Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)
If you have completed an accredited AQF Diploma, Associate Diploma or Advanced Diploma at an institution that is a registered training provider of that course, you are granted matriculation status and assigned a Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER). You may also be eligible for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
If you have completed an accredited AQF Certificate IV at an institution that a registered training provider of that course and you have also met the English competence requirement, you will be granted matriculation status and assigned a TER. RPL is not usually given for certificate IV qualifications.

