Application Requirements

15. Requirement to submit a formal application

15.1 A formal application for admission must be made by the following:

(a) all applicants who have never before studied in an undergraduate course at the University;

(b) all applicants who have commenced degree studies at the University, but who withdrew from their course without academic credit or penalty;

(c) all applicants for whom the time limit for completion of their undergraduate degree study at the University has elapsed, or who will be unable to complete their degree within the specified time limit;

(d) all applicants seeking to return to an unfinished course or to gain admission to a new undergraduate course following completion of a degree at any university; and

(e) all applicants for entry to the Bachelor of Dental Science, Bachelor of Laws or Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

16. Application and acceptance procedures for international applicants

16.1(1) An international applicant must apply for a 'fee-paying overseas student place' through the International Centre.

(2) The application and acceptance procedures are described in the Prospectus for International Students, published annually by the International Centre.

17. Application and acceptance procedures for domestic applicants

Procedural guidelines for the application process

17.1 Procedural guidelines for the application process for domestic applicants are described in the Admissions Manual, published annually by the Admissions Centre.

Closing dates for applications

17.2 An application for admission must be submitted by the relevant closing date published on the Admissions Centre website.

Accepting an offer

17.3(1) The procedure and dates for acceptance of an offer of a place are specified in the offer letter.

(2) An offer of a place will lapse if the applicant does not accept by the date specified and in accordance with the specified procedures.

18. Permanent residency requirement for Commonwealth-supported places

18.1(1) Undergraduate places for domestic applicants are funded by the Higher Education Support Act 1003 (HESA), in relation to which permanent residency must have been granted by the relevant unit census date.

(2) For administrative purposes, applicants are usually required to have been granted permanent residence by the final application closing date.

19. Untrue or incomplete applications

19.(1) An applicant must sign a declaration that their application is 'true and complete'.

(2) An applicant who is believed to have submitted an application that is untrue or incomplete will be asked to explain their action.

(3) An applicant who is unable to explain their actions to the satisfaction of the Admissions Committee will have the application withdrawn from the application process, and no further application form will be accepted from the applicant within two years following the offence.

(4) The University will record such cases in confidential files, and the information will be made available to the relevant faculty selection committee if an applicant lodges a subsequent application for admission.

(5) Where an applicant is found to have been admitted on the basis of fraudulent or misleading information, the enrolment will be cancelled and the academic record endorsed accordingly.

20. Repeated withdrawal from course

20.1 An applicant whose academic record shows that they have withdrawn from university courses on two or more occasions without recording any results (including courses commenced at other universities) will not be permitted to enrol in a course at the University without the explicit permission of the appropriate faculty.

21. Deferral of place

21.1(1) Except as set out in (2), (3) and (4) an applicant may defer taking up a place at the University once only, for up to one year.

(2) An applicant may apply to the Admissions Office for an extended period of deferral of up to two years in cases where circumstances beyond their control (for example serious illness, acute financial hardship or National Service obligations) prevent earlier commencement.

(3) An applicant is not permitted to defer taking up a place in a course in music.

(4) An applicant may be permitted to defer taking up a place in the MBBS graduate course only in exceptional circumstances.

(5) In considering a request for a deferral under (2), the University may take into consideration the impact on course quotas.

(6) Deferred applicants indicate their intention to take up their deferred place by lodging an application for admission in the relevant subsequent admissions period.

(7) If a student has deferred taking up a place in a course which does not allow commencement in second semester, they must lodge an application for admission in the relevant first semester admission period.

(8) Admission to the deferred course is guaranteed provided that the application requirements are satisfied.

(9) The deferral will lapse if a deferred applicant undertakes any tertiary study during the deferral period.

(10) A deferred applicant who undertakes tertiary study during the deferral period and who wishes to undertake the deferred course must submit a new application and will compete for a place at the University on the basis of all study undertaken to that point.

22. Personal declaration

22.1 An applicant must sign the Personal Declaration on the enrolment form before they can be admitted to the University.

23. Re-admission to course following withdrawal without academic penalty or credit

23.1 An undergraduate student at the University who demonstrates to the satisfaction of their faculty that they must withdraw from their course due to illness, and who does so before incurring academic credit or penalty, will be re-admitted to their course according to the procedures for admission of deferred students described in Regulation 21.

24. Transfer to a new course following withdrawal with academic credit or penalty

24.1(1) A student who has received academic credit or penalty in at least one unit at the University, and who wishes to transfer to a new undergraduate degree course must—

(a) apply in accordance with Regulation 16 or 17 as appropriate if—

(i) they wish to enter Dentistry, Law or Medicine; or

(ii) they have exceeded the time limit for completion of their course, or

(iii) they have completed a degree course at any university since they last competed for admission to a course at the University; or

(b) apply through the relevant faculty in all cases other than those described in (a).

(2) Where application is made direct to the faculty, the faculty assesses, ranks and recommends applicants for selection according to procedures published by the faculty.

25. Transfer to a Commonwealth-supported place from a fee–paying place

25.1 A student who has been admitted to a fee–paying place may apply for admission to a Commonwealth-supported place after they have completed a minimum of 48 credit points of their course.

25.2 Students may make more than one application to transfer to a Commonwealth-supported place but must have completed at least 48 points of their course between each such application.

25.3 Students who apply to transfer from a fee–paying place to a Commonwealth-supported place must compete for a Commonwealth–supported place against all other Commonwealth–supported place applicants.

26. Responsibility for control of number of offers

26.1(1) Except where the University has set a fixed quota of entrants to a course, control of numbers of offers to domestic applicants in each category defined by these regulations is the responsibility of the Admissions Committee.

(2) The Admissions Committee may delegate its responsibility under (1) to the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.