Research Candidate Enrolment

You can enrol online through your myUNSW account. 

Login to myUNSW using your zID (e.g. z1234567) and your UNSW password. 

If you are having trouble logging in to myUNSW, contact UNSW IT services for help, or use the online Identity Manager to rest your password.

Enrolment through myUNSW for 2020 continuing HDR candidates opened on 12 November 2019

You will need to enrol in all available research thesis courses for your program by 16 December 2019. If you do not enrol by the deadline, your candidature is at risk of lapsing.

a) Logon to the Update Enrolment section on myUNSW.

b) Select your research program for the upcoming year from the list and click Update Enrolment. You will need to read and agree to the Terms and Conditions.

The Course Enrolment page will display. View the different parts of the page that you will use to enrol.

If you can't see your program details for the upcoming year, contact The Nucleus: Student Hub for help.

c) Select a term, starting with Summer Term 2020. Click Recommended Courses to automatically show your required courses.

d) Tick the check box for your course and click Select Course.

If your enrolment basket looks like this, then you can move on to Step 2 - Confirm your selected courses.

This is not the end of enrolment. If you do not complete Step 2, you will not complete your enrolment.

a) Continuing from Step 1, click Register for Classes.

b) Select your course and click Submit Enrolment Request.

c) Click Submit Enrolment Request again, then you are finished! You may see an error regarding Repeat Enrolment, but don't worry as thesis courses are not subject to this policy.

Your Enrolment Basket should now look like this.

If you run into any errors, please check the FAQs below before contacting the candidature management officers at the GRS, or The Nucleus: Student Hub.

You need to enrol in all available research thesis courses for your program by 16 December 2019. If you do not enrol by the deadline, your candidature is at risk of lapsing.

HDR candidates are not able to drop or swap courses using the online enrolment system.
If you want to drop your enrolment you will need to apply for official Program Leave.
If you believe you have enrolled in the wrong course, please contact your candidature management officer at the GRS for help.

Yes, the Summer Term is one of the four terms that make up the HDR calendar.

All HDR candidates are required to maintain constant enrolment unless on approved Program Leave.

Yes, you should enrol in all available terms that appear for you on myUNSW.

• If you do not want to enrol in one or more terms, you need to apply for Program Leave through the Graduate Research Information System (GRIS).
• If you are in your final year of your research degree and submit your thesis, the GRS will remove any future enrolment for you.

Any variation to candidature must be submitted through GRIS.

If you want to take program leave in the upcoming term you will need to apply for program leave through the Graduate Research Information System (GRIS)

HDR candidates are required to clarify their enrolment status by the Term Start Date.

If you do not clarify your status your candidature may be considered lapsed, and you will have until the census date of the term to clarify your enrolment details. All dates can be found in the HDR Academic Calendar.

You may have an enrolment block. Check your myUNSW home page for notifications. 

The enrolment block may be because of an outstanding library fine, outstanding tuition fees, or unpaid Student Services and Amenities Fees (SSAF).

You will need to follow the instructions under the ‘Selecting Courses’ section above. If you need any further assistance, contact your Faculty candidature management officer.

You will only see the terms you are eligible to enrol in up to your maximum term requirements. 

For any further enrolment beyond this limit, candidates are required to apply for an Overtime Enrolment.

See the Variation to Candidature page for further information.

Coursework enrolment is processed by the Graduate Research School. You should contact your Faculty or School in regard to requesting coursework or coursework requirements.

No, the Graduate Research School manage all overtime enrolment. The GRS will enrol you in the terms that you have been approved for overtime enrolment.

Yes, you should enrol even if you plan to submit your thesis by the census date. If you do submit your thesis by the census date of the term, your enrolment for that term and any future terms will be dropped and you will not be liable for fees.