Deferment
Request to delay your start at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ if you can’t commence your degree straight away.
Who can request to defer?
You can request to defer your offer if you:
- Receive an offer to study at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ; AND
- Haven’t been given a deferment for the same (or a similar) degree before.
What is deferment?
Deferment allows you to delay the start of your degree for up to 1 year from the intake that you were offered.
Please note that offer deferral is not guaranteed and requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis dependent on the program capacity and availability.
Not your first term or semester?
If you’ve completed at least one teaching period (i.e. term or semester), you can apply for program leave instead. Program leave is available for up to one year for continuing students and can be extended under exceptional circumstances.
Exceptions for deferment
- Co-op programs
- One-year Honours programs, including Education (Secondary), Music and Psychological Science
- Undergraduate Certificate programs
- Master of Psychology
- Graduate Diploma of Mine Geotechnical Engineering
- Graduate Diploma in Aviation (Flying)
- Non-Award and Cross Institutional Study
- ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra Defence sponsored students (ADFA Trainee Officers, current serving ADF members and DCUS students).
Note:ÌýOffer deferral is not guaranteed and requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis dependent on the program capacity and availability.
See also
- I haven't accepted my offer
- I've accepted my offer
I've received my program offer but haven't accepted it yet.
To defer your program:
- Follow the instructions on and select DefermentÌýbefore your offer expiry
- Save or print the screen for your records.
- You will receive a response to your deferral request via email within up to 4 weeks of submission. If your deferment request is approved, this email will include information on how to take up your deferred place in a future term.
If you haven’t received an outcome to your deferral request in over 4 weeks of your deferral request, call the ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Admissions Office on +61 (2) 9385 3656 o°ù .
Conditional offer holders must to the ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Admissions Offers to request deferment.
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To defer your program,  no later than the  if you had accepted your offer, or no later than your offer expiry date if you have not yet accepted your offer to study at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ.
You will receive a response to your deferral request via email within up to 4 weeks of submission. This email will include information on how to take up your deferred place in a future term.
If you haven’t received an outcome to your deferral request in over 4 weeks of your deferral request, call the ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Admissions Office on +61 (2) 9385 3656 o°ù .
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To defer your program,  no later than the .
If you've already enrolled in courses, you'll be dropped from them while the deferment request is reviewed.
Please note: If you cancel your deferment request after you're dropped from your courses, you'll have to re-enrol. Depending on availability, you may not get to re-enrol in the same courses/classes.
You will receive a response to your deferral request via email within up to 4 weeks of submission. This email will include information on how to take up your deferred place in a future term.
If you haven’t received an outcome to your deferral request in over 4 weeks of your deferral request, contact The Nucleus: Student Hub.
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To defer your program, you mustÌýcomplete the Program Enrolment Variation form  and send to sas.cbr@unsw.edu.auÌýno later than the .
If you've already enrolled in courses, you'll be dropped from them while the deferment request is reviewed.
Please note: If you cancel your deferment request after you're dropped from your courses, you'll have to re-enrol. Depending on availability, you may not get to re-enrol in the same courses/classes.
You will receive a response to your deferral request via email within up to 4 weeks of submission. This email will include information on how to take up your deferred place in a future term.
If you haven’t received an outcome to your deferral request in over 4 weeks of your deferral request, contact the Student Administrative Services.
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If you haven’t accepted your offer yet, you have until the specified deadline on  to request for deferral.
If you have accepted your offer and enrolled in a course, you have until the  to request for deferral. 
Requests submitted after these dates will be considered on a case-by-case basis and may result in your offer lapsing or a financial penalty.
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Most ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ programs can be deferred to start in Term 1, 2 or 3. However, some courses can only start in Term 1. Reach out to The Nucleus: Student Hub for further information on enrolment restrictions.
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No. Deferring your degree is free.
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If you defer your offer to study at ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ and you study at an AQF Diploma level or higher during the deferment period, your deferment will lapse. To be considered for re-admission to ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ, you’ll need to reapply and declare all your studies.
If your deferral request is approved, you must accept your new offer by the specified deadline on .
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Log into Ìýonce your new offer has been issued, accept your deferred offer and enrol. Check your Confirmation of Deferment letter to see when and how to do this.
Program contacts
Coursework degrees
Kensington campus
P: +61 (2) 9385 3656
E:
Canberra campus
P:Ìý+61 (2) 5114 5000
E:Ìýsas.cbr@unsw.edu.au
Higher Degree Research (HDR)
Kensington campus
P: +61 (2) 9385 6731
E: international.grs@unsw.edu.auÌýor
domestic.grs@unsw.edu.au
Canberra campus
P: +61 (2) 6268 8112
E:Ìýrsu@adfa.edu.au
(Scholarship recipients must cc Kensington campus)
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¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Online
P: 1300 974 990 or +61 (2) 8123 2858
E:Ìýfuture-student@studyonline.unsw.edu.au