# Completingyourenrolment

**Source**: https://www.uts.edu.au/research/graduate/new-research-students/completing-your-enrolment
**Parent**: https://www.uts.edu.au/for-students/admissions-entry/how-to-apply/masters-by-research-phd/application-closing-dates

Offer acceptance and enrolment processes are different for domestic and international students.

## Before you enrol

You’ll need to [activate your UTS student account](https://www.uts.edu.au/for-students/current-students/managing-your-course/using-uts-systems)

### Domestic students

### International students

### Definitions and interpretation

#### Start date

Your course start date is the day your UTS research candidature begins. If you complete your acceptance and enrolment processes prior to the first day of the session in which you will commence your studies, the system will automatically show your start date as being:

- 1 January of your commencement year if you’re beginning in Research session 1
- 1 July of your commencement year if you’re beginning in Research session 2

After the first day of the session, you can complete the offer acceptance and enrolment process online **on** the actual start date you agreed with your supervisor. The system will record that day as your course start date for when your candidature begins.

\*If you have coursework subjects in your study plan, you may need to commence before the coursework [Census date for Main Calendar for that session](https://www.handbook.uts.edu.au/dates.html).

Enrolment periods

| Research session | start | end\* |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Research Session 1 (RS1) | 1 January | Enrolment is up to 31 May if you only have a thesis subject in your study plan.  \*If you have coursework subjects in your study plan, you may need to commence before the coursework [Census date for Main Calendar for that session](https://www.handbook.uts.edu.au/dates.html). |
| Research Session 2 (RS2) | 1 July | Enrolment is up to 30 November if you only have a thesis subject in your study plan. \*If you have coursework subjects in your study plan, you may need to commence before the coursework [Census date for Main Calendar for that session](https://www.handbook.uts.edu.au/dates.html). |

#### Census date

The census date is the final date you can withdraw from a subject or course without financial and academic penalty. It applies to both thesis and coursework subjects, but on different dates. Please refer to the UTS [Census Date](https://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/managing-your-course/important-dates/census-date) web page for further information.

#### Expected Work Submission (EWS) Date

The EWS date is the final date students **must** submit their thesis for examination. For more information please refer to the [Graduate Research Candidature Management, Thesis Preparation and Submission Procedures](https://staff.uts.edu.au/topichub/GRS%20Documents/2019%20Documents/Graduate%20Research%20Candidature%20Management%20Thesis%20Preparation%20and%20Submission%20Procedures_V1.6.pdf).

#### Scholarships

If you have received a scholarship offer from UTS, please refer to your Scholarship Offer on how to accept your scholarships. Once you accept your scholarship offer, your scholarship status will change from “Offered” to “Pending Bestowal”. We will activate your scholarship once we confirm:

- You are onshore in Australia.
- Have entered your active Australian Bank Account Details in your name under the “Scholarships” tab in [MyStudentAdmin](https://onestopadmin.uts.edu.au/estudent/Login.aspx).

You will receive a confirmation email with important details of your scholarship(s) to your UTS student email once this happens. Please note that scholarships are paid fortnightly on Thursdays. If you miss the cut off for the nearest payment date, your scholarship will be paid in the next available pay cycle and on a fortnightly basis.

## get started

- Read through the [HDR Induction Checklist](https://utsd8.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/2022-03/GRS-HDR-Induction-checklist-2022_0.pdf)
- Set up an [initial meeting with your supervisor](https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/graduate-research/new-research-students/student-and-supervisor-expectations "Student and supervisor expectations")
- Contact your [faculty research office](https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/graduate-research/contact-us "Contact us") to secure access to study spaces, labs, etc, and for the calendar of scholarly activities
- Register for GRS’s [HDR Induction](https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/graduate-research/new-research-students) or watch the replay
- Explore the variety of [events, programs, and opportunities](https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/graduate-research/current-research-students/learning-and-development "Learning and development") available to you to support your journey as a researcher

## Useful links

- [How to Get Your Student Identity Card](https://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/managing-your-course/your-student-info/student-id-cards) and [Understanding fees](http://www.sau.uts.edu.au/fees/other/service.html)
- UTS [Census Date](https://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/managing-your-course/important-dates/census-date)
- UTS [academic, health and wellbeing services](https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/graduate-research/graduate-research-support)