QCE ATAR calculator

Enter your QCE results to estimate your ATAR from QTAC's 2025 scaling data.

Your subjects

Enter a result out of 100 for General subjects, a grade for Applied subjects, and add any completed VET Certificate III or higher.

You need a C or better in an English subject to be eligible, but English only counts if it is one of your best five.

Add subjects and results to see your estimated ATAR.

Estimate only, not an official ATAR. Scaled results follow QTAC's published 2025 subject scaling. QTAC does not publish a TEA-to-ATAR table, so the conversion is calibrated against the 2025 results of QTAC's own ATAR Navigator; expect about ±2. Your official ATAR comes from QTAC. Data: QTAC ATAR Report 2025.

How this calculator works

Scaling. QTAC's ATAR Report 2025 lists each General subject's raw and scaled results at the 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th and 99th percentiles. QTAC's technical document explains that scaled results follow a logistic curve in the raw result, so we fit that curve through the published points. Applied subjects use QTAC's published scaled result for each grade, and VET qualifications their published values.
TEA. We add your best five scaled results under whichever scheme gives the highest total: 5 General, 4 General + 1 Applied, or 4 General + 1 VET.
ATAR. QTAC does not publish a TEA-to-ATAR table. We convert the TEA using points calibrated against the 2025 results of QTAC's ATAR Navigator.

What this calculator is not

This is an estimator, not QTAC's official tool. It does not apply QTAC's rules on restricted subject combinations or repeated subjects, and 2026 results will be scaled against the 2026 cohort. For your official ATAR, refer to QTAC.

Want to understand the maths in depth?

Read our explainers on how the QCE ATAR is calculated, IAs vs EA, and how QCE credits work.

Common questions

How is the QCE ATAR calculated?: QTAC scales each subject result, adds your best five scaled results into a Tertiary Entrance Aggregate (TEA) out of 500, and ranks students on their TEA. The TEA can use 5 General subjects, 4 General subjects and 1 Applied subject, or 4 General subjects and 1 completed VET Certificate III or higher, whichever is best.
Does English have to count in my ATAR?: No. You must pass an English subject (English, English as an Additional Language, Literature, English & Literature Extension or Essential English) with a C or better to be eligible, but English only counts towards your TEA if it is one of your best five.
What is QCE scaling?: QTAC scales each subject so results can be compared across subjects. In 2025 the median result in Chemistry (85) scaled to 90.36 and the median in Specialist Mathematics (82) to 95.27, while the median in General Mathematics (69) scaled to 59.54 (QTAC ATAR Report 2025, Table 6).
Why is this an estimate?: QTAC publishes each subject's scaled results but not a table converting the TEA to an ATAR. We calibrate that last step against QTAC's own ATAR Navigator for 2025 results, so estimates are usually within about 2 ATAR points of the Navigator. Scaling also changes each year.
Can Applied subjects and VET count?: Yes, one of them. Your TEA can include one Applied subject (scaled by grade) or one completed VET qualification at Certificate III or higher alongside four General subjects. In 2025 a Certificate III scaled to 38.00, a Certificate IV to 51.84 and a Diploma to 58.72.