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Maxium Credit Allowed from Previous Non-University Studies (Non-articulated courses from other private institutions)

UTS recognise completed courses accredited by Vocational Education and Training (VET) at Certificate IV level or above. Students must have attained an average mark of 65% to be eligible (eg BLOCK exemptions for other institutions). Awards completed not more than 10 years before entering the UTS: Business course may be granted unspecified electives.

  • Diploma - maximum of 3 unspecified electives (18cps) may be granted
  • Advanced Diploma - maximum of 4 unspecified electives (24cps) may be granted

Awards from Private Tertiary Education (excluding INSEARCH) that are below an equivalent level to an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) opens a UTSWeb sub-site accredited Diploma level will not be considered.

How to Apply Prior to Enrolment

  1. Read RPL Application Rules
  2. Complete UTS:RPL Application opens a UTSWeb sub-site form and obtain relevant documents
  3. Lodge with other institution academic transcript with the Student Centre Haymarket (undergraduate) 8 weeks PRIOR to your enrolment session. Incomplete applications will NOT be processed and will be returned by mail.
  4. Lodge any queries with UTS:Service Desk opens a UTSWeb sub-site.

Students before applying should read the UTS:Student and Related Rules - Section 6 opens a UTSWeb sub-site and UTS:RPL Policy opens a UTSWeb sub-site. Also see UTS:Admissions Policy opens a UTSWeb sub-site for articulation information. Bachelor of Business students should also refer to UTS:Handbook opens a UTSWeb sub-site for specific RPL arrangements.

RPL Application Rules for Students with Previous Non-University Studies (Non-Articulated Courses)

  • RPL for TAFE courses which have not been assessed for articulation (as defined above) or completed courses accredited by Vocational Education and Training (VET) may still be used to apply for RPL. Advanced standing for these courses is usually restricted to the granting of credit points toward the completion of the degree rather than specific subject exemptions (within the UTS degree). These credit points are usually credited toward an "elective" component of a degree and are often termed "unspecified electives".
  • Exemptions will not be granted for subjects deemed to be taken more than ten years prior to the student's first semester of study in the relevant UTS: Business course. For example, a student must have undertaken a subject, or graduated, no earlier than 1996 for the 2006 student intake.
  • Students should NOT enrol in subjects for which they are seeking exemptions. Due to the volume of exemption applications received, exemption entitlements cannot be determined for all students prior to the deadline for adding and deleting subjects in the student's first semester of study. It is therefore necessary to ensure you are enrolled in subjects in which you can continue for the entire semester, irrespective of exemption outcomes. Should applicants subsequently be unsuccessful in obtaining an exemption for a subject in which they have NOT enrolled in their first semester of study, this subject will have to be undertaken in a later semester.
  • Students may re-apply if an application is refused but ONLY if new information is provided.