Academic standing
Students in undergraduate and postgraduate coursework programs
Beyond the UTS requirements for academic standing, in order to satisfy the required minimum rate of progress, a US Financial Aid student must gain more than 50 per cent of the credit points for the subjects in which the student has been enrolled each academic period and have at least a pass average (1.5 on the UTS 4-point scale) for the subjects in which the student has been enrolled since the commencement of enrolment in the course. Furthermore, a student taking a full-time study load (24 credit points) must not fail more than one subject in an academic period (semester).
The University of Technology, Sydney represents its grades in a 4-point scale of 0.5, being a fail, to 4 as the highest possible (high distinction), with the exception of an ungraded pass. See Results and Grades.
For the purposes of US Federal Financial Aid, an ungraded pass will be treated as "Pass" and 1.5 point on the UTS 4-point scale.
Note: Remedial, Non-Credit Subjects and Incompletes
Remedial and non-credit subjects will not be counted in assessing full-time hours and US Financial Aid will not be awarded for these subjects. A student is required to achieve a grade on any withheld, deferred or supplementary assessment within six months of completing a subject. However, the student cannot have an incomplete grade in a subject and receive financial aid, unless the UTS GPA is still at least 1.5 when that subject counts as a 0 grade.
Postgraduates by Research
Students undertaking postgraduate study via research mode are also bound by the same criteria in relation to time in which they are able to access aid and successful progression towards completion of their research. Students undertaking postgraduate research will need to achieve the “satisfactory” criteria awarded by the Principal Supervisor on the half-yearly Progress Report that is submitted to the University Graduate School. Upon receipt of a first “conceded satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory” report, the student will be put on US Financial Aid probation. If the student does not receive a "satisfactory" report in the next academic period, US Financial Aid will be suspended.
Transfer students
Transfer students' transcripts will be evaluated by the relevant Academic Program Director. Those subjects which are applicable to the degree requirement will be accepted and will be used to measure the quantitative SAP requirement. Only those grades earned at the University of Technology, Sydney will be used to compute the qualitative requirement.
Change of program or degree
Students who decide to change their degree or program objective will be evaluated similarly to Transfer Students with the exception that the grades previously earned at the University of Technology, Sydney will be used to measure the qualitative requirements.
Repetition
A student who repeats a subject will have the original grade counted in the GPA, and the credit points for the subject will only be counted towards the degree for the repeated subject. The credit points in both attempts will be counted in the total credit points enrolled for the UTS GPA calculation.
Withdrawal
Subject withdrawal, without academic and financial penalty, is permissible up until the census date for the teaching period. Students, who withdraw from a subject after the census date of the semester, receive a grade of "W" (withdrawn fail) on their transcripts. The grade is considered the same as a UTS "F" grade in calculating the GPA. If a student withdraws from a subject, but retains more than half-time enrolment, financial aid will be adjusted to reflect the lesser load.
