Step 1 Accept or defer your offer

Accept your offer

You’ll need to have your UAC application number or UWS student number with you to accept your offer through our online selection and course acceptance system OSCAS.

Follow the process through OSCAS to get your UWS Student ID number (for UAC applicants).

Write this number down - you will need it to activate your MyUWSAccount and to use student email and other UWS online systems.

Defer your offer

If you've received an offer to an undergraduate course you can defer your enrolment for 6 or 12 months, depending on whether your offer is for the Autumn (start year) or Spring (mid year) session.

You are able to defer offers to undergraduate, postgraduate coursework and UWSCollege courses. The following deferment options are available:

• Autumn and 1H session offers can be deferred for a maximum of 12 months 
• Spring and 2H session offers can be deferred for a maximum of 6 months 
• Quarter 1 offers can be deferred until Quarter 1 of the following year* 
• Quarter 2 offers can be deferred until Quarter 1 of the following year* 
• Quarter 3 offers can be deferred until Quarter 1 of the following year* 
• Quarter 4 offers can be deferred until Quarter 1 of the following year* 
• UWSCollege offers for Term 1 can be deferred for a maximum of 12 months 
• UWSCollege offers for Term 2 and Term N can be deferred for a maximum of 8 months.

Applications to defer an offer must be made through OSCAS by the advertised closing date and the deferment fee of $100.00 must be paid before the deferment is processed.

Deferments will expire at the end of the specified period. Deferment in a course does not guarantee that the course will be available the following year. If a course is cancelled, deferred students will be offered a place in an alternative course.

*Deferred offers for Quarters may be taken up earlier than indicated if places in the course are available at the time you wish to resume your studies.

I've received an offer for Autumn (start year)

You can defer your offer for twelve (12) months.

1. Log in to our Online Selection and Course Acceptance System (OSCAS) using your UAC application number, surname and date of birth.
2. Check the 'Defer' box next to the program of study you wish to defer.
3. Log out of OSCAS.
4. Go to iPay and search for or scroll down to 'Student Administration - Deferral Fees'. Check the box and click 'Submit'.
5. Click 'Add to Order'.
6. Where prompted, please enter your UAC application number, then click 'Add to Order' (again).
7. Click 'Proceed to purchase order' and complete your payment.
   

UWS will send you written confirmation in March that your deferment has been processed. Please contact admissions@uws.edu.au if you have not received a response from us before census date (31 March) as you may be liable for tuition fees if your deferment has not been processed by that date.

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I've received an offer for Spring (mid year)

You are only eligible to defer your studies until the following Autumn session - that is, a total of six months.

1. Log in to our Online Selection and Course Acceptance System (OSCAS) using your UAC application number, surname and date of birth.
2. Check the 'Defer' box next to the program of study you wish to defer.
3. Log out of OSCAS.
4. Go to iPay and search for or scroll down to 'Student Administration - Deferral Fees'. Check the box and click 'Submit'.
5. Click 'Add to Order'.
6. Where prompted, please enter your UAC application number, then click 'Add to Order' (again).
7. Click 'Proceed to purchase order' and complete your payment.
   

UWS will send you written confirmation in August that your deferment has been processed. Please contact admissions@uws.edu.au if you have not received a response from us before census date (31 August) as you may be liable for tuition fees if your deferment has not been processed by that date.

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I've already accepted an offer but now want to defer

If you have already accepted your offer and enrolled, you can request deferment either via email to admissions@uws.edu.au, attaching a copy of your iPay receipt for the deferment fee, or in writing together with a copy of your iPay deferment receipt to:

Undergraduate Admissions
University of Western Sydney
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith South DC NSW 1797

You'll receive written notification of your deferment. Please contact admissions@uws.edu.au if you have not received a response from us before census date (31 March/August) as you may be liable for tuition fees if your deferment has not been processed by that date.

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