You can apply for admission to honours as long as it’s within five years of completing any level 3 units that you’re using as the basis for admission.

If your units were completed more than five years ago we may be able to consider your application with the support of the relevant honours coordinator. You’ll need to be able to show how you have kept up to date in the area of study e.g. work experience or further study.

All requests to include units completed more than five years before commencement are sent to the Associate Dean (Undergraduate) for consideration.

If the minimum entry requirements are met all students have an equal chance of acceptance. However, your WAM might impact your choice of project/supervisor as some projects are more competitive than others. Please contact the relevant discipline honours coordinator for more information.

We will look at the average of the best four units.

Students must have 24 points of relevant level 3 study.

If your major is structured with 18 points of level 3 units, you need to use one of your elective spaces to complete an additional relevant level 3 unit.

If you don’t have 24 points of level 3 units in the discipline we may consider a unit from another discipline that is relevant to your specific project. This will need a letter of support from the relevant honours discipline coordinator explaining how the unit is relevant in your case.

All requests to include units outside the honours discipline are sent to the Associate Dean (Undergraduate) for consideration.

No. You must meet the published minimum entry requirements including the minimum average.

This depends on your circumstances.

It’s very common for students completing a summer unit to apply for honours for the next semester. Students who are likely to meet the minimum entry requirements after summer semester results are released will usually receive a conditional offer.

Students doing a winter unit will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. This is because the release of results for winter is roughly four weeks after the start of semester two. If you’re in a double degree and your winter unit isn’t required for you to meet the minimum entry requirements for admission you may be able to receive an offer to start in semester two. If you’re in a single degree you will usually need to wait and start honours in semester one the following year.

In most disciplines you have the option to apply to study part-time. Full-time and part-time options are listed under Study mode available in the Clayton honours specialisations table.

You should consider if part-time studies will better suit your current situation while applying. If your circumstances change while you are studying, it may be possible to switch your enrolment to a different mode.

If you need to do so you must contact the Faculty of Science no later than the end of week 4 of semester. Whether you study part-time or full-time (and have an approved intermission), you must finish honours within two years.

You usually apply for honours in your final semester, however you can begin the process of contacting potential supervisors in your second-last semester.

Applications for semester one commencement are open from July to November each year.

Applications for semester two commencement are open from March to June each year.

Outcomes for semester one applications will be sent within one week of Monash University’s release of results date for semester two.

Outcomes for semester two applications will be sent within one week of Monash University’s release of results date for semester one.

Your offer letter will tell you when you need to accept your offer by. The timelines will differ depending on whether you’re a domestic or international student.

If you are made a conditional offer you will have two dates to be aware of: the date by which you must accept your conditional offer, and the date by which you must demonstrate that you’ve met the conditions of your offer.

A conditional offer is an offer made where we think you are likely to meet the minimum entry requirements but you haven’t met them yet. For example we may issue a conditional offer to a Monash student enrolled in a summer elective unit to complete their Bachelor of Science, or to a non-Monash student who needs to provide their final semester results and proof of completion.

If you’re given a conditional offer you need to accept or reject the offer by the offer response date. If you don’t respond to the offer we will assume you have rejected it.

You must meet all conditions before you can receive a full offer, and you must receive a full offer in order to enrol into the honours course.

Yes, you can defer your honours offer for up to 12 months.

Yes. Make sure you let us know before the census date for your first semester of study that you are withdrawing, otherwise you will need to pay the fees for your units.

If you’re an international student please review the terms of your ISCA for your eligibility for a fee refund.

You will receive an email from the Faculty inviting you to complete an ‘Expression of Interest’ for Honours. You must complete this form to let us know that you are intending to move on to year four of your degree.

The fourth year for S3001 Bachelor of Science Advanced – Global Challenges (Honours) and S3003 Bachelor of Applied Data Science Advanced (Honours) is only available to commence in semester one. If you complete stages 1-3 of your course mid-year you will need to take an intermission for one semester before commencing honours.

S3002 Bachelor of Science Advanced – Research (Honours) can be commenced in semester 1 or semester 2. You must follow the same steps 1 and 2 that are listed under How to Apply for students in S3701 Bachelor of Science (Honours).

If you don’t meet the requirements for admission to your embedded fourth year you will be given an alternative exit with the Bachelor of Science. In this case you may still be eligible to apply for honours under S3701 Bachelor of Science (Honours).

You can apply for honours as long as you meet the minimum entry requirements for S3701 Bachelor of Science (Honours). This includes completion of 144 points and all the requirements of the Bachelor of Science component of your degree.

If you’ve completed the same requirements as the single degree Bachelor of Science you can choose to take an alternative exit and graduate with just Bachelor of Science. Taking an alternative exit will discontinue your double degree.

If you change your mind about completing the other component after taking an alternative exit you need to contact our Future Students team and ask about your options to re-apply for admission.

After you accept your honours offer we will place you on intermission from your double degree. You will be given an alternative exit from the science component but keep your place in the double degree while on intermission from it. You can then finish the other degree after completing science honours.

If your honours discipline is offered part-time, it may be possible to finish your other degree while starting honours part-time. However overall you cannot be enrolled in more than 24 points per semester. You should first discuss if this is a viable plan with your discipline coordinator.

You can only complete honours once under any given course code. This means that once you’ve completed S3701 Bachelor of Science (Honours) you can’t re-do honours under the same course code.

If you’re in a double degree you can do two honours years – one in science and one in your partner degree. You will need to contact the partner faculty for information on honours in their component degree.

It may be possible for you to do a project which covers more than one discipline, but you need to enrol under one course code and complete the requirements of that course. Cross-disciplinary projects will usually have a main supervisor from one discipline and a co-supervisor from the other discipline. Please contact the relevant honours discipline coordinator for information on your options.

You’ll need to refer to the information provided by the relevant department that your honours project is through.

You’ll need to refer to the information provided by the relevant department that your honours project is through.

Yes, as long as you meet the entry requirements for the discipline that you want to do honours in.

It may be possible for you to do a project which covers more than one discipline, but you need to enrol under one area of study and complete the requirements of that area. Cross-disciplinary projects will usually have a main supervisor from one discipline and a co-supervisor from the other discipline. Please contact the relevant honours discipline coordinator for information on your options.

This will depend on your honours discipline. Please contact the relevant department that your honours project is through.

Please see the tab titled Fees and scholarships.

Please contact scholarships for information on your specific situation.

Please contact the relevant honours discipline coordinator for information.

Yes, but there are likely to be additional requirements.

For graduate research at Monash, please contact the Monash graduate research team for more information on eligibility and pathways.

For graduate research at other institutions and overseas, you’ll need to contact those institutions directly for further information.

• Step 1: Select your study location. Select Undergraduate.
• Step 2: Complete the privacy declaration.
• Step 3: Enter your personal details
• Step 4: Search for S3701 and click Show Start Dates. The next available intake will be shown.
• Select your course preferences as relevant. 
  • You can choose up to five preferences. You can change the order of your preferences using the blue arrows up to the point of submitting your application. If you want to change your preferences after submitting your application please contact our Future Students team.
  • Domestic students can apply for full time or part time study. International students must apply for full time study.
• Step 5: Enter your qualifications, English language proficiency, and work experience. International students should refer to the course entry in Find A Course for more information on English language requirements.
• Step 6: Provide details of sponsorship/proxy if relevant
• Step 7: Supporting documents
  • Current or recent Monash students do not need to provide any documents.
  • Non-Monash students will need to upload their academic transcript, proof of citizenship, and, if it has been more than five years since your undergraduate study, a curriculum vitae.
  • Your documents must include proof of completion of your relevant undergraduate degree. If you are in your final semester of study you must provide this as soon as it is available and no less than one week before the start of the semester in which you intend to commence honours.
  • All documents provided must be in English. If the original documents are in a language other than English the documents must be official translations by a recognised translation service.
• Step 8: Review your application
• Step 9: Domestic students do not need to pay an application fee. International students need to pay an application fee and attach proof of payment.

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