Minimum age requirements

If you're aged 13 years or over, we can help you study - with your parent or guardian's permission.

To enrol in subjects, or apply for a full degree, you need to be at least 13 years old. Not all universities have the same minimum age requirements, so we’ve summarised them on this page.

First, check your university options
Then, get a parent or guardian's permission

Check your university options

If you’d like to make an early start at uni, look up your age to find out where you can study:

Your age	Your university options
13–14 years	Curtin University Enrolments are subject to Curtin’s assessment and approval. If they don’t approve your enrolment, we’ll withdraw you and let you know. The University of Adelaide University of New England University of South Australia
15 years	Any of the universities above, plus: Murdoch University Enrolments are subject to Murdoch's assessment and approval. If they don’t approve your enrolment, we’ll withdraw you and let you know.
16 years	Any of the universities above, plus: Griffith University La Trobe University Macquarie University RMIT University
17 years	Any of the universities above, plus: Swinburne University of Technology The University of Notre Dame Australia University of Tasmania
18 years	Any of the universities above, plus: Australian Catholic University Australian National University

One thing to keep in mind: if you’re thinking of studying an open access single subject, you might not be able to enrol and start studying straight away. When you’re under 18, sometimes unis, including Curtin University, want to assess and approve your enrolment. Our student advisors can help with this extra step.

Get permission

If you’re under 18, you need to submit a Parent or Guardian Consent Form when you enrol in subjects or apply for a degree.

When your parent or guardian signs the form, it tells us, and your uni, that they:

are your legal parent or guardian
give you permission to study
understand you might need to study mature content
can meet our payment terms and conditions

Most of the time, students under 18 get a parent or guardian to act on their behalf when it comes to managing their enrolments and account. If you’d like to do this too, you can fill in a 3rd Party Consent Form to tell us who your representative is and how we can contact them.

We're here to guide you there

Our student advisors can assist you with enrolment, help you plan your studies, and answer questions about how studying through Open Universities Australia can get you from where you are today, to where you want to be tomorrow.

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