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Applications are via SATAC. If you have done one year or less of study at another university, your year 12 results will still be considered. If you have done more than two years of study at another university, entry will be based on your grade point average (GPA) unless you have a minimum Certificate IV or above TAFE qualification. This may be different in some circumstances, so please contact UniSA.

There are many scholarships on offer for students who study at UniSA. Some scholarships are awarded on academic merit, some for different equity groups and there are others specific to certain programs. UniSA offers various scholarships and grants for international, domestic, undergraduate, postgraduate coursework and postgraduate research degree students. For full details go to UniSA scholarships and use the user-friendly legend to help you find scholarships and grants you may be eligible for.

The UniSA Credit Assessor gives students an estimate of how much credit they may be eligible for. Any credit not in the register will need to be discussed with the Program Director. Either attend the new student information session or make an appointment to see them.

Credit/RPL Guidelines:

• Credit is not granted for incomplete TAFE/RTO equivalent qualifications
• Previous study completed within Australia or overseas must be recognised under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)
• UniSA has a 10 year credit rule, only study completed within the last 10 years is eligible for credit
• Once accepted into the program, submitting a formal application for credit is the only way to receive credit

The UniSA Credit Assessor gives students an estimate of how much credit they may be eligible for. Any credit not in the register will need to be discussed with the Program Director. Either attend the new student information session or make an appointment to see them.

How to apply for credit

Once accepted into a UniSA degree the process to apply for credit for previous study is as follows:

1. Fill out an application for credit
2. Attach official academic transcripts for previous study. Academic transcripts must be official and not result or examination notices printed from the internet. Academic transcripts can either be original or certified by a Justice of the Peace
3. Attach a certified copy of the grade legend. This is usually found on the back of the official academic transcript
4. Include the following documentation:

TAFE and RTO equivalent study to apply for credit for previous study completed at TAFE/RTO include:

1. certified copy of your TAFE/RTO qualification or a letter from TAFE/RTO indicating you have completed the qualification University study to apply for credit for previous study completed at university, include: subject information for all previous subjects listed on your academic transcripts that you think may be equivalent to core units in the degree. Subject information may be printed from the internet, or photocopied from the relevant handbook or course guide.

Overseas study to apply for credit for overseas, include:

1. an original or certified copy of your academic transcripts and parchments/certificates in the language of origin
2. an original or certified copy of your academic transcripts and parchments/certificates in English
3. subject information for all previous subjects that may be equivalent to core units in the degree. subject information may be printed from the internet, or photocopied from the relevant handbook or course guide. Subject information must be in English
4. documentation in English indicating what kind of qualification studied towards, e.g. Diploma, bachelor or Masters
5. documentation in English confirming the length of the qualification, whether it was completed and whether it was studied full or part time
6. all translated documentation must be translated into English by a NAATI accredited translator.

Please download and complete the credit application and submit it together with supporting documentation to the address listed on the application form.

Which UniSA programs you may be eligible for will depend on what qualifications you hold. There are many different pathways into UniSA programs. Entry pathways into UniSA undergraduate programs have been designed to provide access to our programs on the basis of academic merit whilst also accounting for individual circumstances.

Students may be eligible to apply for entry to UniSA via the following pathways:

• TAFE (Technical and Further Education) or RTO (Registered Training Organisations)
• Secondary School (Stage 2 or Year 12)
• Special Entry (STAT - Special Tertiary Admissions Test)
• Previous study at a higher education institution
• UniSA Foundation Studies
• UniSA Diploma Programs
• OUA (Open Universities Australia)
• SAIBT (South Australian Institute of Business and Technology).

Alternatively, depending on your qualifications, you may be eligible to apply for a postgraduate program. To discuss eligibility you can contact Future Student Enquiries on 1300 UNI NOW.

Some UniSA programs offer part time study which means that students are able to enrol in less subjects than the full-time study load. Applicants apply for a program as a whole program – not as a part-time or a full-time student. Once you have been accepted, work out which lectures and tutorials you will be available to attend. Evening classes aren’t readily available.

• This means you can study 1 to 2 courses per semester (preferably 2 courses)
• Contact hours would be to a minimum

Alternatively, students may consider undertaking an external program. External students study from home and do not attend lectures or tutorials. Costs and fees are the same as internal students and students study within the same study periods as internal students.

UniSA offer a variety of programs externally:

Division of Business

• All available externally except the Bachelor of Laws and the Bachelor of Sport and Recreation

Division of Education, Arts & Social Science

• Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Cultures and Australian Society)
• Bachelor of Education (Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning)
• Bachelor of Early Childhood Education only offered externally to applicants with Diploma in Children’s Services from TAFE or Indigenous applicants

Division of Health Sciences

• Bachelor of Nursing
• Bachelor of Midwifery

Division of IT, Engineering & the Environment

• Bachelor of IT

You will choose whether you want to study part time when you are completing your enrolment, i.e.once you have accepted your offer through SATAC. If the program you are applying for has the option of applying for an internal or external program through SATAC you should apply for the external mode at this stage. If the program you are applying for does not have this option but is offered externally, you will need to choose external mode when you are completing your enrolment.

Students are able to change from full time to part time, internal to external by changing their enrolment. Campus Central can assist with this.