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Advanced standing (credit for previous study)

JCU has flexible advanced standing arrangements with other universities and vocational education providers such as TAFE Queensland. If you have completed a degree, diploma or university subjects, you may be entitled to advanced standing.

International Baccalaureate

International Baccalaureate (IB) students who have achieved a grade of 6 or 7 for IB subjects taken at the Higher Level (HL) in their final year, may be offered advanced standing of up to 6 credit points towards subjects in courses offered by:

  • Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences for specific or elective subjects depending on the IB subjects completed;

  • Faculty of Law, Business and Creative Arts for first year elective subjects within our degree programs;

  • Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences: IB Chemistry – credit will be granted for CH1001; and IB Biology – credit will be granted for BM1000 (and equivalent codes) and PP1201;

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering for first year elective subjects within our degree programs.

The advanced standing may be granted upon application, either for a specific subject(s) or for elective subjects, depending on the particular IB subject(s) studied.

Further Information

For further information on possible advanced standing opportunities you can:

Or you can contact JCU’s Student Enquiry Centre.

For a full list of useful definitions of key advanced standing terms please go to Glossary of Terms for Policies in the Student and Teaching and Course Management chapters of the Policy Library.