How to accept your graduate research degree offer

In your letter of offer, you’ll be provided with a start date. Talk to your principal supervisor to confirm this date or suggest a new one that works for you and them.

Activate your UTS email account – you’ll need to supply your name, date of birth and 8-digit student number listed in your letter of offer.

Sign into login.uts.edu.au using your new UTS email account. Follow the prompts to secure your account with MFA.

Using your UTS email account details, log into MyStudentAdmin.

This is where you’ll manage your offers, scholarships and enrolment while you’re at UTS.

To accept your offer: 

1. Click on ‘Offers’ at the top of the screen 
2. Click ‘Start’ to view your offer 
3. Review all your offer details to make sure they are correct 

You have now accepted your offer. Next, you’ll need to:

• accept your scholarship (if applicable) 

• enrol in your degree 

Complete and email the following documents to grs@uts.edu.au. Relevant documents listed will be sent to you with your offer letter. 

• acceptance form 

• agent checklist if you are applying through a UTS agent 

• Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) 

• if you choose to use UTS’s provider, Medibank Private, you can visit Medibank to arrange your OSHC for visa length coverage, or 

• provide proof if you have arranged your own overseas student health cover. 

If you have been awarded a scholarship you will also need to provide: 

• permission to release form 

• sponsorship information section, and 

• scholarship acceptance form or scholarship financial guarantee. 

If you are in the Collaborative Doctoral Research Degree program, you will also need to provide: 

• a student agreement for your joint program.

Information about your deposit and fees will be sent with your offer letter. 

Our preferred payment method is by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): Payment through third party Flywire (opens an external site) is our preferred payment method. 

You can also pay by: 

• Bank draft or bank cheque: It should be drawn on a bank in Australia and made payable to 'University of Technology Sydney' and posted to GRS. 

• Credit Card: Only available to students who have previously been enrolled at UTS. 

Send all payment proof to grs@uts.edu.au.

Once we receive your acceptance documentation, we will email you a CoE. You can use this to apply for your student visa.  

We reserve the right to withdraw an offer of admission or CoE in cases where: 

• you haven’t provided true and complete information, or  

• where UTS is not satisfied that you meet the Genuine Temporary Entrant and/or Genuine Student requirements set by the Department of Home Affairs.

You need to obtain a student visa issued by the Australian Government to study in Australia.​ You can’t enrol in your course until you have your visa.

Processing times can take several months so it is important to begin the application process as soon as you have received your offer. To further reduce delays, make sure you include the following documents in your visa application: 

• detailed CV 

• research proposal 

• academic transcripts, and  

• details of publications. 

We strongly advise you to use an approved and registered migration agent or lawyer who is registered by the Migration Agent Registration Authority (opens external site). 

Further information about the student visa can be found on: 

• the Department of Home Affairs website

• our getting a student visa webpage. 

Start a student visa online application

Once you receive your visa, you will need to

• activate your UTS email account 

• enrol in your degree
• organise housing