Understand your online study allowance
Learn how online subjects affect your study load and student visa conditions.
Online study
All our undergraduate degrees and most graduate coursework degrees are campus-based, requiring you to attend classes in person. If you’re studying on a student visa, there are restrictions on how many online subjects you can undertake:
- Online study can only make up one third of your total course
- You must enrol in at least one on campus subject for each half-year study period
- Online subjects completed prior to 1 July 2023 do not count towards your limit.
Exceeding your online study allowance will result in you being withdrawn from your course and your Confirmation of Enrolment being cancelled, which may impact your student visa.
What counts as online study?
- Online subjects that are taught entirely online with no campus-based activities
- Dual-delivery subjects where you choose online classes (tutorials, lectures, seminars, etc) with no campus-based activities using MyTimetable.
How to calculate your online study allowance
- Check your course credit points requirements in the Handbook.
- If you have been granted advanced standing (credit for prior study), your allowance is based on your reduced course credit points. For example:
- If you are in a 200 credit point course with 50 credit points of advanced standing, you should calculate your allowance based on your remaining 150 course credit points.
The table below indicates the online study allowance for standard coursework courses with standard credit point of 12.5 per subject.
Course credit points | Maximum online study (for your course) |
|---|---|
50 points | One standard subject, 12.5 credit points |
100 points | Two standard subjects, 25 credit points |
150 points | Four standard subjects, 50 credit points |
200 points | Five standard subjects, 62.5 credit points |
250 points | Six standard subjects, 75 credit points |
300 points | Eight standard subjects, 100 credit points |
350 points | Nine standard subjects, 112.5 credit points |
400 points | Ten standard subjects, 125 credit points |
It is your responsibility to ensure you do not exceed your online study allowance. The University monitors your enrolment leading up to the semester census dates to ensure that you meet these requirements. Please refer to the FAQs below for more information on how the online study allowance may apply to your circumstances.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
-
Yes, provided you have not exhausted your online study allowance and the subject is available online.
-
We encourage you to finalise your subjects before each subject’s last self-enrol date. However, the deadline to meet the requirement is the semester census date.
-
The sanction is imposed as you have exceeded your online study allowance. Please refer to the email you received about the sanction and follow the instructions. If you need further assistance, please submit an enquiry or book a Course Planning appointment.
-
You are required to enrol in at least one on campus subject during each half-year study period throughout your course. Half-year periods are defined as:
- First half-year: January to June
- Second half-year: July to December.
If a subject's delivery mode is online, it will count towards your allowance.
-
Summer and Winter intensives can be taken online as long you meet your requirements to enrol in one subject per half-year study period and you still have online study allowance.
Any online subjects you enrol in during the standard and non-standard study periods, including Summer or Winter intensives, will count towards your online study allowance for that half-year study period.
-
If you have been approved for a reduced study load or if you have a point restriction, your online study allowance remains unchanged. You are still required to complete one on campus subject in each half-year period.
If you’re only taking one subject during the half-year period, it must be an on campus subject unless it is the final subject for your course and is only available online.
Need help?
Book a Course Planning appointment for assistance with planning your studies to meet your online study allowance.