Griffith University Admission Requirements

This guide is for Nepali students applying to Griffith University in South East Queensland. 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 Griffith University profile, and for courses and intakes, our Griffith courses guide. The wider picture is in our guide to studying in Australia from Nepal.

What is Griffith University’s acceptance rate?

Griffith 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. Griffith says some degrees have higher entry requirements, set prerequisites, or ask for portfolios, medical checks or work experience, as its entry requirements page explains. Griffith also says many degrees take applications all year, so a complete file early gives you the most time.

After you apply, an International Admissions Officer assesses your documents and contacts you if something is missing. If you hold earlier study, you can ask for credit when you apply. Griffith doesn’t do credit checks before an application, so raise it in the application itself.

What grades do you need from Nepal?

Most bachelor’s courses ask Nepali applicants for a grade average of 2.8 in final-year results on the School Leaving Certificate from the National Examinations Board.

Griffith shows this rule under “Academic entry requirements (by country)” on each course page, where you choose Nepal. It also lists a Proficiency Certificate, with a grade average of 89 for most courses. Ask Griffith if your certificate has another name. Examples from Griffith’s course pages:

• Bachelor of Business (bachelor’s): grade average of 2.8. The Bachelor of Information Technology and the Bachelor of Nursing ask the same.
• Bachelor of Biomedical Science (bachelor’s): grade average of 3.0, and the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) asks the same.
• Master of Information Technology (master’s): a recognised bachelor’s with at least a 4.0 GPA on a 7-point scale. Most master’s we read ask for the same GPA.
• Master of Business Administration (master’s): a bachelor’s with a 4.5 GPA and three years of relevant work experience after your degree.

Griffith doesn’t publish a Nepal conversion for master’s GPAs on the pages we read, so ask its admissions team how it reads your TU or other transcript. If your marks fall short, Griffith points you to Griffith College for a foundation program, a diploma or the Masters Qualifying Program.

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 Griffith University accept?

Griffith’s standard entry is IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band under 6.0, for both bachelor’s and master’s courses, and some courses ask for more.

Griffith’s course pages show a separate score for the newer TOEFL iBT: 4 overall, with 3.5 for speaking. They also list Cambridge, LanguageCert, ISLPR and Michigan English Test scores, and Griffith’s student visa page covers the visa side. Your results must be no more than two years old. The student visa has its own minimum: IELTS 6.0, PTE Academic 47 or TOEFL iBT 67.

If your score falls short, you can take the Academic English Program at Griffith English Language Institute first. How long it takes depends on your current level. To compare scores, see our guide to the minimum IELTS and PTE for Australia, and our page on the IELTS test in Nepal explains the test itself.

Which documents do you need from Nepal?

You upload your academic transcripts and certificates, English result and passport to Griffith’s International Application System, or give them to your registered agent.

• All earlier academic transcripts and certificates, which for most students means SEE and +2. If you haven’t finished yet, Griffith lets you apply with your latest transcript. Our guide explains how to get transcripts in Nepal from NEB, TU and other boards.
• Your bachelor’s transcript and degree certificate for master’s courses.
• 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.
• A portfolio or audition if your course asks for it, and any further documents Griffith asks for based on your citizenship.

Griffith asks for certified copies, and a family member can’t certify them. A document that isn’t in English needs a certified translation too. 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 Griffith University, step by step?

From Nepal you apply online or through a Griffith registered agent, then accept your offer, pay your deposit, get your CoE and apply for your visa.

1. Choose your course on Griffith’s study website and read its entry requirements.
2. Apply. Griffith’s international applications page links the online system and its registered agents list. The Fees and Charges Procedure says you may be asked to pay an AUD 50 application fee.
3. Get your offer. You get a Letter of Offer. A conditional or provisional offer can ask for more documents or a Student Study Statement and Questionnaire before you can accept. Our Genuine Student guide explains what you need to show.
4. Accept and pay. Griffith’s accept your offer page shows the steps, and the total deposit fee is in your Letter of 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. Griffith issues your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE), and you need OSHC health cover for your whole stay. Griffith can collect your OSHC fee, or you can arrange your own and send proof.
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.

If you plan to bring a partner or children, read our guide to the student visa with a spouse or dependants first, because the rules have changed.

You may also hear about level 1 universities. 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.