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The Australian Government recently proposed changes to the legislation which governs the delivery of education services to international students in Australia. The proposed changes may result in limits on the number of international students that can be enrolled and/or commence in programs provided by higher education institutions.ÌýÌý

Importantly, these proposed changes have not yet been made and, as of 18th November 2024, UNSW Sydney does not know whether the proposed changes will be made. We will continue to advocate with government as we are deeply disappointed by the proposed limits. Ìý

UNSW Sydney continues to welcome international students to our campuses as a valued part of our vibrant student community.Ìý

The proposed enrolment limits will likely apply to all newly commencing international students undertaking qualifying study from 1 January 2025 with some exemptions which include but are not limited to:ÌýÌý

• Higher degree by research studentsÌýÌý
• Non-award programs (including Study Abroad and Exchange students)ÌýÌý
• Australian government sponsored scholarsÌý
• Some Australian Government partner foreign government scholarship holders may be exempt from any limit. The University is currently seeking clarifications on this exemption and will work to provide an update when more information is available.Ìý
• Students from the Pacific and Timor Leste are set to be exempt from any limitÌý
  

Further, if you are progressing from an undergraduate to a postgraduate coursework degree at UNSW Sydney, you may be exempt from any limit.Ìý

UNSW Sydney does not know if, or when, this legislation will be approved. The Australian Government have announced that they aim to apply the enrolment limits from 1 January 2025.Ìý

UNSW Sydney expects that demand for our programs will increase. While we are unable to guarantee a place to current offer holders for undergraduate and postgraduate coursework programs, we recommend that you act early by meeting any condition on your offer and accept your place of study with us as soon as you can.ÌýÌý

In order to ensure that we can comply with any enrolment limits imposed by the Australian Government in the future, UNSW Sydney reserves the right to:ÌýÌý

• withdraw your offer to study at UNSW Sydney;Ìý Ìý
• not enrol you at UNSW Sydney; and/orÌýÌý
• not allow you to commence your studies at UNSW Sydney:

to ensure that UNSW Sydney does not exceed any enrolment limit imposed by the Australian Government.

Please note that while UNSW Sydney reserves this right,Ìýyour offer to study at UNSW remains valid unless communicated otherwise by email or update to your status in our applicant portal.

At this stage, we are unsure on the impact that any proposed enrolment limits will have on our Term 1 2025 intake.Ìý If you are affected by the implementation of any Australian Government enrolment limit, then we will communicate options available to you at the time.ÌýÌý

The Department of Education have indicated that certain cohorts will be exempt from the enrolment limits.Ìý Refer to theÌýÌýfor more information and contact your agent if you believe you may be exempt.Ìý If you are not using an agent, contact UNSW Sydney enquiries teamÌýhere.

If you have commenced studies at UNSW College in a program packaged with a UNSW Sydney degree, a place will be reserved for you (provided that you meet academic, English language and any other admission requirements) for the degree and intake that was included in your package at the time that you accepted your offer.Ìý

Outside of this, the College will work with UNSW Sydney to assist all our students with their future study options at UNSW Sydney.Ìý

We do not know the impact of any proposed changes on study for 2026.Ìý

If you are a current student, you will not be directly affected by the proposed enrolment limits. The proposed enrolment limits are intended to apply to newly commencing international undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students from 1 January 2025.ÌýÌý

Should you wish to progress from your UNSW Sydney undergraduate program to a UNSW Sydney postgraduate program immediately after your undergraduate course, the University’s current understanding of the proposed legislation is that you will be able to do so without any impact from enrolment limits, provided you make an application for study and meet all other requirements.

Applications to study at UNSW in 2025 are currently paused.

Any new applications will be moved to ourÌýApplication Waitlist.

Current UNSW undergraduate students applying for UNSW postgraduate programs and sponsored students will beÌýexemptÌýfrom this application pause and canÌýsubmit an expression of interestÌýto receive further information on how to apply.

The UNSW Full-Time MBA (8351), the UNSW Bachelor of Medical Studies / Doctor of Medicine (3805), Graduate Diploma in Legal Professional Practice (5213),ÌýUNSW Online Programs,ÌýUNSW HDR Programs,Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ ProgramsÌý²¹°ù±ðÌýexcludedÌýfrom the application pause, with applications to be submitted viaÌýÌýas usual.

UAC applications for relevant international cohorts remain open.Ìý

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All applications that were submitted prior to the application pause should have received their application receipt email. If you have not received this email but have submitted an application ahead of the pause please follow up directly with your regional manager.Ìý

At this stage UNSW is prioritising releasing full offers. We will update agents and students with prioritisation details of further offer rounds in 2025.Ìý

Applications are currently open for 2026, however UNSW does not expect to issue any 2026 offers until after February 2025.Ìý

Applicants who meet minimum entry requirements for UNSW programs will be placed on our Offer Waitlist. Those on the Offer Waitlist may be eligible for an offer should additional places become available in their program. Offers will be released to students from the Offer Waitlist during UNSW Sydney’s offer release rounds throughout the year.

The Offer Waitlist is not an offer to study at UNSW Sydney.

UNSW will be issuing Term 1 2025 offers via offer rounds. The below table shows the schedule of offer release dates and offer acceptance deadlines:Ìý

^Offer holders will have until 11:59 pm (AEDT) to accept their offer on the acceptance deadline date.

UNSW will prioritise offers for some programs during the T1 2025 Offer Rounds. The below table shows the programs being prioritised and the schedule of offer release dates:

UNSW Sydney is not able to provide updates on positions of prospective students on the Offer Waitlist. More information will be communicated to Offer Waitlist students shortly about their options.Ìý

All applications made ahead of the UNSW Sydney application pause that have not received an offer will move to our offer waitlist.Ìý You will be updated on your application in due course.

UNSW College students with packaged conditional offers to study at UNSW Sydney have already been included in UNSW Sydney’s indicative enrolment limit. Please note that you must still meet any academic and/or English requirements stipulated as a condition in your package offer in order to secure your place at UNSW Sydney.Ìý

No, conditional offers are not being issued for the Term 1 2025 offer rounds.Ìý

UNSW Admissions is working to establish a process to receive documents from conditional offer holders who had their offer withdrawn and have opted in to the Offer Waitlist. We expect to communicate this process with agents and applicants in the coming weeks.Ìý

As articulations are not considered exempt from enrolment limits, we are unable to guarantee places to articulation students applying to continue their studies at UNSW Sydney.Ìý Those holding offers for UNSW Sydney programs which have not been accepted by 1pm AEDT, 1 November 2024, may join our offer waitlist. You can request to be added to the waitlist via the link in your email.

Students studying at UNSW College with a conditional offer to study at UNSW have been included in UNSW Sydney’s indicative enrolment limit. Please note that you must still meet any academic and/or English requirements stipulated as a condition in your package offer in order to secure your place at UNSW Sydney.

UNSW expects to make a number of offers through UAC for International Students. The majority of these offers will be made in the UAC December Round 2 offer round.Ìý

If you require an English package and would like to defer, you will need to request a deferred offer from UNSW. Once you have the deferred offer, it should be provided to UNSW College Admissions, who can issue an updated offer for your English course. Please note, deferral requests are not guaranteed to be approved.Ìý

If you require an English package and would like to defer, you will need to request a deferred offer from UNSW. Once you have the deferred offer, it should be provided to UNSW College Admissions, who can issue an updated offer for your English course. Please note, deferral requests are not guaranteed to be approved.Ìý

Students who are still on the offer waitlist after Term 1 offer rounds have passed will be contacted with further options in early 2025.Ìý

UNSW expects to make a number of offers through UAC for International Students. The majority of these offers will be made in the UAC December Round 2 offer round.Ìý

From 21^st November 2024, most UNSW international offer holders will have a personalised offer expiry date to accept, decline or defer their study at UNSW. The offer expiry will be active from the date that you receive your offer and your offer will lapse after the offer expiry date.Ìý

Offer holders will have until 11:59 pm (AEDT) to accept their offer on the acceptance deadline date.Ìý

The following cohorts will not have an offer expiry:Ìý

• Sponsored StudentsÌý
• UNSW College packaged offersÌý
• Conditional offer holders (until their status is changed to admit)Ìý
• Fully online (offshore) and PGRO studentsÌý
• Internal Program Transfer (IPT) studentsÌý
• HDR StudentsÌý
• Non-award students including Study Abroad and ExchangeÌý
• Current UNSW Students applying for a new program

UAC International Offer Holders will also receive a personalised offer expiry and must accept within this period.ÌýÌý

Given the proposed legislation changes, it is likely that demand for our courses will increase. We recommend that you act early by meeting any condition on your offer and accept your place of study with us as soon as you can. We will update UNSW Sydney offer holders with further information as this becomes available.Ìý

You may check your offer expiry date on your offer letter or .ÌýÌý

From 21^st November 2024 most UNSW international offer holders will have a personalised offer expiry date to accept or decline their study at UNSW. The offer expiry will be active from the date that you receive your offer and your offer will lapse after the offer expiry date.Ìý

You can see your offer expiry date on your offer letter and on . 

You will need to reapply to study at UNSW. From 16th October 2024, UNSW Apply Online will be paused for all 2025 international applicants. International applicants who do not have an offer from UNSW will need to register in the application waitlist on the relevant Degree Finder webpage. 

Current UNSW undergraduate students applying for UNSW postgraduate programs and sponsored students will be exempt from this application pause and can submit an expression of interest to receive further information on how to apply. The UNSW Full-Time MBA (8351), the UNSW Bachelor of Medical Studies / Doctor of Medicine (3805), and UNSW Online Programs will also be excluded from the application pause, with applications to be submitted via  as usual. 

UNSW will only approve for an extension on an offer under special circumstances. This also applies for UAC International students who have missed the deadline.  

The below reasons are not accepted as reasons for extension of an offer: 

• You are waiting on an outcome from another institution  
• You are waiting for another UAC offer round after the offer expiry date 
• You did not see your offer expiry date 
• You just missed your offer expiry 
• You missed deadline and program is now full 

If you have an extenuating circumstance, please contact your agent. 

 UNSW will only approve for an extension on an offer under extreme special circumstances. This also applies for UAC International students who have missed the deadline.  

The below reasons are not accepted as reasons for extension of an offer: 

• You are waiting on an outcome from another institution  
• You are waiting for another UAC offer round after the offer expiry date 
• You did not see your offer expiry date 
• You just missed your offer expiry 
• You missed deadline and the program is now full 

You will not receive another offer letter, however you can see the revised expiry date on .

Most UNSW offer holders will have a set time period to accept, decline or defer their study at UNSW. The personalised offer expiry is specified in the offer letter and UNSW Accept Online.  

If you are in one of the following cohorts, you will not have a personalised offer expiry: 

• Sponsored Students 
• UNSW College packaged offers 
• Conditional offer holders (until their status is changed to admit) 
• Fully online (offshore) and PGRO students 
• Internal Program Transfer (IPT) students 
• HDR Students 
• Non-award students, including Study Abroad and Exchange students 
• Current UNSW Students applying for a new program 

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As UNSW has withdrawn your offer, your application fee as per the will be refunded, unless you have joined the Offer Waitlist.ÌýÌý

By joining the Offer Waitlist, you are confirming your intention to continue your application to study at UNSW. Therefore, the application fee you have paid will not be refundable.Ìý

Please refer to your email for additional information on the Offer Waitlist.Ìý

If you have not joined the Offer Waitlist, your refund will be automatically processed*, and you do not need to apply for the refund.Ìý

*Application fees will only be refunded to eligible applicants who have paid an application fee.

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If you have not joined the Offer Waitlist, you will receive your refund automatically. Please allow up until 20 December 2024 to receive your refund.ÌýÌý

As per the , if you decide to withdraw from the Offer Waitlist, the application fee is non-refundable.Ìý

No. The application fee will be refunded to the original payment source (e.g. credit card, bank account) that was used to make the application fee payment. In the event that the refund is unsuccessful, we will contact you or your agent for further details to process the refund.Ìý

The application fee will be refunded to the original payment source (e.g. credit card, bank account) used to make the application fee payment. We will not require further details from you to process the application fee refund. In the event that the refund is unsuccessful, we will contact you or your agent for further details to process the refund.Ìý

No, the application fee will not be refunded as the assessment of your application is still in progress.Ìý

No, the application fee will not be refunded as the assessment of your application is still in progress.Ìý

When UNSW re-opens Apply Online for 2025, you will be contacted to submit a formal application.Ìý

Yes, your refund has been issued.Ìý

Yes, your refund has been issued.Ìý