Enrolment for new international students

Enrol now for Semester 1, 2025.

This enrolment information is for new international students.

  1. Complete your Student Enrolment Checklist
  2. Find your course structure
  3. Plan your academic year
  4. Enrol in units

1. Complete the Student Enrolment Checklist

You must complete your Student Enrolment Checklist before you can enrol in units, to confirm your personal details and agree to the Federation disclaimer. It will take 5–10 minutes.

  1. Log into my Student Centre using your student ID and password.
  2. If you're using a desktop computer, click the Tasks & Holds tile. If you're using a smart device, tap To Do List.
  3. Enter your preferred name, personal email, address, USI and emergency contact details. It is a requirement of your student visa that you provide us with your Australian contact details, including phone number and address.

If you need to make any changes to your name or gender, read the instructions then download and complete the ’Amend your personal details’ form (PDF 137kb) and submit it via the Enquiry and Application Portal. Complete your checklist and enrol while you are waiting for your request to be actioned.

For most international students starting at a Federation campus, your Student Enrolment Checklist will allow you to skip the USI when completing the Student Enrolment Checklist for the first time.

You must add your USI to your personal details as soon as possible after arriving in Australia. If you are unable to skip the USI, please submit a request to skip the USI

Your Unique Student Identifier (USI) is your lifelong education number, used to connect the online record of your Australian training history. You must provide Federation with your USI unless you’re studying offshore.

Request to skip the USI

If you’re studying offshore or need to enrol before arriving in Australia, you can request to have the USI requirement of your Checklist disabled by following these steps:

  1. Go to Future Student Enquiry.
  2. Enter your personal details.
  3. Under Category select ‘Study at Federation’.
  4. Under Sub category select 'USI (Unique Student Identifier)’.
  5. Under Course preference select the course you’ve received an offer for.
  6. Under Commencement year select 2024.
  7. Under Briefly tell us about your enquiry write ‘Request to disable USI in the student checklist’.
  8. Select Submit your enquiry.

If you’re going to be studying in Australia, the USI requirement will be reinstated in your Checklist at the start of your first semester. You must provide Federation with your USI as soon as possible after arriving in Australia.

Apply for a USI

After you land in Australia and pass through customs you will be able to create a USI online in just a few minutes. You will need to use your passport and student visa as proof of identification. The name you use when creating your USI must be identical to the name you used when applying for a Federation course. If you need to change your legal name with the University, read the instructions then download and complete the 'Amend your personal details’ form (PDF 137kb) and submit it via the Enquiry and Application Portal.

Find your existing USI

If you've undertaken any registered training in Australia since 2015, you may already have a USI. Find your USI. 

For more information regarding international students and USI requirements view the USI website.

2. Find your course structure

Your course structure shows which units you should enrol in each semester.

Your enrolment may vary from the course structure if you:

  • have applied for credit
  • will study less than a full-time study load
  • have taken leave of studies
  • have changed your major, minor or specialisation
  • have withdrawn from a unit.

If this is the case, you will enrol using a student plan rather than a course structure. A student plan is a personalised enrolment plan. If any of the points above apply to you, you should request a student plan from our student administration team via the Enquiry and Application Portal or through a one-on-one appointment.

Find more information here:

3. Plan your academic year (yes, the whole year)

If you have options in your course structure, use these definitions to understand how to pick your units.

Many courses include required placements, internships or professional practice. These are all forms of Work Integrated Learning (WIL). You must check your course structure or student plan for these WIL units so you know what to expect in the years ahead

Identify required work-integrated learning (WIL) in your course structure

WIL units may appear in your course structure or student plan as:

  • professional practice, or 'discipline' practice, e.g. arts practice, nursing practice
  • professional experience
  • clinical practice
  • EL unit
  • Experiential Learning project
  • internship
  • project
  • placement.

Enrol in work-integrated learning (WIL) for Semester 1 and Semester 2

Enrolling lets the WIL team know you intend to complete your Work Integrated Learning as scheduled and that you’ll need a spot in an organisation or on a project.

Preparing for work-integrated learning (WIL)

Within 24 hours of enrolling, your WIL unit/s will appear in InPlace, our WIL management system. You will need to complete and upload various mandatory documents to InPlace as soon as possible after enrolling, and before the census date of the semester you will complete your WIL.

Find more information about work-integrated learning for your discipline here:

You must complete your studies within the expected duration of your signed International Student Offer and Acceptance Agreement and your student visa. If you want to reduce your study load, you must obtain approval from the University.

Federation can only grant leave from studies for international students who have a compassionate or compelling circumstance. If you wish to take leave, you should refer to the Deferment, Suspension of Cancellation of a Student's Enrolment (ESOS Specific) Procedure.

All units that appear in your formal course structure must be completed to meet the requirements of your degree. Within a major, minor or specialisation there may also be compulsory units that are part of your chosen sequence.

Pre-requisite

A pre-requisite is a unit that must be completed prior to undertaking another unit.

Co-requisite

A co-requisite is a unit that must be completed with another unit (i.e. you must enrol in both units in the same semester).

Exclusion

An exclusion is a unit that is equivalent to another unit and so excludes students from repeating an equivalent unit. During re-enrolment, you cannot enrol in a unit if you are already enrolled in an exclusion for that unit.

Choose your major, minor or specialisation and the corresponding units

If your course requires a major, minor or specialisation, you must enrol in units that meet its requirements.

Your course structure will indicate in which semester units contributing to a major, minor or specialisation should occur. It may use A, B, C etc. to indicate where units should occur, e.g. Major A, Minor A in Semester 1 First Year. Before choosing, remember to check the pre-requisites. It’s a good idea to plan your chosen sequence across the coming year, and for your whole degree.

Add your major, minor or specialisation to your student plan

Book an Enrolment and Progression Advice Appointment if you need help selecting your electives or would like your preferred elective sequence added to a personalised student plan to use across your degree.

Your course structure may include electives.

Approved, specialisation and prescribed electives

If an elective list is provided within your course structure or on the institute’s webpage, you must choose your electives from this list.

General electives

If 'Elective' is listed on your course structure with no further requirements about discipline or pre-approved electives, you can enrol in a unit from a selection of disciples.

Choosing general electives

Undergraduate students may choose elective courses from first (1XXX), second (2XXX) or third-year (3XXX) levels.

Postgraduate students may choose elective courses from fifth (5XXX), sixth (6XXX) or seventh-year (7XXX) levels, unless otherwise stated.

Click below to view the structures of programs in disciplines that offer electives and the courses offered in those programs.

You can find short unit descriptions in my Student Centre (select the ‘Higher Ed Enrolment’ tile, select ‘Browse Unit Catalogue’ in the left-hand menu, then enter the unit code with a space between the letters and numbers e.g. FEAFN 1101) or detailed unit outlines via these webpages:

Co-operative Education electives

Students with general electives can choose to complete co-op units for credit within their degree. The following unit is open to students from any discipline:

COOPC1021 Professional Identity: Preparing for Work – 15 credit points: This introductory unit will equip you to commence managing your progression into and through your career. There are three parts: planning ahead, knowing yourself and preparing to join the workforce. You will learn career development skills and strategies and participate in activities applicable to your university studies and future professional life.

4. Enrol in your units

Enrol in your units via my Student Centre. We recommend using a desktop computer.

Don’t wait. You can enrol right now for the entire year.

  1. Log into my Student Centre using your student ID and password.
  2. Select the Higher Ed Enrolment tile.
  3. Select Class Search in the side menu. If you're using a smart device, tap to expand the side menu.
  4. Select the semester you are enrolling in.
  5. Search for each unit and add it to your Enrolment Shopping Cart using the following steps:
    • Enter the unit code into the search. You must include a space between the letters and numbers, e.g. ITECH 1001. Press enter or select >> on the right.
    • When your unit appears, select > on the right.
    • Select Class Selection to expand the drop down, then select > on the right.
    • Select the academic course this unit relates to and select Accept.
    • Review your class selection. To confirm it, select the Next > button on the blue banner at the top of the page.
    • Add the unit to your Enrolment Shopping Cart by selecting Submit.

We recommend adding all of the units for a semester to your shopping cart before you finalise your enrolment.

  1. Select Enrolment Shopping Cart in the side menu. If you're using a smart device, tap to expand the side menu.
  2. Tick the box to the left of each unit.
  3. Select Enrol.
  4. Check that a green tick appears next to each enrolled unit and that there are no alerts that need your action.

If an error occurs, or any unit appears with a red cross after trying to enrol:

  1. Select Enrolment Shopping Cart in the side menu.
  2. Tick the box to the left of each unit to select any remaining units.
  3. Select Validate to access more information about errors that may be preventing you from enrolling.
  4. Act to resolve any errors identified.

For example, if a unit has a co-requisite, add both to your Enrolment Shopping Cart. If you’re trying to enrol in Semester 2 units, check that you have already enrolled in any Semester 1 pre-requisites.

You can make changes to your enrolment after enrolling. However, you should only do this after carefully considering your options or if instructed by the University.

Add or swap courses

For most courses, you can add or swap units until Friday of Week 1 in the relevant semester. To swap a unit, follow the instructions below to drop an enrolled unit, then add the new unit to your Enrolment Shopping Cart. Between Friday of Week 1 and census date you will need written permission from your course coordinator to make any of the above amendments. Upload a copy of the course coordinator’s permission to the enquiry and application portal. If you are unable to arrive in Australia to commence classes before the end of Week 1, please submit a late enrolment request through your StudyLink portal.

Drop courses

International students are required to maintain a full-time load unless granted permission by the University. You should only drop a unit if you intend to add or swap to another unit within your program structure or personalised student plan (e.g. to change electives). If you do want to drop units:

  1. Seek approval from International Student Compliance as dropping units may impact your ability to complete within the duration of your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE).
  2. Log into my Student Centre using your student ID and password.
  3. Select the Higher Ed Enrolment tile.
  4. Select Drop Classes in the side menu. If you're using a smart device, tap to expand the side menu.
  5. Tick the box to the left of each unit you want to drop.
  6. Select Next > on the blue banner at the top of the page.
  7. Select Drop Classes.
  8. Check that a green tick appears next to each dropped unit and that there are no alerts that need your action.

If an error occurs, or any unit appears with a red cross after trying to drop it:

  1. .Check the unit rules associated with the unit.
  2. Check if the unit is a pre- or co-requisite.

Pre-requisite

A pre-requisite is a unit that must be completed prior to undertaking another unit. If you want to drop a pre-requisite you must first drop the unit that comes after it.

Co-requisite

A co-requisite is a unit that must be completed with another unit in the same semester. If you want to drop a co-requisite, you must drop both units at the same time.

To view all enrolled units:

  1. Log into my Student Centre using your student ID and password.
  2. Select the Higher Ed Enrolment tile.
  3. Select View My Classes in the side menu. If you're using a smart device, tap to expand the side menu
  4. Select By Class.
  5. Make sure Show Enrolled Classes is ticked and untick Dropped Classes if applicable

If a unit you should be enrolled in doesn't appear, follow the instructions above to add it to your Enrolment Shopping Cart and finalise your enrolment.

For step-by-step enrolment instructions, including screenshots of the process, download How to Enrol into Classes' guide (Higher education students) (PDF, 1.4KB).

Submit your timetable preferences

Log into mySchedule to submit your Semester 1 timetable preferences between 9 am 18 December and 9 am Monday 22 January.

Enrolled in the Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery, or a different semester? Check the mySchedule website for key dates.

Enrolment help

Common enrolment errors:

For help enrolling from your course structure or technical issues:

  • Search our FAQs on Ask FED.
  • Submit a question via our Enquiry and Application Portal.
  • Start a chat by clicking on the blue chat widget on the bottom right of this page 9 am–5 pm, Monday to Friday.
  • Call 1800 FEDUNI (1800 333 864) 9 am–5 pm, Monday to Friday.
  • Talk to a staff member at InfoPoint at Berwick, Gippsland and Mt Helen campuses during library opening hours.
  • Talk to a staff member at Student HQ at SMB and Wimmera campuses.

For changes to your course structure: