VCE Results Day 2026: What to Do Next

Your results go up on the VCE Results and ATAR Service, a website and app from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA), which runs the VCE. You can look as often as you like, free, until 5pm on Tuesday 15 December.

To get in, you need to have registered with your VCAA student number, and VCAA asks students to do that by 5pm on Wednesday 9 December. Your login for the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC), where you applied for courses, won't open the results service, because the two are separate. Your ATAR does also appear in your VTAC account, which is where you'll go to change your preferences.

You'll see several numbers at once, and each one answers a different question.

Your ATAR is the number to keep beside you when you look at your preferences this week. How your study scores became that ATAR is set out step by step in our guide to study scores, scaling and the ATAR. You can also enter your study scores into our VCE ATAR calculator to explore how each subject contributes using 2025 scaling. It shows how the calculation works, not how your 2026 ATAR was worked out.

Your preferences are the ranked list of courses in your VTAC account. In each offer round you can receive one offer at most, from the highest-ranked course willing to offer you a place. That's why VTAC recommends listing courses in the order you'd like to take them, with the course you most want at the top, rather than in the order you think you'll get in.

With your ATAR in hand, you can look up each course on VTAC CourseSearch for last year's lowest selection rank, where it's listed. Your selection rank is your ATAR plus any extra points you qualify for with that course, so it can sit above your ATAR. Last year's figure shows whether you're in the ballpark rather than whether you'll get in, which means a course a little above your ATAR can still be worth keeping on the list.

You can change the list as many times as you like before the deadline, free of charge, as long as you save it each time.

A result below what you were aiming for can be hard to take in, especially after a year of work, and it's fine to give it a day before deciding anything. It doesn't have to close off the field you wanted. VTAC's own results advice says there are other ways into the course you always wanted to do, and that many institutions offer alternative pathways into their courses.

You can get free help with your options and results from:

• Your school's careers adviser (some schools say careers practitioner). VTAC suggests talking to them, because they may have ideas you haven't thought of.
• The Post Results and ATAR Service, run by VCAA and VTAC for questions about your results and ATAR. You can call 1800 653 080 (free) or email pras@education.vic.gov.au.
• Your school, when a result is very different from what you expected. VCAA suggests talking to your school.

Results can weigh on you for longer than a day, and talking to someone outside school can help. The Victorian Government lists phone support, including Kids Helpline (1800 55 1800, any time), eheadspace (1800 650 890, hours on its site), Beyond Blue (1300 224 636) and, in a crisis, Lifeline (13 11 14).

Your VCE results are one part of where you go next, not the whole of it. Saving your preferences completes this step, and you can take the next decisions as offers arrive.

When do I get my official ATAR statement?

VTAC issues a digital ATAR statement at 9am on Tuesday 15 December 2026.

What if I don't get an offer on 23 December?

There are more rounds after December, starting with January round 1, and you can change your preferences between rounds; VTAC lists the later change-of-preference dates on its key dates page. VTAC also notes you may still be eligible for a supplementary offer.

What happens once I get an offer?

An offer doesn't enrol you by itself. Your offer message explains how to accept and enrol, and VTAC explains the process too. The university or TAFE's website covers deferring. You're still considered for courses higher on your list in later rounds, while those courses have places left.

Can I redo a VCE subject next year?

Yes. VCAA has no restrictions on repeating units, though you earn credit for each unit only once. For a new study score, you complete the whole Units 3 and 4 sequence again in the year you repeat it. Your careers adviser can help you work out where you could enrol, and VTAC (03 9926 1020) can tell you how a repeated subject would count towards a future ATAR.

We checked these official sources on 6 November 2026. Dates are for 2026 VCE results and courses starting in 2027.