University of New South Wales Seminar Sharing
UNSW Sydney
2025 Admission Approach
The Australian Government has proposed introducing international student enrolment limits as part of the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024.Although this proposal is still being debated in the legislative process and has not yet been passed, UNSW must adjust our admission approach for New Overseas Commencing Students (NOSC) to streamline the admission process, ensuring UNSW does not exceed the proposed enrolment limit. These preventive measures are necessary because if UNSW's total enrolment exceeds the limit,the university's CRICOS registration could be suspended for the entire year of 2025, at which point it would be unable to accept more international students.
Admissions for 2025 will be issued in batches, with major changes including:
- Complete applications (i.e., submission of all supporting documents) will be prioritized based on academic merit and subject to course availability
- Offer deferrals will no longer be automatically approved
- A round of offer notifications will be conducted weekly
- Issued offers will have a 10-day acceptance period
- Change of course requests will only be considered upon submission of a new application
Introducing offer rounds UNSW will change the way offers are issued by introducing weekly offer rounds, with the first batch starting on Thursday, November 21, 2024. Offers will be released every Thursday, and offer holders will have 10 days to accept the offer (expiring on Saturday). Courses will be grouped as per the table below, and offers will be released according to these groups. UNSW may adjust the courses within these groups in the coming weeks or months.
Offer expiration Starting from Thursday, November 21, 2024, all NOSC offer holders will have a deadline to accept or decline UNSW's study opportunity. The offer expiration time will be automatically calculated and generated at the time of offer release. We advise agents and students to carefully note this deadline and accept the offer and pay the deposit via Accept Online before the deadline, as the offer will automatically expire after this time. For more details, please refer to the UNSW 2025 International Admission FAQ page.
^Accepting an offer means the student must accept the offer and pay the deposit.
Priority courses for Term 1, 2025 Offers for Term 1, 2025 will be issued during the November and December offer rounds.
Places for each group of offers will be prioritized based on course priority.
More information and answers to key questions submitted during the webinar can be found on the UNSW 2025 International Admission FAQ pageUNSW 2025 International Admission FAQ page.https://www.unsw.edu.au/study/international-students/2025-admissions?mc_cid=208b8761d9&mc_eid=0cce9da8ec
More detailed information and responses to key questions submitted during the webinar can be found on the UNSW 2025 International Admission FAQ pageUNSW 2025 International Admission FAQ page).
2025 offer approach
The Australian Government has proposed introducing international student enrolment limits as part of the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 (ESOS Bill). While this proposed policy is still being debated as part of the legislative process and has not yet been passed, UNSW has had to make changes to our offer approach for New Overseas Commencing Students (NOSC) to streamline the admissions process and ensure UNSW does not exceed its proposed enrolment limit. These pre-emptive measures are required because if UNSW’s total enrolment limit is exceeded, the University’s CRICOS registration could be suspended for all programs and locations for the 2025 calendar year, and no further international students can be enrolled at the university.
Offers to study at UNSW Sydney in 2025 will now be made in specific offer rounds, with the following key changes applied:
We value the diverse perspectives international students contribute to our campuses, disciplines and classrooms and would like to thank you again for your continued support and partnership during this time of uncertainty and change across the Australian higher education sector. We will continue focusing on providing transparency and clarity around our new admissions processes, including enhancing our agent training and support.
Please direct any feedback to yourUNSW Future Students Regional Managersto help us improve our world-class educational experience for your students.