Your Offer

This section provides information on what to do when you receive your offer from the University of Sydney.

How to accept your offer

You will receive your offer of a place at the University of Sydney via the web, and via mail at a later date. The main round offers will be e-released on January 18 2012.

See the Important Dates page for the dates of the other offer or round release dates.

You will receive all your offer paperwork in the mail shortly after your e-release offer online. Your package will contain your offer letter and information about when to come to the University of Sydney to enrol. You should read all of this information because it is very important! Accepting your offer means that you must attend the university at the designated time to enrol in your course.

What if I can’t come that day?

If you cannot attend the university on the day you are supposed to, that is not a problem, but you do need to let us know. Please call the HSC Hotline on +61 2 9351 3129 or 9351 6673 and discuss your situation with an undergraduate adviser in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Alternatively, if you cannot come to the university to enrol at all, you can have someone else attend and enrol for you. This is called a proxy enrolment. If someone is acting as your proxy and completing your enrolment for you they must bring the following things with them on the enrolment day designated in the offer letter:

1. A letter signed by the student giving them permission to enrol on the student’s behalf. There is also an official Proxy Enrolment Form which can be downloaded from the Student Centre Website.
2. Your proxy will need to know the specific course (degree) you wish to study and its corresponding UAC course code.
3. Your proxy will also need to know how you intend to pay your tuition fees. See the Fees and Costs section below for more details.
4. Your proxy will need to know the units of study (subjects) you want to study. To help you pick your units of study, check out the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 2012 handbook.
5. Your proxy will need to bring your current postal address details.
6. If you are a permanent resident, your proxy will need to provide the date permanent residency was granted.

Sydney University will send you a Confirmation of Enrolment within one week of enrolment. For any questions related to proxy enrolment please call the HSC Hotline on +6 12 9351 3129 or 9351 6673.

How to enrol

Your offer letter will explain how you enrol at university and what you should bring with you that day. Some things you need to bring include:

• a pen
• your offer letter
• identification
• your Tax File Number (or proof that you have applied for one) if you are a Commonwealth Supported student (see the FAQ page)
• a Credit Card, cheque or postal order to pay your first semester fees (see Fees and Costs, and How Do I Pay? below).

Deferring your offer

If you wish to defer your offer you can do so for a year. There is information in your course offer pack about deferment and how to apply for it. If you are successful in securing your deferment, you will receive confirmation from UAC and your place is secure for that time. For more information please see the Deferment of enrolment page.