Offers FAQs
If you have queries regarding your offer/s contact the institution/s directly. The institutions decide who they'll make offers to. UAC doesn't select applicants, or have the power to persuade institutions to make a particular offer, or question decisions made by institutions.
- How will I know if my application is successful?
Most offers are made in the Main Round. You can check this website on the following days to see if you've received an offer:
| October Round offers released on website |
Thu 27 Oct 2011 at 9am |
| November Round offers released on website |
Thu 17 Nov 2011 at 9am |
| December Round offers released on website |
Thu 8 Dec 2011 at 9am |
| Early January Round offers released on website |
Wed 4 Jan 2012 at 9am |
| Main Round offers released on website |
Wed 18 Jan 2012 at 9pm |
| Late Round offers released on website |
Wed 1 Feb 2012 at 9pm |
| Final Round offers released on website |
Wed 8 Feb 2012 at 9am |
If your application is successful, you'll receive an offer letter and an information booklet or leaflet from the institution making the offer that explains acceptance and enrolment dates and procedures.
- How many offers can I receive in each round?
You can receive only 1 offer to a Commonwealth-supported place (CSP) in each offer round. That offer will be to the highest preference for which you're eligible and competitive enough.
For example: If you're eligible and competitive enough for the first preference you've listed, you'll be made an offer to that course and the rest of your preferences won't be considered. If you're not eligible for your first preference, but are eligible and competitive enough for your second preference, you'll be made an offer to your second preference and the rest of your preferences won't be considered.
- Can I receive more than 1 offer?
You could receive an offer in more than 1 round. If you do, you can choose which offer to accept. If you receive an offer in 1 round and accept it, and then receive an offer in a later round, you can choose either to:
- keep your previous offer and not accept your new offer or
- withdraw from your previous offer and accept your new offer.
Note: You can only receive 1 offer to a CSP course in each offer round.
- Are all my preferences given equal consideration?
Yes. If you're not selected for your first preference, you'll be considered equally with all other eligible applicants for your second preference and so on. Your chance of being selected for a particular course isn't decreased because you placed a course as a lower order preference. You won't be selected for a course just because you entered that course as a higher order preference.
For example: Anna doesn't qualify for an offer to the courses she has listed as preferences 1, 2 or 3, and has course 116677 as preference 4. Anna is eligible and more competitive than Blair and Catriona, who have both listed course 116677 as their first preference. Anna, therefore, receives an offer ahead of Blair and Catriona.
- Should I accept my offer? I might receive another offer in the next round.
If you receive an offer in 1 round, don't assume that you'll receive another offer in a subsequent round. If you don't accept your offer and you don't receive an offer in a subsequent round, you may miss out on tertiary study in 2012.
Accepting an offer does not stop you from being considered in subsequent offer rounds unless it is your first preference. You must accept your offer by the date indicated in your offer material otherwise you may lose your offer.
- If I receive an offer, can I accept it and change preferences for a later Round?
- Do I need to change my preferences between offer rounds?
- If I receive an offer, can I defer my enrolment?
Some institutions allow you to defer in some courses. Read the deferment FAQs for more information.
- How do I accept my offer?
If your application is successful, you'll receive an offer letter and information from the institution making the offer that explains acceptance and enrolment dates and procedures. Some institutions allow you to accept your offer online.
Each institution has its own instructions on how to accept your offer. These instructions will be provided to you when you receive your offer. Follow the institution's instructions carefully.
Accept your offer by the date specified by the institution otherwise you may lose your offer. Don't let your offer lapse. If you haven't received your offer letter, contact the institution making the offer.
- How do I enrol?
Each institution has its own procedures for enrolment.
When you apply, make sure the name on your application matches your official ID (birth certificate, passport, citizenship documents). You'll need
your ID when you enrol and there may be problems if the name on your
ID doesn't match your offer letter.
- I am away and can't accept my offer or attend enrolment. What should I do?
When you receive your offer, you can download the offer brochure by following the link on the page with your offer details. This brochure will have all the information on acceptance and enrolment procedures.
Alternatively, contact the relevant institution for advice. Enrolment dates and procedures differ for each institution.
- Can I get advanced standing/academic credit for my previous tertiary studies?
If you've already studied at tertiary level, you may get credit for those studies when you enrol. Each institution has its own policy, which you should check carefully.
For more information contact the relevant institution.
- Can I transfer to another course after I enrol?
Many students enrol in a course with a view to transferring into another course after completing a year's study. A typical example is completing one year of a general degree (such as Arts) and then transferring to a more specialised degree (such as Arts/Law).
Transfers such as this are possible but very competitive, and you usually need to achieve excellent results in your first year. Remember that each institution has its own requirements for transfers and you should check with the relevant institution for more information before you enrol.
- I didn't receive an offer. How can I find out why I was unsuccessful?
UAC will send you a letter giving you an outline of why your application was unsuccessful.
If you have questions, you'll need to speak to the admissions office at the institution and ask why you were not made an offer and what study options may be available to you. The institutions, not UAC, decide who'll receive offers based on the preferences expressed by applicants in their UAC applications.
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