Turn your passion for sport or dance into a career
Early Entry now open
Why choose ACPE?
Career-first focus
Our career-first focused courses are intentionally shaped around real careers, real industries (sport, dance, health and education), and diverse professional outcomes, rather than abstract disciplinary study.
Be prepared for where you want to go, not just what you want to know.
Strong sense of belonging and purpose
ACPE’s experience extends well beyond timetables, fostering a supportive, high trust community to ensure you feel known, supported, and motivated by maintaining:
- Small, connected cohorts
- Authentic relationships and peers
- A shared purpose, driving a strong sense of belonging.
Lifelong professional network
Support does not end at graduation. ACPE’s community creates enduring professional connections, offering ongoing support, alumni connection, and continued professional growth within a trusted network.
Think of ACPE as your long term professional home. You will build networks from day one and return to be the network for others.
History of proven, specialist education
With 109+ years of experience, ACPE combines longevity with specialisation. This depth of experience underpins a refined, evidence based approach to learning in applied fields of sport, health, physical education and dance.
This means you benefit from an established history whilst industry connection keeps us moving forward.
Join us in 2027 to celebrate 110 years!
Non-traditional learning model
We place emphasis on how knowledge is applied, ensuring you graduate knowing both what to do and having already done it in authentic contexts. ACPE provides:
- Hands on learning from day one
- Embeds real world learning
- Uses workshop style learning environments
We deliver a specialised focus to ensure you are prepared and ready to shape the future of the sport industry.
Industry recognition
ACPE distinguishes itself through close integration with industry professionals and organisations through:
- Industry integrated learning
- Mentoring throughout your journey to create professional capability and self-belief
- Learning alongside peers with shared professional goals, mirroring real workplace expectations.
We support you in creating a strong connection between study and employment, accelerating professional identity formation and employability.
Are you eligible for early entry?
If you satisfy the early entry criteria, we will offer you a place in your chosen course, conditional on completing the HSC or its interstate equivalent. To be eligible, you must:
- Be an Australian resident or onshore international student.
- Be in the process of completing an Australian Year 12 qualification in the year of application.
- Be undertaking a minimum of 4 HSC unit examinations in Australia.
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Early Entry Criteria for Education courses
- Completed at least 4 HSC subjects, achieving a B grade or higher in English Standard (or a higher-level English course) and C grades or higher in at least 3 other subjects.
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Early Entry Criteria for Non-education courses
- Completed at least 4 HSC subjects, achieving a B grade or higher in English Standard and a C grade in at least one other subject.
International students must also meet additional entry and language proficiency requirements. Refer to Admissions for International Students for more information.
Apply for Semester 1, 2027 in 4 simple steps
As an early offer applicant, you will receive an outcome well before your HSC examinations. The sooner you apply, the earlier you may receive an offer to study at ACPE. Follow these four easy steps:
Explore the courses that interest you, from sport business to sport coaching, football, health, education and dance. You can choose up to two courses.
Submit your online application to ACPE. There’s no need to submit your HSC (Year 11 results), as we will retrieve them from the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Once we receive your application, our dedicated team will guide you through the process and keep you informed.
We will assess your Year 11 results and, if eligible, issue you an early entry offer.