Online Post-Enrolment Language Assessment (OPELA)

The OPELA is designed to help you identify your language needs so you can understand lectures and readings, communicate easily with your fellow students and graduate as a confident communicator. It is compulsory for:

  • first-year undergraduate students enrolling in the subjects, 48230 Engineering Communication or 31265 Communication for IT Professionals; and
  • first-year postgraduate students enrolling in the subjects, 42908 Engineering Project Preparation or 32144 Technology Research Preparation.

Once you have completed the OPELA, you will be assigned to an appropriate tutorial group for the relevant subject above. All students undertake the same work but those identified through the OPELA as requiring additional language support will have access to it when required.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.