Course or campus transfer
If you’ve already applied for a course or campus transfer, check after you apply to find out what happens next.
You can apply for an internal transfer if you want to transfer:
- from one Monash coursework degree to another, and/or
- your course to a different Monash campus.
You can only transfer between the same course type (e.g. from one bachelor degree to another bachelor degree) and only if you haven't completed your course. If you're completing your current course and wish to enrol in another, you'll need to apply as instructed on our find a course page.
Masters by research or doctoral degree students should contact their faculty or Graduate Research about transfers.
Eligibility
Transferring course or campus is part of a competitive selection process. This means that you'll be competing with other students for a place in the course.
The minimum eligibility requirements for a course transfer are:
- being a current Monash student (you must maintain your enrolment)
- meeting the prerequisites for the new course
- performing at an appropriate level in your current course
- successful completion of at least 12 credit points of a Monash University course.
The actual requirements for transfer may be higher.
These are set by the faculty managing the course, including the number of completed credit points required to be considered for a transfer. Check the course transfer requirements carefully, before making an application for a transfer.
Credit for previous studies
If successful, you may be eligible for credit. Credit is awarded only if your previous studies are relevant to the new course.
Changes to government assistance
If you transferred into a new course on or after 1 January 2022 in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP), or with assistance from a HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP loan, you must pass at least 50 per cent of the units you attempt.
For details, see:
Apply for a transfer
Application dates for semester two 2023
Students in Australia
Applications open: Monday 8 May at 9am (Melbourne time)
Applications close: Friday 9 June at 11.59pm (Melbourne time)
Students in Malaysia
Applications open: Wednesday 5 April at 9am (Melbourne time)
Applications close: Friday 5 May at 11.59pm (Melbourne time)
Not all courses are open for course transfer applications.
How to check what courses are open
- View courses open for transfer applications (a full list of courses open for transfer will be available when applications open)
- Check the additional entry requirements for course transfers:
- any restrictions to transfer considering your current course or location
- minimum WAM – you'll be able to see your current course and WAM when you apply for a transfer
- prerequisite units
- specific documentation to include with your application
- specific requirements such as auditions, interviews, entry tests or a Nursing English declaration form (for Nursing courses).
- Up to three course preferences
- The reason you're applying for a course transfer
- Whether you want a credit assessment on your completed Monash units
- Whether you want credit from external studies – be prepared with your transcripts and previous unit/s synopsis
- Documents to support your application such as personal statements, resume/CV
- You can apply for a maximum three course preferences in one application.
- You can only submit one application – so think carefully about your preferences.
- You'll be made one course offer, which will be for your highest eligible preference – so think carefully about your preference order.
- You'll need to upload supporting documents with your application.
When your application is in DRAFT status, you can:
- add, delete or change the order of preferences
- change the response to your questions
- add or delete documents
When your application is in SUBMITTED status, you:
- won’t be able to make changes to your application
- will be able to track your application assessment status
Don’t submit your application until you’ve finalised your preference selection and uploaded your documents.
If you’d like to change your preferences after you’ve submitted your application, contact Monash Connect and your application will be reset to Draft status. You’ll then need to update your preferences and resubmit the application before the deadline.
The last date to request to change your preferences is:
- Friday 2 June 2023 if you’re a student in Australia
- Friday 28 April 2023 if you’re a student in Malaysia.
You won’t be able to make any further changes to your preferences after this date.
If you’d like to add documents to your application after you’ve submitted it, contact Monash Connect. We’ll forward your additional documents to the relevant faculty so they can add them to your application.
After you apply
While you're waiting for the outcome of your application, you need to:
- stay enrolled in your current course (and re-enrol in units for the following year during the re-enrolment period), and
- pay any course fees owing for your current enrolment.
If successful, you'll receive an offer for your highest eligible preference (see notification dates in the section below).
If all your course preferences have been declined by the faculty, you'll be notified earlier. You can apply to transfer in the next intake or discuss alternative paths for entry with the faculty by contacting Monash Connect.
If you’d like to withdraw your course transfer application (before or after the application closing date), contact Monash Connect.
Track your course transfer progress
Offer notification and acceptance
Conditional offers
You might receive a conditional offer while results for the following are pending:
- deferred final assessments
- WH (withheld) results
- summer units
- English language tests
- Casper
- outcome of an audition, supplementary form or an interview.
You’ll still need to respond by the deadline, so you should accept your conditional offer while you wait for your results.
International students
If you're onshore and you want to transfer to a campus in Australia and the faculty approves your transfer application, you'll get a new course offer (International Student Course Agreement). Once you accept this offer, Monash Connect will automatically email you a new Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) so you don't need to apply for one. You won't need to tell the Department of Home Affairs that you're changing course as they can access your information in the new CoE. You may need to apply for a student visa – please check our visa requirements page for more information. If you’re transferring to Australia from an off-shore campus, you’ll use your CoE to apply for your student visa.
Keep in mind, if you’re on a student visa, you need to enrol in a full-time study load (24 credit points per semester). For more information, see study load.
Fees
Same course, different campus: Your fees will change to the new campus rate (if in a new country) according to the year you started the course.
Different course, same campus: You're considered a new (commencing) student. Your fees will be charged at the rate based on your new course start date.
Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP): If you transfer from a single degree to a related double degree (or vice versa), you may not be eligible for the grandfathering of your CSP fee structure (pdf) under the government's Job Ready Graduates changes, and may therefore be charged at the new rate for the course into which you've transferred.
For fee amounts, see the course entry on our find a course page.
Government loans
If you're eligible for HECS, FEE or SA-HELP, you need to reapply to access these loan schemes when transferring courses.
Scholarship holders
If you're on a scholarship, you should first check with the Scholarships Unit whether a transfer will affect your eligibility.
Contacts for Malaysia to Australia transfers
If you have an enquiry about transferring from Monash Malaysia to an Australian campus, use the contact details below:
- Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: pharmacy.info@monash.edu
- All other faculties: submit an enquiry
Transfers from an Australian campus to the Malaysia campus
- Current students must submit the Transfer Application form (pdf, 0.29 mb) to Monash University Malaysia (MUM) Admissions at mum.admissions@monash.edu. Do this before completing your current course.
- Ensure you remain enrolled in your current course while waiting for the outcome of your application.