Not all students continue with further study or training straight after they finish school.
Deferring your studies
If there is something you want to do after Year 12 and before starting your tertiary course, deferring your studies is an option.
Deferment lets you delay starting your course. Usually, you can defer for up to a year, but some institutions let you defer for longer. Others don't allow you to defer your studies at all.
You can find out the deferment policies at various Queensland tertiary providers on the QTAC website.
In most cases, you can defer when you respond to your QTAC offer. The tertiary provider will contact you to advise what to do next.
Studying overseas
Like the idea of combining further study with travel? Studying overseas gives you the chance to see new places and meet new people, experience another language and culture and more.
Overseas study options include:
- study tours
- clinical placements
- practicums
- internships
- student exchange
- volunteer activities
- university qualifications.
Useful websites
- The Southern Cross Cultural Exchange is a not-for-profit Australian organisation offering cultural exchange opportunities for high school students.
- Youth For Understanding provides international exchange programs for high school students and school leavers.
- Smartraveller gives you the latest info and advice about staying safe overseas, whether you’re studying or taking a gap year
- Study UK gives you info and insights about studying in the UK
- Study & Play USA gives you info about eligibility for university sporting scholarships
- Education USA helps you research options for study and colleges in the USA
- Top Universities gives you insights into the global higher education sector, including rankings and student surveys
- Study link lets you search for undergraduate degrees from universities worldwide
- Times Higher Education World University Rankings helps you explore almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries
- StudyAssist gives you information about government assistance for financing tertiary study if you want to study some of your course overseas
- StudyinCanada helps students who want to study in Canada at any level, from secondary school to post-doctorate
- StudyinNewZealand answers all your questions about studying in NZ
- Ministry of Education Singapore provides information about admission requirements for post-secondary studies.
