South Metropolitan TAFE Admission Requirements

This guide is for Nepali students applying to South Metropolitan TAFE in Perth, Western Australia. It covers the acceptance rate, the grades and English scores you need, the documents to prepare in Nepal and each step from application to student visa. For campuses, fees and scholarships, see our South Metropolitan TAFE profile, and for courses and intakes, our South Metropolitan TAFE courses guide. The wider picture is in our guide to studying in Australia from Nepal.

You don’t apply to South Metropolitan TAFE directly. Its international students page says all international students must apply through TAFE International Western Australia (TIWA), the state unit that handles admission for Western Australia’s TAFE colleges.

What is South Metropolitan TAFE’s acceptance rate?

South Metropolitan TAFE doesn’t publish an acceptance rate. Percentages quoted on other websites are outside estimates, not official numbers.

What decides an offer is meeting your course’s academic and English requirements. TIWA also checks you against its TIWA Genuine Student form, which uses the same questions as Home Affairs. Places matter too: TIWA says places in popular courses such as engineering and nursing are limited, and your place depends on availability when you accept and pay. A college offer doesn’t mean a visa, so read the visa note at the end of the steps below.

What grades do you need from Nepal?

TIWA asks for a Grade 12 Higher Secondary Education Board Certificate with a 60% average, even where a course only asks for Year 10.

The rule is in the country table on TIWA’s admission requirements page. It gives a percentage, not an NEB GPA, so ask TIWA how it reads your grade sheet. Your course can still add its own conditions, and many diplomas need a certificate first. Examples from TIWA’s course pages:

• Diploma of Nursing: Year 12 with a pass in Year 11 Maths, or the Certificate IV in Preparation for Health and Nursing Studies. You also need police and health clearances.
• Diploma of Engineering – Technical: Year 12 with a pass in Year 11 Maths.
• Diploma of Information Technology (Advanced Programming): the Certificate IV in Information Technology (Programming) first.
• Diploma of Hospitality Management: a Certificate IV in Hospitality or in Kitchen Management first.
• Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing): Year 10, and you must be 18 before you start because of the work placement.

To see where your +2 grades stand, convert your NEB GPA to a percentage with our NEB GPA calculator. If your marks are lower or you have a gap, read about the GPA required to study in Australia and the study gap accepted in Australia. You must also be 18 or older in the calendar year you study.

What English scores does South Metropolitan TAFE accept?

From Nepal, direct entry asks for IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band under 5.5, and with no band under 5.0 you study 10 weeks of English first.

TIWA also lists other tests such as CELPIP, LanguageCert, MET, OET and Cambridge, and a newer TOEFL scale with different minimums, in the English section of the same TIWA page. An IELTS result is valid for two years. The student visa has its own minimum: IELTS 6.0, PTE Academic 47 or TOEFL iBT 67. Some advanced diplomas ask for more, such as IELTS 7.0 for the Advanced Diploma of Marine Engineering.

If your score falls short, you can package an English course with your TAFE course. TIWA doesn’t teach English itself, so you contact a partner college on its learn English page. You need at least the level of IELTS 5.0 to start. To compare scores, see our guide to the minimum IELTS and PTE for Australia.

Which documents do you need from Nepal?

You upload your academic certificates, English result and TIWA’s Genuine Student form with your online application, and TIWA asks for certified copies of certificates before a full offer.

• Certified copies of your Grade 12 certificate and marksheet. Our guide explains how to get transcripts in Nepal from NEB, TU and other boards.
• Any earlier certificate or diploma your course needs for entry, as named on the course page.
• Your IELTS, PTE or TOEFL score report.
• The completed TIWA Genuine Student form, in your own words about your study plan.
• A valid passport. If you don’t have one yet, see getting a Nepali passport for study abroad.
• For nursing and some other courses, police or health clearances, as listed on the course page.

If any document is missing, your Letter of Offer lists it as a condition you still have to meet. Nepali certificates and bank documents often carry Bikram Sambat dates; our Nepali date converter helps you match them to the A.D. dates on your forms.

How do you apply to South Metropolitan TAFE, step by step?

You apply through TIWA online or through a TIWA education agent, then accept and pay after your Letter of Offer, get your CoE and apply for the visa.

1. Choose your course on TIWA’s course catalogue, confirm South Metropolitan TAFE teaches it at your campus, and read its entry requirements.
2. Apply. Use TIWA’s online application or an approved agent. TIWA’s application steps say some countries must use an agent and TIWA can ask you to use one, without naming Nepal. Fees are the same either way, and we found no application fee listed.
3. Get your offer. TIWA checks your course requirements and your Genuine Student answers, then sends a Letter of Offer to you or your agent. It may have conditions. Our Genuine Student guide explains what you need to show.
4. Accept and pay. Return the signed Letter of Acceptance with the payment your offer states. To send tuition from a Nepali bank you need a No Objection Certificate (NOC); see how to apply for an NOC in Nepal. If a bank loan funds your study, TIWA says the bank must be one Home Affairs approves.
5. Get your CoE and OSHC. TIWA issues your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE), and you need OSHC health cover for your whole stay. You can organise OSHC through TIWA.
6. Apply for your student visa (subclass 500) with your CoE, OSHC, funds and English result. The fee starts from AUD 2,500. See the Home Affairs student visa page, our SOP guide for an Australia student visa and the financial documents guide.

VET student visa applications from Nepal face tough assessment, and recent Home Affairs data shows very few VET visas granted to applicants from Nepal. Read our Australia visa success rate from Nepal page before you pay. A +2 graduate choosing a diploma must explain why it fits their study and career plan under Genuine Student.

Our how to apply for an Australia student visa page gives the full timeline, and our branches in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Chitwan, Itahari and Pokhara can check your file.