Check 2025 DHERST Tertiary Selection Lists For Non-School Leavers, School Leavers and Continuing Students (PDF DOWNLOAD TIPS)

This article provides essential access links and information on how to check the 2025 DHERST Tertiary Selection Lists for higher institutions in Papua New Guinea. It aims to help you determine two key things:

• When PNG universities publish their non-school leavers' and continuing students lists.
• When DHERST (Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology) releases the Grade 12 school leavers intakes.

2024/2025 Update:

The Grade 12 School Leavers ONLINE Selection, which started in 2018, has proven to be a significant advancement. This system allows DHERST, the government, and stakeholders to precisely track how many Grade 12 students are selected for universities and colleges. 

DHERST has announced the key dates for the Grace Period and the launching of the Grade 12 NOAS Selection. 

Approximately a week after the launch, the School Leavers and Non-School Leavers TESAS (HECAS/EAS) list will be released. You can then download the NSL & SL Selection Lists PDF for the new academic year.

Checklist for 2025 DHERST Tertiary Selection List

This table provides the status update. We will continue to update this table as DHERST and the universities publish the 2025 DHERST Tertiary Selection Lists For Non-School Leavers, School Leavers and Continuing Students.

• The Continuing Students should know their status for 2025 before they go for the Christmas Holiday. If you are a continuing student and do NOT know your TESAS status, call your university and find out. 
• 2024 Grade 12 School Leavers can check their selection status on the 16th of December 2024.
• Non-school leavers applying to study in any of the tertiary institutions in the country will have to check the university they apply to. The universities will release the list of 2025 Non-school Leavers either on their website or in the newspapers. 
• DHERST will publish the final selection list for Grade 12 school leavers, non-school leavers and continuing students together with their TESAS status around mid-January 2025

Here is a summary table for the 7 PNG Universities. PNG Insight will update this table to give you the latest on 2024/2025 selections for PNG universities.

Use the Table to Check 2025 DHERST Tertiary Selection Lists For Non-School Leavers, School Leavers and Continuing Students

Click on the link (Pending) to see last year's PDF lists. We will change 'pending' to 'publish' with the PDF for Continuing Students, Grade 12 New Intakes and NSL Intakes have been released by respective universities. 

So, bookmark or charge this page on your profile and come back later for the updated list for the following PNG universities:  UPNG, UOG, UNRE, PAU, DWU, UNITECH and Western Pacific University

Selections 2024 for 2025	Continue Students   (uni & colleges)	NOAS New Intake (DHERST)	NOAS NSL Inatekes  (DHERST)
UPNG	Pending	Pending	Pending
UOG	Pending	Pending	Pending
UOT	Pending	Pending	Pending
PAU	Pending	Pending	Pending
UNRE	Pending	Pending	Pending
DWU	Pending	Pending	Pending
WPU	Pending	Pending	Pending

We will update this table as the 2025 DHERST Tertiary Selection Lists are released by the institutions and DHERST.

National Online Application Systems Selection Launching

Note that DHERST will release the University and Non-University Selection Lists after the launch date of 16 December 2024. Meanwhile, Grade 12 School Leavers and Non-school Leavers can view their selection STATUS through their individual National Online Application Accounts.

For continuing students and overseas students, check the table to see if your institution publishes the 2025 Non-School Leavers (NSL), Grade 12 School Leavers (SL) or Continuing Students (SC) listings, as and when we update the lists this year.

2025 DHERST Tertiary Selection Lists For New Intakes and Continuing Students

The two groups of new intakes are the Grade 12 school leavers and non-school leavers, whereas the continuing students are students progressing to years 2, 3, and 4 or have continued on from the other programs last year.

The universities also publish the list of post-graduate students on their websites around this time of the year. So be sure to check their websites if you have applied for a post-graduate study.

One important thing to check is the student's status on the selection/admission lists. We mention it because the status indicates whether you are on the govt scholarship (TESAS) or not. 

If you are indicated as SELF, you are either a self-sponsored student, an overseas-based student or a corporate-sponsored. You'll have to make the fee arrangements before registering at the university you are selected to attend.

PNG Tertiary Institutions Selection Status Update 2024/2025

Many universities tend to release the PDF lists of Continuing Students List before the New Students Lists (i.e. the Grade 12 School Leavers and Non-School Leavers) list for 2025.

From past experience, the Grade 12 selection list for the tertiary institution in the country will be published by DHERST on its website. 

The DHERST selection list contains the names of new intakes for the universities and non-universities. It is a comprehensive list. Here is what it said around this time last year.

''The selection list for school leavers to university has not been released by DHERST yet, though they have promised to release it on the 8th of January 2021. Understandably, a public holiday was declared on this day, and we hope DHERST will let the public know about the change of date, soon.''

When will 2025 DHERST Tertiary Selection Lists for Non-school Leavers Be Published?

In the past, the non-school leavers' selection list is usually published after the school leaver and continuing students lists. this is because the NSL PDF lists are published by the universities and colleges of your choice, not DHERST.

This is not the case anymore!

In 2024, the Non-school Leavers has gone online via the NOAS. DHERST will do the selection for BOTH SCHOOL LEAVERS AND NON-SCHOOL LEAVERS. Isn't that GREAT!?

So, non-school leavers will also check their selection status on NOAS and find out about the 2025 DHERST Tertiary Selection Lists For Non-School Leavers at the same time as the school leavers.

DHERST resorted to also bringing the NON-SCHOOL LEAVERS Selection ONLINE. Universities and colleges are not going to make the selections. So, what does that mean for you as a non-school leaver applicant? Find out here

This video shows the then-higher education minister announcing the selection of non-school leavers to the NOAS initiative

Recommended articles: Selection Lists for Tertiary Institutions in PNG

In addition to this article, we have some information about selection lists for the Grade 12 School Leavers, non-school leavers and continuing students you might want to read: 

• Continuing Students - TESAS (AES & HECAS) and HELP info
• New Grade 12 School Leavers - GPA, TESAS and Admission 
• Non-school Leavers - Acceptance Letter and Selection Status
• PNG 8th Uni: PM Marape Pledges Support for Lutheran University
• More information on the Non-school Leavers Selection List for 2024 Dates, Releases and TESAS Lists is available here.
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