International Baccalaureate

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma is an internationally recognised, comprehensive and in-depth two year program of study designed for university entrance. For further information, please visit the International Baccalaureate Organisation.

For details on the application process, please visit the undergraduate applications web page.

Prerequisites

At Deakin from 2009, at Deakin the study score for students who complete VCE English as a Second Language (ESL) as part of their VCE will be five points higher than for other VCE English students. This means that IB students who undertake English B which is deemed equivalent to VCE ESL will be required to achieve the equivalent of a study score five points higher than IB students who undertake English A1/A2.

View a list of 2009 IB prerequisites (83 KB).

Conversion table

The following table converts IB scores to the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) ENTER. For more information please visit the IB equivalency table (29 KB) on the VTAC web site.

2008 passing IB score including bonus points	2008 Notional ENTER
45	99.95
44	99.90
43	99.80
42	99.65
41	99.30
40	98.85
39	98.25
38	97.60
37	96.70
36	95.45
35	94.20
34	92.90
33	91.40
32	89.50
31	87.35
30	84.50
29	81.85
28	79.95
27	77.75
26	75.35
25	72.65
24	69.40

Source: VTAC web site.

International Baccalaureate

Prerequisites

Conversion table

2008 passing IB score including bonus points

2008 Notional ENTER