Your guide to student life at UNSW
Got a question about enrolment, student life, or anything in-between? Find answers to all your questions and how to make the most of your time at uni.
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Plan ahead for end of year closure at UNSW
Mark your calendars for our holiday shutdown period!
UNSW will shut down operations from 5pm, Monday 23 December 2024 and reopen Monday 6 January 2025
Most of our services, including The Nucleus: Student Hub, will be unavailable during the University Shutdown period for Christmas and New Years.
Emergency and mental health support services are still available for students during this time.
Stay safe and enjoy your well-deserved break. Happy holidays! 🎉
Have your say about the Heart of Randwick district for the chance to win
Have your say about the Heart of Randwick district for the chance to win a $20 Ritz Cinemas voucher!
Survey is anonymous and should take around 3 minutes
The Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct (founded by South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network and UNSW) is working to improve connections between our campuses and surrounding neighbourhoods.
We'd love to understand how you currently use the Heart of Randwick district, covering UNSW Kensington campus, Randwick Health campus and local retail areas such as The Spot and Newmarket. Share your ideas and enter the draw to win a $20 voucher for Ritz Cinemas!
Shape UNSW's future academic calendar
Help us shape UNSW's future academic calendar
Provide your feedback by Thursday 6 February 2025
We want to hear from you! The university has explored 20 possible future calendar options and narrowed them down to two stand-out drafts:
- A calendar with a new two-core teaching term structure
- A calendar with a new and improved three-core teaching term structure.
Check out our possible academic calendar models and share your thoughts about the two options to help us determine the future of UNSW. The final decision on our new academic calendar will be made in early 2025 with roll-out starting from 2027 or 2028, depending on the calendar chosen.
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.Â
To choose which courses to enrol and register in, browse through your to view your options.Â
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Tuition for your studies will be shown as payable on your Fee Statement until the 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.Â
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.Â
View the for each course to find information on your course convenors.Â
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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.Â
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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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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