For your reduced study load or intermit request to be considered, you must meet compassionate or compelling circumstances in line with the Enrolment loads for International Students policy which refers to verifiable unexpected or exceptional personal or medical circumstances beyond your control that affect your course progress, wellbeing, or study, including but not limited to:
- serious illness or injury, or the onset or acute flare-up of a medical or psychological condition, illness, or trauma, where medical evidence states that the Student was unable to attend classes or otherwise participate in Course activities;
- the death of, or an onset or acute flare-up of, a medical or psychological condition, illness, or trauma affecting, a close family member, friend or similar;
- major political upheaval or natural disaster in the student’s home country, when this has directly affected the student’s studies, or their ability to pay for tuition costs or personal living expenses;
- a critical or traumatic event that affects a student’s ability to undertake or complete a course, such as incidents that may cause physical or psychological harm, or involvement in or witnessing of a serious accident, or witnessing or being the victim of a serious crime;
- inability to begin studying on the course commencement date due to delay in receiving a visa;
- where the Student has failed occasional units throughout the course, but has not done so poorly as to be picked up by the university’s academic progression interventions, and accordingly no Intervention Strategy has been developed; or
- where the university was unable to offer a co-requisite or prerequisite unit, or the student has failed a co-requisite or prerequisite unit, and therefore faces a shortage of relevant units for which they are eligible to enrol.
If you are approved to vary your enrolment, you may not be able to complete your course in the timeframe of your current CoE and Student Visa. In the future, you may need to apply to extend your CoE to apply for a new student visa before your current visa expires. To learn more about your requirements please contact the Department of Home Affairs.
All applications must include supporting documentation less than three months old and must be in English. The provider should be searchable on the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency). Without the appropriate documentation, your application will be delayed or refused.
An overseas medical certificate issued in a language other than English needs to be translated into English by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI).
Please note that a decision regarding your enrolment variation will be determined at the discretion of the university based on the information and documents provided.
The university may specify types of documentation that may be required to support your application, this may include but is not limited to:
| Grounds for consideration | Supporting documents needed |
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| Serious illness or injury for self (physical or psychological) | A medical certificate that includes the following information:
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| Serious illness or injury for close family members or friend | A medical documentation completed by a treating Medical Practitioner professional. The certificate should include the following information:
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| Recent bereavement of close family members |
*It is acknowledged that copies of death certificates may take some time to obtain. Students are encouraged to submit their request with all appropriate supporting documentation available at the time and to discuss with a Student Success Adviser. |
| Pregnancy/Postnatal recovery | Medical Certificate completed by a treating Medical Practitioner. Letters/documents must confirm:
Students are encouraged to discuss expected delivery date and postnatal support in line with visa expectations with a Student Success Adviser |
| A traumatic experience such as involvement in or witnessing a serious accident; witnessing or being the victim of a serious crime; and family and domestic violence circumstances |
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| Major political upheaval or natural disaster in your home country requiring emergency travel or has impacted your wellbeing and studies | Supporting evidence relevant to the request will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. |
| Unit availability due to course structure | Student must seek guidance from the Student Hub to confirm course planner and unit availability |
| Academic progression status and/or failed units *for reduced study load only | Meeting with Student Success is required where study load and support needs will be discussed. Please note, if you are on Red progression status and would like to request a further reduced study load (less than 45 credit points), you will need additional approval from Student Success |