APPLICATIONPROCESS
International students studying
Year 12 in Australia or the NCEA in
New Zealand
Please go to
/
ausyear12
for more information about
entry requirements and how to apply for an
undergraduate program through QTAC.
UQ International
Email
UQAUTHORISED
EDUCATIONAL
REPRESENTATIVES
UQ’s representatives can assist with
information about studying at UQ, entry
requirements, and applications.
UQ Authorised Educational Representatives
UNDERGRADUATE
ANDPOSTGRADUATE
COURSEWORK
APPLICATIONS
Closing dates
Visa application processing time varies
according to whether your program is
eligible for
Streamlined Visa Processing
:
see
-
students/svp
. You should submit your
application no later than the recommended
dates in the table below left for each
Assessment Level to ensure that you have
enough time to apply for a student visa.
Some UQ programs have specific early
deadline dates: see
Department of Immigration and Border
Protection (DIBP)
Documentation required
When you apply to UQ, please ensure that
you submit certified copies (see Notes
below left) of up-to-date transcripts and
award certificates with your application.
Comprehensive grading scales will also be
needed for any tertiary studies you have
undertaken. Certified official translations are
required for all documents in languages
other than English.
If you are waiting for transcripts or current
results, you may still submit an application.
Submit the evidence of English Language
Proficiency (unless you intend to sit a test),
and post-secondary results you have so far
with the application form.
Please forward any outstanding
documents as soon as you receive them
to UQ’s International Admissions Section.
Please ensure that these documents are
clearly marked with your UQ Student ID (if
available), family name, first name, date of
birth, proposed program and a note that an
application has already been submitted.
Application status
To enquire about how your application is
progressing, please email
with your full
name, date of birth, and UQ Student ID (if
known). If you do not yet have an ID, let us
know when you submitted your application.
International Admissions Section
UQ International
Level 2, JD Story Building
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
Email
Phone +61 7 3365 7941
Fax +61 7 3365 1794
VISAS
All international students applying to study
in Australia must have a student visa
unless they have an alternative visa that
enables them to study full-time.
To be eligible to apply for an Australian
student visa, you must undertake a
program on campus at UQ on a full-time
basis.
The majority of visas are processed under
SVP. Visas for programs ineligible for SVP
can take longer. It is your responsibility to
ensure that you receive your visa in enough
time to commence studies at the University.
For all visa enquiries and applications,
please contact your local Australian
Embassy, High Commission, or Diplomatic
Mission.
Australian Diplomatic Missions, Australian
Embassies, Australian High Commissions,
Department of Immigration and Border
Protection (DIBP)
STUDENTS UNDER 18
YEARS OFAGE
If you are an international student wishing to
study on a student visa and you will be under
18 years of age at the time you commence
your studies, you will require a guardian
to be with you in Australia. The University
of Queensland cannot act as a guardian,
and will not be able to organise care and
welfare arrangements for you. For more
information about under 18 care and welfare
arrangements, please visit the websites below.
Department of Immigration and Border
Protection (DIBP)
_
guardians/580/
/
eligibility-student-18.htm
NOTES: A
certified copy of an original
document
is one that has been certified as a
true copy of the original by one of the following:
an authorised agent of the University (see
), a
university or college registrar, a school principal,
a Justice of the Peace, a Notary Public (i.e.
practising solicitor), or an examining authority.
Authorised agents
of the University must
include ALL of the following: agency company
stamp, signature of the agency staff who
sighted the original document/s, and a
certification statement saying that the original
has been sighted.
WHO IS AN
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT?
You are an international student if you are:
– a Temporary Resident (visa status) of
Australia
– a Permanent Resident (visa status) of New
Zealand, or
– a resident or citizen of any other country.
You are
not
an international student if you are:
– an Australian citizen (living in Australia or
as a resident overseas)
– an Australian Permanent Resident
(visa status), or
– a New Zealand citizen.
Permanent residency
If you become a permanent resident
before starting your first semester of study,
and you have been offered a place as an
international student, you will not be able to
retain that place.
Instead, if you are appying for an
undergraduate
program, you must apply
for a Commonwealth Supported Place
(CSP) through the Queensland Tertiary
Admissions Centre (QTAC): see
edu.au
for details.
If you are applying for a
postgraduate
program, you should contact the relevant
faculty.
If you obtain permanent residency after
you have enrolled at UQ, other procedures
apply. Please contact the Student Centre at
that time for more information.
CLOSINGDATES
SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2
SVP Eligible
November 30 of
previous year
May 31 of
same year
SVP Ineligible
Assessment
Levels 1 and 2
November 15 of
previous year
May 15 of
same year
Assessment
Levels 3 and 4
October 15 of
previous year
April 15 of
same year
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UQ Guide 2015
International
