Re-Enrolling Students

Postgraduate Research

Please take the time to read through this information as it contains important advice designed to assist you in re-enrolling, varying your candidature, or preparing for your thesis submission.

To re-enrol, students must complete the Research Students Re-enrolment Form and submit it to the CSE Student Office.

All students must either be re-enrolled, on approved program leave or have submitted their thesis before the census date. Failure to re-enrol without approved program leave will be regarded as lapsed candidature and such candidates may be discontinued from their program.

The CSE Student Office is here to advise you on any matters relating to your study and we are the best first point of contact, so please phone, email or drop in for a chat.

by phone - +61 2 9385 5147/7870
via email - research@cse
in person - Ground Floor, CSE Building (K17)

myUNSW Enrolment Details

You should login to your Student Profile on myUNSW to check whether your enrolment for the relevant semester is correct. If you do not see either COMP9902 "Res. Thesis Comp Sci & Eng F/T" or COMP9901 "P/T Res. Thesis Comp Sci & Eng" in your enrolment details then this means that you are not enrolled.

Annual Progress Reviews

If you have already completed more than 1 semester of study, you must have had a satisfactory progress review within the last 12 months in order to re-enrol. Please contact the CSE Research Team if you have not completed your review. Refer here for more information on Annual Progress Reviews for CSE research students.

Course Selection

The Faculty of Engineering requires all research students to complete 18 units of credit (UOC) of coursework towards their research program. Your re-enrolment form should include any coursework that you wish to be enrolled in. If you are enrolling in any coursework then you must submit your re-enrolment form before the start of semester.

Overtime Re-enrolment Requests

If you have exceeded 4yrs FT in the PhD or 1.5yrs FT in the Masters by Research, you will need to complete a Variation to Candidature form (see the next section on Variation to Candidature) as well as the re-enrolment form.

If you have exceeded 5yrs FT in the PhD or 2.5yrs FT in the Masters by Research, your re-enrolment request needs to be approved by the Faculty Higher Degree Committee (HDC). To have your re-enrolment request considered by the HDC before the census date, you should submit the following documents to the CSE Research Team before the start of semester:

• completed re-enrolment form
• completed Variation to Candidature form
• a copy of your most recent Annual Progress Review form
• a letter of support from your supervisor or the Head of School
• a Thesis Completion Plan

VARIATION TO CANDIDATURE

If you wish to apply for program leave, switch between full-time and part-time study, withdraw from your program, work on your research away from the University, or request to enrol overtime, then you need to complete a Variation to Candidature Form and have it approved by your supervisor before submitting it to the CSE Student Office.

PROGRAM TRANSFER

If you wish to transfer between the PhD and Masters by Research program, your transfer request needs to be approved by the HDC before the census date. Refer here for more information on applying to transfer between research programs.

THESIS SUBMISSION

If you submit your thesis before the census date then you are not required to re-enrol. Instead you should login to myUNSW and lodge a Notification of Intention to Submit. The Graduate Research School has further information on the Thesis Submission Process.

If you intend on submitting your thesis just after the census date, you may be required to re-enrol. Please contact the CSE Research Team for further advice.