Related links
Honours
Preparing ahead of time
If you think you might apply for honours, it’s important to plan ahead. Many appended honours degrees have prerequisite units of study that you need to complete during your undergraduate degree. Embedded honours units of study are integrated into the latter semesters of your undergraduate degree, often replacing electives, so you need to plan your units of study to accommodate this.
If you are showing strong academic performance early in your degree, your faculty or school may invite you to consider undertaking honours. They will outline the preparation units of study you will need to complete.
Going on exchange or short-term study abroad
If you plan to go on exchange or study abroad and want to apply for honours, you should first discuss this with the honours coordinator in your faculty or school.
Many types of honours have prerequisite units of study that you need to complete during your qualifying degree. You need to ensure you can complete these units before or after your overseas study, or confirm there are equivalent units you can complete during your exchange or study abroad program.
Results for the units you complete on exchange or study abroad are not used to calculate your WAM for entry to honours.
Additionally, there may be delays in receiving your results, and this could prevent your application from being assessed.
Last updated: 12 March 2025
