Undergraduate Internal Program Transfer (IPT)

The eligibility criteria varies for programs across UNSW. While many coursework programs are available for IPT, some programs, like Medicine, have other selection processes or criteria and won't be available.

To use the IPT service, you must be:

• an undergraduate student.
• currently enrolled or on official program leave from UNSW. This excludes discontinued, excluded, suspended or lapsed enrolments.
• a commonwealth-supported domestic student or an international student.
• not in your final term of study. If you're in your final term, contact the relevant Program Authority directly.
• over 18 years old. If you are under 18, contact The Nucleus: Student Hub to complete your application.

Your eligibility depends on:

• your Weighted Average Mark (WAM), opens in a new window in your current program or your overall studies at UNSW

• the units of credit (UOC) you have completed and/or are enrolled in

• your being of good academic standing, opens in a new window

• you have no fee blocks, opens in a new window listed on myUNSW, e.g. outstanding tuition fees

• places being available in the program to which you want to transfer

• compliance with the academic rules of the program you wish to transfer to. 

You may be eligible to transfer to a lower-level program without meeting the WAM and academic standing requirements. Consult your Program Authority for more information.

See Program availability for specific academic requirements for transferring programs.

• One program transfer application per term is permitted.
• Not all programs will be available for transfer in each term.
• You must apply within the advertised application period. No late applications will be considered.
• As there is a specified period in which applications are assessed and a decision made, that decision cannot be delayed – i.e. it cannot be made after the assessment period has closed. Similarly, there is no provision for considering late results.
• You must satisfy the academic rules of the program you wish to transfer to. See Program availability for specific academic requirements

Generally, you can apply in all 3 terms, but some programs are not able to accept internal program transfers in every term. See Program availability for more information.

During the application period, you can Apply for IPT via myUNSW, opens in a new window. However, if you are under 18 years of age, you must contact The Nucleus: Student Hub to complete your application.

To avoid delays when accepting your IPT offer, make sure you have your Unique Student Identifier (USI), opens in a new window. When you accept an IPT through myUNSW, you must provide your USI.

Your IPT application is assessed after the application period has closed.

Your application outcome will be emailed to your UNSW email, opens in a new window.

If your application is successful, you’ll need to accept your program transfer offer through myUNSW, opens in a new window. When you accept, you must provide your Unique Student Identifier (USI), opens in a new window.

You cannot accept your IPT offer outside the acceptance periods.

International student visa holders can also apply for IPT. Your IPT application will be assessed after the application period has closed. Please note:

• If your program transfer request is successful, you will require a new Confirmation of Enrolment, opens in a new window (CoE) which will be issued to you by the International Student Experience Unit, opens in a new window. The new CoE will be sent to your student email account within 2 weeks of accepting your IPT offer.
• You may not be eligible for full transfer credit from your existing program. If this occurs, your total length of study may be extended. Check the date on your new CoE.
• If your new CoE is longer, check your student visa expiry date on VEVO, opens in a new window. If you need a new student visa, apply to the Department of Home Affairs, opens in a new window.
• ADFA Students only: Students studying under a Defence Cooperation Scholarship need permission from Defence and IDP before changing programs.

Sponsored international students can only apply for internal program transfer (IPT) at UNSW if they have sponsor approval. If you don't have sponsor approval for the program transfer, or if you can't submit the appropriate forms on time, you may be liable for your tuition fee costs.

If you have an Australia Awards Scholarship, contact the Sponsored Student Contact Officer via email AustraliaAwards@unsw.edu.au.

All international sponsored students should submit a new International Sponsored Student Agreement Form, opens in a new window (PDF, 65 KB) and a new Financial Guarantee Letter, opens in a new window before the census date of the first term of your new program.

Starting from January 1, 2021, the Australian Government introduced updated Student Contribution bands, opens in a new window and costs per unit of credit (how much you pay or defer to HELP-loans for your courses).

For most continuing students (who started before January 1, 2021), their Student Contribution amount is grandfathered (paid at the previous rate).  

Accepting an Internal Program Transfer after January 1, 2021, may mean your Student Contribution amount is paid at the updated 2021 rates, and not the grandfathered pre-2021 rates.

Please note that:

• Any student who changes programs after the commencement day of 1 January 2021. You must remain in your original program (where you began your studies prior to the commencement day of 1 January 2021) to remain eligible for the grandfathering arrangements; 
• This includes moving from a dual/double/combined degree to a single degree. Any change to your program code due to a shift to or from single/dual/double/combined degrees will forfeit your eligibility for grandfathering of your tuition.