APPLICATIONPROCESS
UQAUTHORISED
EDUCATIONAL
REPRESENTATIVES
UQ’s representatives can assist with
information about studying at UQ, entry
requirements, and applications.
UQ Authorised Educational Representatives
UNDERGRADUATE
APPLICATIONS
Closing dates
Visa application processing time varies
according to whether your program is eligible
for Streamlined Visa Processing: see
www.
uq.edu.au/international-students/svp
. You
should submit your application no later than
the recommended deadline 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 details on pages 22-37,
or check
Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)
Documentation required
When you apply to UQ, please ensure that
you submit up-to-date transcripts and award
certificates with your application. You should
submit copies certified by a Justice of the
Peace, a Notary Public (i.e. a practising
solicitor) or similar government official in
your country, or by one of UQ’s authorised
representatives (see
/
international/edureps
). 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.
Please note, however, that you
must
attach
documents for English proficiency (unless
you intend to sit a test), and post-secondary
results to your 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
available). If you do not yet have an ID, it is
also useful to advise the date you applied.
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.
You must undertake programs on campus
at UQ on a full-time basis to be eligible to
apply for an Australian student visa.
Applications and processing of student
visas can take up to six months and you
will have to pay an application fee. This
does not apply to SVP applicants. 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 Citizenship (DIAC)
Students under 18 years of age
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, nor
organise care and welfare arrangements for
any student. For more information about
under 18 care and welfare arrangements,
please visit the websites below.
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
_
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, you must apply for a Commonwealth
supported place (CSP) through the Queensland
Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC). See
for details.
If you are already enrolled at UQ as an
international student and your status changes
to permanent resident (PR), you may be eligible
for fees as a domestic full-fee student. Please
contact the Academic Registrar before Census
Date (see page 61) with your supporting
documentation to confirm your place as a
domestic student and to apply for a refund.
(Please note that if your status changes after
Census Date, no refund applies.)
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 through QTAC.
UQ International
Email
DEADLINE
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
70
UQ Guide 2014
International Undergraduate
