Australian National University Admission Requirements

This guide is for Nepali students applying to Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. 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 Australian National University profile, and for courses and intakes, our ANU courses guide. The wider picture is in our guide to studying in Australia from Nepal.

What is Australian National University’s acceptance rate?

Australian National University 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. ANU says entry is competitive and that meeting the minimum requirements doesn’t guarantee a place, on its application assessment page. For a master’s, it may also compare applicants on their GPA and English level.

After assessing your file, ANU gives one of four answers. Your application is incomplete, you are ineligible for ANU, you are ineligible for your chosen course, or you have an offer. If you miss your first course, ANU may consider you for an alternative that can lead into it.

ANU can also make a conditional offer when a document or English result is still missing. You must meet every condition before you get a full offer. So apply with your transcripts and test result ready, because a missing document slows the assessment.

What grades do you need from Nepal?

ANU publishes a Nepal table for master’s, where 2.0 out of 4.0 equals its usual 5.0 out of 7.0, but its bachelor’s list shows no Nepal qualification.

The master’s table is on ANU’s Nepal entry score page. It lists 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 out of 4.0 as equal to 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0 out of 7.0. ANU says this is a guide and that results can vary with your university and grading scale.

For a bachelor’s, ANU gives you an entry score out of 99.95, and its undergraduate entry list shows scores by qualification. We could not find NEB or Nepal’s +2 on that list. Ask ANU or an authorised agent how your marks will be read before you pay the fee. Examples from ANU’s course pages:

• Bachelor of Computing (bachelor’s): a listed ATAR of 80, with maths as a prerequisite.
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (bachelor’s): a listed ATAR of 85, with maths as a prerequisite.
• Bachelor of Commerce (bachelor’s): a listed ATAR of 80, with no formal prerequisite but maths as assumed knowledge.
• Master of Computing (master’s): a bachelor’s in any field with a GPA of 5.0 out of 7, or 4.0 with 3 years of related work.
• Master of Professional Accounting (master’s): a bachelor’s with a GPA of 5.0 out of 7.
• Master of Machine Learning and Computer Vision (master’s): a bachelor’s in a related field, such as computer science or statistics, with a GPA of 5 out of 7.

For a master’s, ANU may leave out your final semester when it works out your GPA, and it checks your full degree again before you enrol. 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.

What English scores does Australian National University accept?

ANU’s standard minimum is IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band under 6.0, for bachelor’s and master’s alike, and a few health courses ask for more.

Cambridge C1 Advanced, the Michigan English Test and LanguageCert are also listed in ANU’s English policy, on ANU’s English requirements page. ANU doesn’t accept at-home or online versions. Your test must be from the last two years. The student visa has its own minimum: IELTS 6.0, PTE Academic 47 or TOEFL iBT 67.

If your English falls short, the policy lists recognised English programs, such as the AEMG Direct Entry Program, for some routes. They aren’t available for the medicine and psychology courses above, so ask ANU before you plan on one. To compare scores, see our guide to the minimum IELTS and PTE for Australia.

Which documents do you need from Nepal?

You upload your English result, academic records with a grading scale and any course-specific documents to your online application.

• A transcript showing you completed your secondary studies, for a bachelor’s. Our guide explains how to get transcripts in Nepal from NEB, TU and other boards.
• Your most recent academic transcript for a master’s. Before you enrol, ANU also asks for your final transcript and degree certificate.
• Your IELTS, PTE or TOEFL score report.
• A valid passport. If you don’t have one yet, see getting a Nepali passport for study abroad.
• Your CV, two referees and an employer statement, if you apply for a master’s on the basis of work experience.

Scan each document in colour, without changing or resizing it, as ANU’s documentation page asks. Documents not in English need a full translation from a source ANU accepts, such as a NAATI translator. 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 Australian National University, step by step?

From Nepal you apply on ANU’s online portal or through an authorised agent, then accept your offer, get your CoE and apply for your visa.

1. Choose your course on ANU’s Programs and Courses site and read its entry requirements.
2. Apply. Use the portal on ANU’s international applications page, or an authorised ANU education agent, some of them in Nepal. The fee is AUD 150, about Rs 14,000, for each application. You can list up to three courses in order of preference.
3. Get your offer. It comes by email, or goes to your agent if you used one. Your letter may ask you to complete the ANU Genuine Student assessment form before you accept or pay. Our Genuine Student guide explains what you need to show.
4. Accept and pay. Email the acceptance form from your offer to ANU and pay the deposit, as ANU’s acceptance page explains. The amount is in your letter, and you can’t defer an offer. To send tuition from a Nepali bank you need a No Objection Certificate (NOC); see how to apply for an NOC in Nepal.
5. Get your CoE and OSHC. ANU issues your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) after you accept, and you need OSHC health cover for your whole stay. ANU can arrange OSHC with Allianz, and you can choose another approved provider.
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.

Home Affairs doesn’t publish evidence levels for providers or countries; our page on level 1, 2 and 3 universities explains what to check instead. 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.