How to accept your graduate research degree offer

In your Letter of Offer it will state the latest commencement date for your candidature. Discuss with your principal supervisor to agree on a suitable commencement date that falls within this timeframe.

Activate your UTS email account – you’ll need to provide the personal email address used in your UTS application.

Sign into login.uts.edu.au using your new UTS email account. Follow the prompts to secure your account with MFA.

You MUST wait until your agreed commencement date to complete this step:

1. log into MyStudentAdmin using your UTS email account. This is where you’ll manage your offers, scholarships and enrolment while you’re at UTS.
2. Click ‘Offers’ at the top of the screen
3. Click ‘Start’ to review all offer details
4. Accept your candidature offer and scholarship offer (if applicable)
5. Enrol in your degree

If you are unable to commence your study in the session specified on your letter of offer and wish to defer, do not accept the current offer. Instead, follow these steps:

• Email the Graduate Research School with your intended session and the reasons for deferral.
• if your request is approved, a new Letter of Offer will be issued closer to your intended start date

Deferrals can be requested for up to two sessions (12 months).

Note:

• Different rules may apply for deferring your scholarship (if applicable). Please check your scholarship Conditions of Award for specific details.
• If you defer your course commencement, you will not be automatically considered for the next competitive scholarship round (if you haven't been awarded a scholarship).

To be considered for the next competitive scholarship round, you will need to either:

• Enrol and apply as a current student before the next scholarship application deadline, or
• Decline your offer and reapply as a new applicant in the next competitive scholarship round.

Email all required documents to grs@uts.edu.au by the due date listed on your offer letter. A list of relevant documents will be provided and may include:

• Passport: Clear copy of biodata page
• Agent checklist: If applying through a UTS agent
• Residential address: Full address in your home country and onshore address if you are currently onshore
• Candidature acceptance form: Signed (signature must match passport, if applicable)
• Scholarship acceptance form: Signed (signature must match passport, if applicable)
• Scholarship financial guarantee letter: Official letter from sponsor(s) confirming funding details (if applicable)

For Collaborative Doctoral Research Degree students, also provide:

• Evidence of enrolment at your home university
• Approval from your home university to apply for the collaborative program
• A collaborative research timeline showing the duration spent studying at your home university, onshore at UTS and what your Expected Work Submission (EWS) date is

You will also need to follow the instructions in your offer email to activate your UTS email account.

If a deposit is required, it must be arranged by the due date listed on your offer letter

Our preferred payment method is by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) using a third party, Flywire (opens an external site). If you use this service you will need to accept Flywire’s terms and conditions.

You can also pay by Bank draft or bank cheque. It should be drawn on a bank in Australia and made payable to 'University of Technology Sydney' and posted to GRS. 

Send payment proof to grs@uts.edu.au.

Once we receive your acceptance documentation, we will email you a CoE. You can use this to apply for your student visa.  

We reserve the right to withdraw an offer of admission or CoE in cases where: 

• you haven’t provided true and complete information, or  

• where UTS is not satisfied that you meet the Genuine Temporary Entrant and/or Genuine Student requirements set by the Department of Home Affairs.

You need to obtain a student visa issued by the Australian Government to study in Australia.​ To enrol in your research course,a valid student visa in the Postgraduate Research Sector covering the full duration of your study is required.

Processing times can take several months so it is important to begin the application process as soon as you have received your offer. To further reduce delays, make sure you include the following documents in your visa application: 

• detailed CV 

• research proposal 

• academic transcripts, and  

• details of publications. 

We strongly advise you to use an approved and registered migration agent or lawyer who is registered by the Migration Agent Registration Authority (opens external site). 

Further information about the student visa can be found on: 

• the Department of Home Affairs website

• our getting a student visa webpage. 

Start a student visa online application

Once your visa is granted, you will need to:

• organise housing (if applicable)
• Visit the GRS office in person to complete enrolment (online enrolment is NOT available).

If you are unable to commence your study in the session specified on your letter of offer, and wish to defer your commencement date, follow these steps:

• Email the Graduate Research School with your intended session and the reasons for deferral.
• if your request is approved, a new Letter of Offer will be issued.

Deferrals can be requested for up to two sessions (12 months).

Note: Different rules may apply for deferring your scholarship (if applicable). Please check your scholarship Conditions of Award for options.