Your guide to student life at UNSW
Find the answers to all your questions on enrolment and student life. Make the most of your time at uni.
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Share your digital experience for the chance to win $30
Participate in an online feedback session and receive a voucher!
Express your interest by 11.59pm, Friday 28 November 2025
We want to make it easier for you to find and manage the co-curricular activities you're passionate about. Help us out by taking part in a 30-minute online feedback session!
You'll get to share your thoughts about our Current Students website and what it's like browsing for opportunities, including:
- Student clubs, committees and councils
- Work experience and professional development
- Volunteering opportunities
- Academic and peer mentoring
- Competitions.
Whether you're a new student or in your final year, you're welcome to share your experiences. You'll receive a $30 voucher as a thank you for your time.
Set yourself up for 2026: Complete your annual enrolment
Annual enrolment helps you plan ahead and lock in your preferred courses.
Enrolment changes can be made up until the deadline for each teaching period.
At UNSW, enrolment is a two-step process:
- Course enrolment – an annual process where you select the courses you want to study for the coming year.
- Class registration – completed each teaching period, where you choose your specific class times (such as lectures, tutorials, or labs) before the period begins.
If you’re new to UNSW and unsure about the difference between courses and classes, this guide will help you get started smoothly.
Enrol now to secure your courses for the year ahead!
SpeakUp at UNSW
Speak up if you see something that doesn't feel right
There are many ways you can safely raise issues at UNSW and get the support you need. Whether your concerns are big or small, your voice contributes to building a safer, more inclusive culture at UNSW.
Case IQ, our University-wide case management system, lets you:
- Raise an issue
- Raise an issue anonymously
- Report gendered violence
- Make a whistleblowing report
- Report anything else you have concerns about.
We're committed to fostering respect and integrity in our community, and encourage you to inform us about unacceptable behaviour wherever you see it. Help us make UNSW a better place for everyone by taking the first, most important step: speaking up.
FAQs
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Enrolment is a two-step process at UNSW: course enrolment and class registration, all done through myUNSW. Each term, you will be assigned a class registration appointment to finalise your timetable for the upcoming teaching period.
To choose which courses to enrol and register in, browse through your Program Handbook to view your options.
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Tuition for your studies will be shown as payable on your Fee Statement until the census date for the enrolment. It allows you to make a student contribution to your fees upfront if you would like to reduce the amount that gets deferred to your HECS-HELP.
If you have enough balance to defer to HECS-HELP and don't want to pay your student contributions upfront, your fees will be automatically deferred after the census date of the enrolment and no further action is required from you. Payments made after the census date will not be applied to your student contribution charges for the current enrolment.
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The release of course content on Moodle is managed by each course convenor. Typically, the Moodle content is made available a week before the commencement of the term. However, it is also common for some course content to be available on Moodle only from the first day of the term.
If you have recently updated your enrolment, please allow 48 hours for the course to appear on your Moodle. If you still do not have access to these courses and have confirmed that you are correctly registered in the course on myUNSW, contact your course convenors via email to request access.
View the Timetable website for each course to find information on your course convenors.
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If you have pending grades such as LE, WC, WJ or WD, you may have a provisional academic standing. Academic standing will be recalculated on a weekly basis until your withheld results are resolved. However, if your academic standing has still not been recalculated a week after your grades have been updated, contact The Nucleus: Student Hub for support.
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If you are unable to to sit your exam or submit your assessment by the due date because of circumstances beyond your control, you may be eligible to apply for Special Consideration or Short Extension.
Short Extension is a new process that allows you to apply for an extended deadline on your assessment without the need for supporting documentation, providing immediate approval during brief, life-disrupting events.
If you are unable to attend your exam, require more time to complete your assessment, or your course does not offer Short Extension, you may check your eligibility for Special Consideration instead.
First-year checklist
Get started on your uni journey with our step-by-step checklist, so you can begin your studies with ease.
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