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Course transfer

If you're seeking a Commonwealth Supported Place in a new postgraduate course, please submit a direct application via the UTS Student Portal (postgraduate applications tile) to be considered for a CSP.

If you are a scholarship recipient or a sponsored student, please read the important information before applying.

Depending on your circumstances, if you wish to change from one course at UTS to another course at UTS, you may be eligible to apply for a course transfer. 

There are two types of course transfers: 

  • Course Transfer - Graduating: to transfer from your current UTS course to another UTS course for the purpose of graduating;
  • Course Transfer - Continuing: to transfer from your current UTS course to another UTS course to continue your studies in the new course.

Course Transfer - Graduating

If you wish to transfer courses in order to graduate and you are:

  • a double/combined award student who wishes to transfer to a single award course to allow you to graduate from this course whilst not continuing with the other course, for example transferring from a B Laws /B Int Studies to B Laws (graduating) and not continuing with B Int Studies
  • a double award student wishing graduate from one course and continue in the other, to split the awards *
  • wanting to articulate 'down' to a lower level award to graduate, for example from a Masters to Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate
  • a single award student transferring to another closely related single award program or to an exit only program from the same faculty, where they qualify immediately in the new course for graduation, for example a B Sc (Applied Physics) to B Sc (graduating), or Bachelor of Laws to Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

You can apply for a course transfer (graduating) (PDF, 81kB).

You should lodge your completed application to an online enquiry via ASK UTS.

* Note: Graduation from the science component of a combined degree is not possible prior to completion of all requirements of the combined degree. Graduation from the non-science degree is possible but students must then complete all requirements for the stand-alone single science degree. Full details are available in the relevant combined course description in the Handbook.

Course Transfer - Continuing

Application period

Spring 2025: 8 April - 30 June 2025

NOTE: July Session applications for Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation courses close on 8 June 2025

 

Eligibility 

Applications can be made if you have commenced studies at UTS and you are:

  • an international undergraduate student transferring to any other undergraduate course;
  • an undergraduate student:
    • in a combined course, wishing to transfer to one of the constituent single courses;
    • wishing to add Bachelor of International Studies to your current course;
    • wishing to add Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation to your current course;
    • wishing to add Bachelor of Sustainability and Environment to your current Business course;
    • wishing to transfer from a combined international studies course to a combined language and culture course (must be the same core course);
    • transferring from the Diploma in Innovation to a combined course with the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation. Students interested in the Diploma in Innovation can apply here.
       
  • a postgraduate coursework student transferring to any other postgraduate coursework course (excluding postgraduate online courses and Graduate School of Health courses with exceptions);
  • transferring into one of the following Master of Philosophy courses:

If you don't meet any of the above criteria, you will need to apply for admissions in the standard application process. For domestic students, please apply via the Universities Admissions Centre and for international students, please apply via UTS International.

How to apply

Submit an application via the UTS Student Portal. You need to include: 

  • personal statement (no more than 300 words);
  • optional supporting documentation.

Important faculty specific requirements for course transfer

Some faculties have special guidelines regarding course transfer:

I've submitted my application. What's next?

You will receive an email in your UTS Webmail account acknowledging your application. 

Application outcome

The outcome of your application will be emailed to your UTS Webmail account.

Accepting your offer 

If you have been emailed an offer, you can accept your offer through My Student Admin.

Once you accept a course transfer offer:

  • if applicable, you are required to submit a Commonwealth assistance form for your new course;
  • you will be withdrawn from your course shortly after census date, subject to all pending results being finalised;
  • any subject enrolment from your old course will be transferred to your new course (where applicable). Once your subject enrolment has been transferred to the new course, you can then alter your enrolment, by adding or withdrawing subjects. See How to Enrol for more information on enrolling in subjects. 

Note: If you have received an offer through your Course Transfer - Continuing application, please do not lodge a course withdrawal application for your previous course. After the census date of the first session in your new course, UTS will automatically withdraw you from your previous course. 

Recognition of prior learning

Students may be entitled to have subjects automatically credited to their new course. Course transfer recognition of prior learning will automatically be recognised where the subject number and version number are identical in each course. In such cases, the subject grade will be recorded for the course you have transferred to. Subjects automatically credited to your new course through course transfer will be included in the grade point average (GPA) calculation for the course you have transferred to.

In all other cases, recognition of prior learning is not automatic and an application for recognition of prior learning must be made. For more information see UTS Recognition of prior learning policies.

Important Information for:

Scholarship recipients

If you received a scholarship from UTS and are applying for a course transfer, please refer to your scholarship Conditions of Award for the possible implications on your scholarship. 

The scholarship will not automatically transfer from your current course to the new course. A Request to Retain Scholarship application must be submitted to UTS Scholarships (email below) for approval by the Scholarship Selection Committee.

If you require any clarification, please contact UTS Scholarships via scholarships@uts.edu.au.

Sponsored students

If you are a sponsored student and applying for a course transfer, please contact UTS Sponsored Student via sponsored.student@uts.edu.au to ensure you have the relevant documentation and sponsor approval. 

 
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