University of New South Wales Update

Last week, as part of the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 (ESOS Bill), the Australian government's proposed international student enrollment limits failed to pass into legislation.

Therefore, given that parliament has adjourned until the end of this year and a general election is expected early next year, it is unlikely that students enrolling in 2025 will be affected by the proposed international student enrollment limits.

In light of the current policy environment and ongoing uncertainty, UNSW will adopt a cautious approach to achieve controlled and orderly growth when further opening admission rounds.

Admission Approach

In the short term, our focus remains on providing assessment opportunities for students who have applied or are currently on our admission waitlist.

UNSW has recently adjusted its admission approach, adopting weekly admission rounds and setting acceptance deadlines for formal offers. These changes will continue to be implemented to optimize the admission process, with admission rounds proceeding according to the previously announced schedule.

Additionally, a new admission round has been added for the first semester of 2025, with offers to be released on Thursday, December 19.

Please refer toUNSW 2025 International Admission FAQ pagefor key dates and detailed information on the current admission process.

Submit outstanding documents to participate in the upcoming 2025 admission rounds

For students who have not submitted a complete application and are missing documents (including proof of English language proficiency), UNSW is keen to conduct a full assessment of their application.

Please submit all outstanding documents for these students as soon as possible so they can participate in the December admission rounds.

Documents supplemented by Friday, December 13will be included inthe assessment for the first semester admission round of 2025 on Thursday, December 19.

If documents are submitted after December 13, these applications may not be processed in time for this admission round but will be considered in subsequent 2025 admission rounds.

Given that the ESOS Bill did not pass, UNSW will expand the range of offers in the upcoming December admission rounds and add a new admission round on December 19.

In addition to the priority program list, offers will be released for most undergraduate and postgraduate courses (excluding8543 Master of Information Technology, 9201 Master of Laws, and 3896 Bachelor of Exercise Science/Master of Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology).

Furthermore, for students who have deferred from Term 3, 2024, we will issue deferral offers for all courses (excluding 9201 Master of Laws) in this admission round.

Applications for Term 2 and Term 3, 2025

We understand that you may have students interested in applying for Term 2 and Term 3, 2025.

Although no further applications will be invited for Term 1, 2025, UNSW is currently organizing timelines and processes and will announce the opening times for Term 2 and Term 3 applications before the end of this year.

For such students, our advice is to register their interest in UNSW throughthe Expression of Interest form(Expression of Interest form).

Students who need to supplement materials are encouraged to do so as soon as possible to secure an offer for T1 2025.

Students wishing to apply for T2-T3 should prepare their materials as soon as possible.

Last week the Australian Government’s proposed international student enrolment limits as part of the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 (ESOS Bill) did not become legislation.

It is therefore unlikely that the proposed international student enrolment limits will be imposed on the 2025 intake given that parliament has adjourned for this year and an election is expected early next year.

This news is very welcome as UNSW values the diverse perspectives international students contribute to our campuses, classrooms and wider community. It is important to note, however, that a high degree of uncertainty remains regarding the Australian policy environment. Both the Government and the Opposition remain in favour of limiting migration numbers and this is likely to feature in the upcoming election.

Given the current policy environment and the significant level of ongoing uncertainty, UNSW is taking a considered approach as we open further offer rounds to future students, implementing controlled and measured growth.

Our admissions approach
In the near term, our focus remains on providing every opportunity for students with an application, or currently on our offer waitlists, to be assessed. I would like to share the following guidance to help you manage the expectations of your students.

UNSW has recently made changes in our approach to admissions, adopting weekly offer rounds and implementing an acceptance deadline on full offers. These changes will remain in effect to help streamline the admissions process, with offer rounds to continue as previously advised.An additional offer round for Term 1, 2025 has also been added, with offers released on Thursday, 19 December.

Please refer to theUNSW 2025 International Admission FAQ pagefor key dates and details on our current offer process.