Download an 'Application for admission' form (pdf 60 kb) or contact the Course Inquiries Centre on 1800 671 845 (free call), or email course.inquiries@celts.monash.edu.au to have an form sent to you. Please take the time to read the information and instruction sheet before completing the 'Application' and 'Application for advanced standing' forms.
In general, timely applications received by 24 September 2004 will be given priority. However, please read course entries carefully as different acceptance and processing dates may apply.
Applications received after 24 September 2004 will be considered as they arrive. Early lodgement of applications is advisable as quotas apply to many courses, and it is possible that places for some courses will be filled by applicants who are made first-round offers.
Lodgement of an application does not indicate automatic acceptance. Apart from considerations of eligibility and selection criteria, quotas operate on courses and some individual units. When selecting your study program, please keep in mind that a time limit applies to the completion of courses. You should aim at maintaining the recommended rate of progress for your course. Normally, completing two units per semester ensures that you have a margin of safety in this regard.
If you wish to apply for more than one course, you will need to complete separate application forms with copies of all your documentation attached to each application.
Additional application forms and acknowledgement cards may be obtained by telephoning the Course Inquiries Centre on 1800 671 845 (free call), or email course.inquiries@celts.monash.edu.au.
Instructions are included with the application form at the back of this book, listing the steps to be followed.
Students are not restricted to studying solely in one mode (ie off-campus learning or on-campus). Subject to approval by the relevant academic unit, students may enrol in a combination of units in either mode or change from one mode to another.
If you wish to study at Monash University as a part-time or full-time on-campus student, you must apply through VTAC (Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre, 40 Park Street, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia. Telephone 1300 364 133 or visit www.vtac.edu.au).
Please do not send original documents as they will not be returned.
Applicants must supply certified copies of documents from all studies undertaken which are relevant for admission purposes, including the final secondary school year in the case of applications for undergraduate courses. The copies must be legally certified as true copies of the original documents.
If any of your studies were undertaken under a different name, you must also provide a certified copy of the legal change of name (eg marriage certificate). If your documents are in a language other than English, you will also need to arrange for a certified translation to be provided.
Consideration of incomplete applications may need to be delayed until all crucial documentation has been supplied. This could result in failure to gain a place in a course because quota places have been filled in the meantime.
If your application is incomplete, you will be requested to lodge outstanding information within a specific timeframe. If you have lodged multiple applications, you may receive multiple requests for information. Please ensure that you respond to each request together with the documentation required for each particular application.
Make sufficient copies of your original documents for attachment to each application you intend to lodge. Take the originals and copies to the person who is to certify them. The following persons are authorised to certify photocopied documents and the certifier should be asked to ensure that their name, title (or other indication of their authority to certify documents) and date appear on each page of document certified:
If you have studied previously at a college, TAFE or university, you may be eligible for exemption from some course requirements and/or credit for specific units towards your course.
Please use the 'Application for advanced standing' form provided in this book if you wish to apply for credits and/or exemptions. Legally certified copies of academic transcripts of your previous studies will need to be supplied (refer to certification information above). In addition, it is the responsibility of the applicant to provide details of course content, duration etc, and full details of the content of units for which specific credit is being sought (for example, extracts from relevant course handbooks). If any documents are in a language other than English, a certified translation will be required.
If the granting of credits and exemptions is likely to affect your nominated study program for the first year, it would be best to contact the relevant academic unit for advice on choice of units, before lodging an application for admission.
As a general rule, specific credits will not be granted for studies completed more than 10 years prior to the date of enrolment in the current course.
Applicants are also advised to check the individual course entries for additional information pertaining to the specific course.
Please note that credits and exemptions are not normally considered until an application for admission is approved for offer of a course place.
Students who wish to enrol for one or more units for credit towards an award course concurrently being undertaken at another university may lodge an application at any time up to two weeks before the commencement of the academic year (or semester). Early applications are less likely to be affected by quotas.
Such applications must be accompanied by evidence that the home/awarding institution is agreeable to crediting the units upon successful completion (eg a letter from the faculty concerned). Students must provide proof of payment of the student amenities fee at their home institution if they wish to have the amenities fee payable to Monash University waived. A 'Commonwealth-supported place agreement and request for HECS-HELP' form to cover the Monash enrolment will be required if the unit is offered on a Commonwealth-supported place basis (previously known as the Higher Education Contribution Scheme). Further information will be contained in offer letters.
Note that continuing Monash students should contact their faculties if they wish to undertake a unit offered by off-campus learning. A separate application for admission as an off-campus learning student is not required.
This option is mainly used by applicants who wish to demonstrate academic potential for purposes of entry to an award course, undertake one or more units in order to gain recognition by a professional body, or wish to study a unit for their own interest. In some cases, students may wish to undertake a unit that is surplus to meeting the requirements of the course in which they are already enrolled.
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