The 2021 ATAR will be released between 8am – 9am on 17 December 2021.

• Online: You can view your ATAR by logging in to your ATAR Portal account.
• Email: ATAR results will not be sent directly to your email address. However, you can opt in to receive a single notification via email when the results are released and can then log in to the ATAR Portal to view your ATAR.
• Print: Log in to the ATAR Portal to view your ATAR and to download and print a copy of your ATAR certificate.
• Receiving the ATAR by text message is not an option.
• ATAR notices will not be posted by mail to all students.

YES. All Queensland students who are applying interstate need to sign up to the ATAR portal and by doing so, will provide the necessary consent for us to share your ATAR with interstate Tertiary Admissions Centres. You can log in to your ATAR account to access your ATAR and to download a copy of your ATAR results to share with overseas and other non-QTAC institutions.

Please contact QTAC for assistance. Call the ATAR hotline on 1300 193 173 or email ATAR@qtac.edu.au

Yes. If your QCAA QCE results make you eligible for an ATAR, then an ATAR will automatically be calculated.

Your ATAR result will, however, not be accessible through the ATAR Portal unless an ATAR account is set up.

Why am I ATAR ineligible?

There can be many reasons why a student’s ATAR result might be recorded as ‘ATAR ineligible’. If you are concerned, try the following checks:

1. Check your results in your QCAA Learning account:

Make sure all your QCE results and any VET qualifications are recorded correctly. Your QCAA results are used by QTAC to calculate your ATAR.

2. Did you meet the ATAR English eligibility requirement?

You need a minimum of a C grade for an English subject, any one of: English, English as an Additional Language, English and Literature Extension, Literature, or Essential English.

3. Have you completed one of the following eligible combinations of subjects?

• • Five General Subjects (at Units 3 and 4), or
  • Four General Subjects (at Units 3 and 4), plus one Applied subject
  • Four General Subjects (at Units 3 and 4), plus one completed VET qualification at Certificate lll level or above.

4. See ATAR eligibility requirements.

If I am ATAR Ineligible at the end of year 12, what do I need to do to get an ATAR?

If you are ‘ATAR ineligible’ this means you have not yet qualified for an ATAR. You can continue to study and accumulate QCE subjects and VET qualifications until you have enough to be eligible for your first ATAR to be calculated in a later year. 

How can I improve my ATAR?

If you have already qualified for a Queensland ATAR and want to improve your ATAR, you will need to meet the eligibility requirements for getting a NEW ATAR.

These requirements are:

• Complete the minimum number of additional new subjects to qualify for a new ATAR.
• The minimum number is 3 General subjects or 2 General + 1 VET or 1 Applied.
• Make sure your additional subjects help you meet the ATAR eligibility requirements

For more information download the Factsheet ‘Qualifying for a new ATAR.’

Call the QTAC ATAR hotline 1300 193 173 for further assistance.

When you register, you will be asked to give consent to share your final ATAR, or ATAR eligibility, with your school. This consent is optional, although during year 12 this information can be useful to enable the school to support its students.

You can change the consent to share your ATAR by logging in to the ATAR Portal and changing the consent selection.

Schools will only get access to the individual ATARs of their former year 12 students where consent has been granted by those students when registering in the ATAR Portal.

No, it is the responsibility of the student to register by creating their own QTAC ATAR account in the ATAR Portal. Schools can assist students through the process by making sure students have the correct login details and making them aware they should use a personal email, and not their school email address.

Your QCE results are issued by the QCAA (not QTAC). Your QCE Statement (results) and certificate are issued electronically via your QCAA learning account. Log in to your Learning Account via the QCAA Student Portal in MyQCE to access your results.

If you already have an ATAR account from 2020 you do not need to register again.

If you finished year 12 in 2020 and are completing more year 12 subjects in 2021 (to qualify for a new ATAR), you can log into your existing account to access your ATAR result when ATARs are released in December 2021.

If you are in year 12 and created an account in year 11 or early in year 12, the details in your ATAR account will only match the QCAA details after ATAR registrations open for year 12s in August each year i.e. after QTAC updates the ATAR Portal with the most recent QCAA data.