ATAR Results Release Date 2026: When Each State Gets Theirs

The 2026 ATAR will be released first in Victoria at 7am on Thursday 10 December 2026, then in NSW and the ACT from 9am on Wednesday 16 December and in Queensland at 9am on Friday 18 December. Tasmania releases results on 16 December, Western Australia’s ATAR is reported for Sunday 20 December, and South Australia and the Northern Territory had not announced a date when we checked. Use the finder below for a countdown, then read the sections on what to do before and after release day.

ATAR release date finder

Pick your state or territory to see the certificate, the results and ATAR release, how to log in and how long is left.

2026 ATAR and results release dates by state

The ATAR is released by the state tertiary admissions centre, while the school certificate results come from the state curriculum authority. In Victoria and NSW, results and ATAR arrive on the same day. In other states they can arrive on different days, so check each date above.

How to get your ATAR in each state

• Victoria. Download the VCAA Results and ATAR app or use resultsandatar.vic.edu.au. You must register first with your VCAA student number, and this login is separate from VTAC. Paid VTAC applicants get a digital ATAR statement by email from 15 December.
• NSW and ACT. HSC results are released by NESA from 6am on 16 December. The ATAR is released from 9am on the UAC website, not through NESA Students Online.
• Queensland. Eligible students use the QTAC ATAR Portal. To set up your account you need your name as shown on your QCAA learning account, date of birth, LUI number and a personal email address, not a school email.
• Western Australia. Sign in to your TISC account for your ATAR and use the SCSA student portal for subject marks. TISC advises signing in the week before release to check your user ID and password work.
• South Australia and the Northern Territory. Your Tertiary Entrance Statement, which shows your ATAR, is in SACE Students Online. In 2025 results came out at 8:30am on a Monday in mid-December.
• Tasmania. TASC emails results to students who registered an email address. To update it, do so by Tuesday 15 December, with late updates accepted until 5pm on Friday 18 December. You only get an ATAR statement if you achieve the TCE and are eligible.

What happens after your ATAR is released

Queensland’s offer round dates are on the QTAC key dates page, and SATAC publishes South Australia’s. Offer dates and preference deadlines can change, so check your admissions centre before you rely on them.

How to get ready before release day

• Register and test your login. Do it now for the Victorian results app, the QTAC ATAR Portal, TISC and SACE Students Online. Sign-in problems on release morning are common.
• Check your contact details. Tasmanian students must have a current email address on file, and Queensland students need a personal email.
• Finish your preferences. Put a realistic mix of reach, likely and safe courses on your list, and note the change-of-preference deadline in your state.
• Know the support lines. Victoria’s Post Results and ATAR Service is on 1800 653 080 straight after release, and TISC and SATAC open phone lines on release day.
• Plan the day. Look at your subject results before the ATAR, avoid comparing with friends straight away, and have a trusted adult nearby.

Estimate your ATAR before results

While you wait, our state calculators give a rough estimate from your scores: VCE ATAR calculator, HSC ATAR calculator (NSW), QCE ATAR calculator, SACE ATAR calculator and WACE ATAR calculator. These are estimates only, because scaling and rankings are not known until release day.

If your ATAR is lower than you hoped

A lower ATAR does not close every door. Later offer rounds, pathway and diploma courses, adjustment factors at some universities and mature-age or special entry schemes all exist. Read our guides on moving from TAFE to university and TAFE versus university for the options.

International students and overseas qualifications

If you did not finish Year 12 in Australia, you do not receive an ATAR, and universities use equivalent scores instead. See our guides to ATAR equivalent scores for international students and IB to ATAR conversion. IB students get their results on Thursday 17 December 2026. UAC emails the IB admission score from 10am on Friday 18 December, and VTAC publishes notional ATARs on 18 December at 9am.

Sources and further reading

• VTAC, 2026 VCE results and ATAR service (official)
• VTAC, key dates
• UAC, 2026 key dates for Year 12 students (official)
• QTAC, Year 12 ATAR (official)
• TASC, your results (official)
• Curtin University, TISC key dates
• SACE Board, end-of-year results
• Matrix Education, HSC and VCE results 2026
• Polar Bear, ATAR release dates (cross-check)

Last checked 21 October 2026. Victoria, NSW, the ACT, Queensland and Tasmania are from the official bodies or their admissions centres. Western Australia’s Sunday 20 December date comes from TISC dates quoted by Curtin University, and one site lists Saturday 19 December, so confirm on tisc.edu.au. South Australia and the Northern Territory had not announced 2026 dates, and the 2025 pattern is shown as a guide only. The Queensland QCE results date and the WA results date were not confirmed by the sources we could open.

Related guides

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