personal statements – required for some courses
COURSE SEARCH
Students can find more information about courses by using Course search on the VTAC Website
APPRENTICESHIPS
Australian Apprenticeship Pathways has information about apprenticeships, career pathways and aptitude tests. For support and advice: More Information
MEGT has a Career Hub packed full with tools and information for potential apprentices and trainees, and students considering an apprenticeship or traineeship are encouraged to register on the Career Hub and receive support in searching for an apprenticeship or traineeship. Once registered, job seekers have access to a range of tools and information to assist them in their search for an apprenticeship or traineeship, including our Career Quiz, Skills Assessment, and job seeker toolkit.
TAFE Courses
TAFE Institutions have many courses on offer, including a wide range of FREE courses available to study.
For those applying for TAFE courses, some of these can occur through VTAC. However, both Holmesglen TAFE and Chisholm TAFE have direct applications. Simply visit the website, select your course, and click on the ‘enquire or apply’ tab for more information about application dates and requirements.
Study at Chisholm Students must apply direct to Chisholm for a 2026 course and can expect Chisholm to contact them in October/November when enrolments are officially open for 2025 intake. Student are advised to register their interest on the Chisholm website now.
EMPLOYMENT
For those looking at employment or apprenticeships, now is the time to begin investigating your options. There are a number of opportunities currently listed with the newsfeed on our Padua College Careers
website which we will continue to update and add to these regularly.
Padua College Careers
For any advice, please get in touch with the Careers Team or refer to the Padua College Careers
website. We can support students with job information, apprenticeship opportunities, work placements, Disability Pathways support, TAFE courses, University courses, VTAC applications, SEAS applications and more!
