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UNSW enrolment deadlines & financial implications

Important dates for adding and dropping courses

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Take charge of your enrolment. Understand the enrolment and withdrawal deadlines for adding and dropping courses and what impact they have on you.

You are responsible for managing your enrolment, so it’s important to understand when you can add or drop a course. Enrolment and withdrawal deadlines apply, which can affect your fees and academic record.

Each has specific deadlines for adding or dropping courses in your program. These add and drop deadlines are different. Explore what those deadlines are, the procedures for adding or dropping after each deadline and find out if any academic or financial penalties may apply.

Enrolment deadlines

The UNSW enrolment deadline is the last day to add a course online using . If you miss the deadline, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to enrol in the course.

See for your enrolment deadline.

If for any reason you need to enrol after the deadline, you need to complete the . Approval isn’t guaranteed, and late enrolments are only approved in exceptional circumstances. 

To maximise your chances of successfully completing your studies, students who enrol late will only be permitted to enrol in a maximum of 12 units of credit in that term. 

Information for international students

International Student visa holders must complete the course they are enrolled in within the duration specified in their . The CoE duration requires students to enrol in a full course load (48 units of credit) across the compulsory semesters or terms in a calendar year.

Course Withdrawal (Drop) deadlines

You can withdraw from or drop courses via myUNSW up until the end of the teaching period, but there are implications for your enrolment status, academic record and/or fee or contribution liability, depending on when you drop.

Deadlines for dropping courses are as follows:

  • The last day to drop a course without paying a or HECS/FEE-HELP contribution is the for that .

    When you drop a course before the census date:

    • You will not be financially liable for the course.
    • The course will not appear on your transcript.
    • The course will not be included in the calculation of your Weighted Average Mark (WAM).
    • The course will not be included in the calculation of your academic standing or academic progression.

    You can .

  • The last day to drop a course without academic penalty is Sunday of week 6 in a standard term. For other , it’s the same date as the relevant . Make sure you check the that apply to your courses. However, dropping a course after the previous deadlines have passed means you will be financially liable for the course.

    If you drop a course on or before this deadline:

    • You will be financially liable for the course.
    • The course will not appear on your transcript.
    • The course will not be included in the calculation of your WAM.
    • The course will not be included in the calculation of your academic standing or academic progression.

    You can .

  • If you drop a course after the deadline to drop a course without academic penalty has passed, and before the last day of the :

    • You will be financially liable for the course.
    • The course will appear on your academic transcript with a grade of AW (academic withdrawal).
    • The course will not be included in the calculation of your WAM.
    • The course will be included in the calculation of your academic standing and academic progression, as units of credit attempted but not passed.

    See that apply to your courses.

    Please be aware that UAC and tertiary institutions will count all units of credit with an AW grade as fails when determining your GPA.

    You can .

  • You are not able to drop a course via myUNSW after the last day of the teaching period. You will be assigned the final mark and grade awarded to you by your Course Authority.

  • In defined special circumstances you can apply for Fee Remission. This means you may be refunded or credited for HELP debt, FEE-HELP, HECS-HELP, student contribution amounts and tuition fees for that course after the census date has passed, if you can demonstrate special circumstances.  

    You must complete an application form to apply to drop courses under special circumstances.
    Learn more

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