UWA+ Starter
Take your learning to the next level with UWA+ Starter
UWA+ Starter provides senior secondary school students with the unique opportunity to start their uni experience early by completing
micro-credentials through UWA while still at school.
2025 Registrations are open now!
Browse the UWA+ Starter micro-credentials below - and click on each to find out all the details or to register.
Term 3 registrations are open until 13 June 2025- register now!
What are the benefits of UWA+ Starter?
- Access university-level study in courses you're passionate about
- Learn from UWA academics, who are experts in their field.
- Try different course areas to help you decide what you want to study at uni
- Gain credit towards selected UWA bachelor degrees by completing 3 micro-credentials
- Gain access to university resources (library, online resources and other campus facilities)
- Receive a UWA Professional Development Transcript at the end of your studies, listing all completed UWA micro-credentials – great for uni entry and your resume!
- Successfully completed UWA Starter micro-credentials can also contribute towards admission to UWA via Experience-based entry.
- Selected UWA Starter micro-credentials are SCSA endorsed and count towards the achievement of WACE.
We've designed UWA+ Starter micro-credentials specifically for senior secondary school students
UWA+ Starter micro-credentials will be offered during Terms 2, 3 and 4.
Each is delivered either fully online or online with on-campus learning activities scheduled outside school hours or during school holidays – allowing you to study around your school, social and family commitments.
*Please note - there may be a cap on the number of places for some micro-credentials
From 2025, we will be inviting registrations from individual senior secondary students as well as partner schools. Partner schools take on an administrative role for the program, collecting registrations and fee payments, and being the first point-of-contact for their students.
UWA+ Starter Fees for 2025
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Partner School |
Individual registration |
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Student fee per micro-credential (non-Broadway schools) |
$247.50 inc.GST Contact your school to register |
$495 inc.GST Register from each micro-credential webpage |
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Student fee per micro-credential (Broadway schools) |
$82.50 inc.GST Contact your school to register |
$165 inc.GST Register from each micro-credential webpage |
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Annual partnership fee |
$550 inc.GST (Waived for Broadway schools) |
N/A |
SCSA endorsement
Selected micro-credentials within the UWA+ Starter program have been endorsed by SCSA effective 4 July 2023 and extended to 31 December 2026. Completion of a SCSA endorsed micro-credential can provide one unit equivalent towards the achievement of the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE).
Currently endorsed UWA Starter micro-credentials are:
- AGRIM101 Agriculture, Economics and Nature: Towards 2050
- PHCYM002 Community Pharmacy Fundamentals
- MKTGM100 Social Media Marketing
More UWA+ Starter micro-credentials will be submitted to SCSA for endorsement in early 2025.
UWA+ Starter Micro-credentials: 2025 at a Glance
| Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 |
| From Doctor to Diagnosis (Term 2 holidays) - registrations open until 6th June | Write Ahead: Academic Writing and Study Skills | |
| Community Pharmacy Fundamentals - closed | Community Pharmacy Fundamentals | Introduction to Entrepreneurship |
| Think Like a Chemist - closed | Savvy Social Media | Astrophysical Concepts |
| Astrophysical Concepts - closed | The War on Pandemics | Making Contemporary Western Australia: A Critical Review |
| Disease Detectives - closed | OrgMind: Psychology to Guide your Future Career | Agriculture, Economics and Nature: Towards 2050- registrations opening soon |
| OrgMind: Psychology to Guide your Future Career - closed | From Doctor to Diagnosis | |
| International Relations: Australia and the Indo-Pacific - closed | ||
| Making Contemporary Western Australia: A Critical Review - closed |
See below for dates and more details for each micro-credential.
Courses by study area - Term 2, 2025
- School of Allied Health
- School of Biomedical Sciences
- School of Humanities
- School of Molecular Sciences
- School of Physics Maths and Computing
- School of Population and Global Health
- School of Psychological Science
- School of Social Sciences
Courses by study area - Term 3, 2025
- UWA Academic Skills Centre
- School of Allied Health
- Business School
- School of Biomedical Sciences
- School of Population and Global Health
- School of Psychological Science
Courses by study area - Term 4, 2025
- School of Allied Health
- Business School
- School of Humanities
- School of Physics Maths and Computing
Registrations are open for 2025
To be eligible to participate in UWA+ Starter in 2025 you must:
- Be a Year 11 or 12 student
- Attend a Western Australian school partnering with UWA
OR
Register as an individual student
To register:
Students from Partner Schools:
If your school is a Partner School (see list below), contact your school to register and access the discounted fee.
Students from schools that are not Partner Schools:
If your school is not a Partner School, individual students can explore the micro-credential webpages listed above, select your course and find the link to register at the bottom of each micro-credential page.
Is your school interested in joining UWA+ Starter?
Express your interest today to find out more about joining the UWA+ Starter program in 2025 and we'll be in touch.
UWA Partner Schools 2025
Alkimos College (Broadway school)
Aquinas College
Bunbury Senior High School (Broadway school)
Corpus Christi College
Dale Christian College (Broadway school)
Governor Stirling Senior High School (Broadway school)
Great Southern Grammar (Broadway school)
Halls Head School (Broadway school)
IDEAcademy
John XXIII College
Mercy College (Broadway school)
Morley Senior High School (Broadway school)
Newman College
Perth College
St George's Anglican Grammar School
School of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE) (Broadway school)
Shenton College
South Coast Baptist College (Broadway school)
Wesley College
Willetton Senior High School
Discount for staff of Partner schools
Do you work for a primary or secondary school in WA?
Does your school partner with UWA to deliver UWA Starter, Aspire UWA, or Children's University WA Partnership?
If your answer is YES to both questions, UWA would like to offer you a 10% discount when you enrol in one or more of the UWA Plus micro-credentials listed here.
Key dates 2025
- Registrations for Term 2 have closed
- Micro-credentials commence - Term 2 (dates depend on micro-credential)
- Final registrations for Term 3 - Friday 13 June 2025
- Micro-credentials commence - Term 3 (dates depend on micro-credential)
- Final registrations for Term 4 - Friday 5 September 2025
- Micro-credentials commence - Term 4 (dates depend on micro-credential)
Frequently asked questions
- What are micro-credentials?
- Are UWA Starter micro-credentials right for me?
- How are UWA Starter micro-credentials different from other types of study?
- What are ‘stackable’ micro-credentials?
- Why are UWA Starter micro-credentials valuable?
- Do I need to be an ATAR student to take UWA Starter micro-credentials?
Contact us
- askUWA
- View FAQs or ask your own question
- Phone
- 131 UWA (131 892)
8.30am–5.00pm (AWST), Monday to Friday - Live chat
- Click the Live Chat button on the right to start a session
- Our chat hours are:
- Monday – Friday 2 – 4pm AWST
- Online consultation
- Book a virtual consultation
