Offer
Depending on the course you’ve applied for, the entry requirements and your personal circumstances, the steps in the offer stage can differ.
Start by looking at the information under your study level below to find details on:
- timing of offers
- how applications are assessed
- receiving offers and your options
- accepting your offer.
Types of Offers
Full offer
If you receive a full offer, you have met all of the entry requirements. With a full offer, you can accept and enrol for the offered commencement date.
Conditional offer
If you receive a conditional offer, you must meet the condition/s by providing supporting documentation before the due date listed on the offer. If you do not meet the condition/s, your offer will be cancelled.
Undergraduate Offers
Your offer will be emailed to your nominated email address on your application. When you receive an offer from CQU, the offer email will clearly outline how to respond and accept your offer and the due date.
Accepting your offer from CQU
QTAC Applications
You will need to accept your offer through QTAC. Follow these steps:
- Log in to QTAC's Application Services
- Select View or Edit under My Application
- Select View offer details under Offers
- Select Respond to offer
- Once you accept your offer through QTAC, click on the ‘Enrol at CQU’ link. This will link you to CQU's MyCQU Student Portal, which steps you through how to enrol in your units and prepare to commence study.
Find out more about accepting offers via QTAC.
Direct to CQU Applications
Refer to your email from our Admissions team that outlines your offer details. To accept your offer, follow these steps:
- Log in to CQU's MyCQU Student Portal using the login details provided in your offer letter.
If you don't know your login details, check out our accessing MyCQU page. - Your offer will appear on your home page, click on the 'Open Apply Online' button.
- Within the Apply Online portal, under Submitted Applications, click on the Course Offer you'd like to accept.
- Click on the Accept button.
Once you've accepted your offer, you can enrol in units (subjects) and prepare to commence your studies.
UAC or ApplyCQUni Applications
Refer to your email from our Admissions team that outlines your offer details. To accept your offer, follow these steps:
- Log in to CQU's MyCQU Student Portal using the login details provided in your offer letter.
If you don't know your login details, check out our accessing MyCQU page. - Your offer will appear on your home page, click on the 'Accept' button.
Once you've accepted your offer, you can enrol in units (subjects) and prepare to commence your studies.
CQUniversity makes year-round offers for most courses.
- Term 1 offers will take place between August and February.
- Term 2 offers will occur between March and June.
- Term 3 offers will occur between August and October.
If you have applied via a TAC you can expect offers to be released as outlined in QTAC and UAC key dates.
If you have applied directly, offers will be released will be more frequently. We aim to assess applications within 5-10 days of receipt.
Your offer letter may include a lapse date, also known as the enrolment due date. If your offer lapse date or enrolment due date has passed, you may still be able to accept your offer. Please contact 132786 to discuss your options.
You can accept the offer after the offer lapse date/enrolment due date except for the following courses:
- Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathway to Medicine) (CM17)
- Bachelor of Medical Sonography/Graduate Diploma of Medical Sonography (CG91)
- Bachelor of Medical Imaging (CG92)
- Bachelor of Nutrition / Master of Nutrition and Dietetics (CM61)
- Bachelor of Oral Health (CB29)
- Bachelor of Physiotherapy (CB85)
- Bachelor of Echocardiography and Cardiac Physiology/Graduate Diploma of Echocardiography (CV69)
- Bachelor of Paramedic Science (CG95)
- Bachelor of Paramedic Science/Graduate Certificate in Emergency and Disaster Management (CM40)
If you applied through QTAC and your offer has lapsed (other than for the courses listed above), please call QTAC on 1300 467 822 and advise them that you do wish to accept your offer and request that they reinstate it so that you are able to accept. Make sure you have your applicant ID number available. The QTAC system will then direct you to the next step to complete your enrolment.
Once you have formally accepted an offer, you cannot defer admission; however, many courses may allow you to start at a later term by enrolling in a later term of study.
Courses that cannot be deferred
Not all courses will permit you to commence at a later date, particularly any competitive or quota course, and those with specific entry requirements like an audition, outlined below:
- Bachelor of Echocardiography and Cardiac Physiology/Graduate Diploma of Echocardiography
- Bachelor of Medical Imaging
- Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathway to Medicine)
- Bachelor of Medical Sonography/Graduate Diploma of Medical Sonography
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Nutrition / Master of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Bachelor of Oral Health
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours)
- Bachelor of Paramedic Science
- Bachelor of Paramedic Science/Graduate Certificate in Emergency and Disaster Management
- Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours)
- Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours)
- Bachelor of Science (Honours)
- Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours)
- Bachelor of Theatre
- Diploma of Music
- Diploma of Theatre
For the above courses, you will be required to submit a new admission application or change your preference with the Tertiary Admission Centre to commence at a later date.
Other courses may have limitations around enrolling in later terms, or require approval to commence in a later term from the Head of Course on a case-by-case basis such as the:
- Bachelor of Midwifery (Graduate Entry)
- Bachelor of Nursing
Principal's Recommendation Scheme
If you have received an offer via the Principals Recommendation Scheme, you are not eligible to defer your offer. You will need to submit a new application when you wish to commence your studies.
International Students
If you are an International student and would like to defer your course commencement, you must contact CQUniversity by emailing international-admissions@cqu.edu.au.
Additional Information
Assessment of Applications
Learn more about how undergraduate and postgraduate applications are assessed before an offer to study is made at CQU.
Adjustment Schemes
Learn about the adjustment factors to selection ranks for undergraduate applications that may be available to you.
Unsuccessful Applications
Learn more about options available to you if your application to study a CQU course is unsuccessful.
Postgraduate Offers
You will receive your offer via the email you nominated as part of the application process. Your offer email will contain all the information you need to respond to your offer.
Accepting your offer from CQU
Direct Applications
For all offers, excluding Master of Teaching courses, where applications are via QTAC, you can accept your offer through CQU's MyCQU Student Portal.
Refer to your email from our Admissions team that outlines your offer details. To accept your offer, follow these steps:
- Log in to CQU's MyCQU Student Portal using the login details provided in your offer letter.
If you don't know your login details, check out our accessing MyCQU page. - Your offer will appear on your home page; click on the 'Open Apply Online' button.
- Within the Apply Online portal, under Submitted Applications, click on the Course Offer you'd like to accept.
- Click on the Accept button.
Once you've accepted your offer, you can enrol in units (subjects) and prepare to commence your studies.
QTAC Applications: Master of Teaching offers
For Master of Teaching offers issued via QTAC, you will need to accept your offer through QTAC. Follow these steps:
- Log in to QTAC's Application Services
- Select View or Edit under My Application
- Select View offer details under Offers
- Select Respond to offer
- Once you accept your offer through QTAC, click on the ‘Enrol at CQU’ link. This will link you to CQU's MyCQU Student Portal, which steps you through how to enrol in your units and prepare to commence study.
Find out more about accepting offers via QTAC.
CQUniversity makes year-round offers for most courses.
- Term 1 offers will take place between August and February.
- Term 2 offers will occur between March and June.
- Term 3 offers will occur between August and October.
- Monthly intakes for Be Different courses are released on an ongoing basis.
If you have applied directly, offers will be released more frequently. We aim to assess applications within 5-10 days of receipt.
If you are applying for a hyperflexible postgraduate course offered via the Be Different learning platform, your application will be assessed within two to four business days.
Master of Teaching courses
If you have applied via a TAC you can expect offers to be released as outlined in QTAC key dates.
Your offer letter may include a lapse date, also known as the enrolment due date. If your offer lapse date or enrolment due date has passed, you may still be able to accept your offer. Please contact 132 786 to discuss your options.
For Master of Teaching offers made via QTAC if your offer has lapsed please call QTAC on 1300 467 822 and advise them that you wish to accept your offer and request that they reinstate your offer. Make sure you have your applicant ID number available. The QTAC system will then direct you to the next step to complete your enrolment.
Once you have formally accepted an offer, you will not be able to defer admission; however, some courses may allow you to start at a later term by enrolling into a later term of study.
Courses that cannot be deferred
Not all courses will permit you to commence at a later date, including:
- Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing (CL16)
TAFE Certificates and Diploma Offers
You will be emailed an offer letter to the nominated email address in your application. This will include the option to click through to accept your offer with the date you must respond by to ensure your enrolment for the upcoming intake (referred to as the last day to admit and enrol). The email will also include a detailed offer letter you should read and save for future reference.
If you haven’t completed your BKSB (Basic Key Skills Builder) test or other requests for further information, you will need to do so by the time you accept your offer. BKSB Testing is an entry requirement for all TAFE certificates and diplomas, so you will not receive an offer until you complete this test.
After you have accepted your offer, our course advice team will email you a personalised course planner and provide instructions for you to enrol.
You can email vet-apps@cqu.edu.au if you have questions during this process or contact us on 13 27 86.
With monthly intakes for most TAFE courses, offers are released all year round and usually within 5-10 days business days of your application submission.
Your application will be automatically assessed for all government subsidies available at the time and you will be advised of these in your offer letter.
It is not possible to activate a lapsed offer for a TAFE certificate or diploma. You will need to resubmit your application for the next intake if you let your offer lapse (meaning you do not accept your offer by the last day to admit and enrol date indicated in your offer email).
While you are unable to defer your offer, you may accept an offer in one intake but enrol in a future intake to defer your starting date.
In most cases our applicants meet the entry requirements for their course and are successful in receiving an offer for their desired intake. If your application is unsuccessful, we will contact you to discuss alternate entry pathways to your desired course.
Accessing MyCQU
New to CQU? You’ll need a login to get started on the MYCQU Student Portal. Find helpful details if it's your first time or it's been a while setting up on our system.
Have questions or need help?
If you have questions or would like help to review or respond to an offer, we are here to help. You can request a callback from a member of our Student Advisers.
After Receiving Your Offer
Applying for Credit and Credit Assessments
The process for applying for credit depends on the way you have submitted your application to study your course of interest with CQU. You'll only need to submit one credit application for your nominated course.
If you are submitting a direct application to study with CQU, you can submit your credit application as part of your application to study your course of interest via our direct application system, ApplyOnline. Once you've received your offer and accepted it, your credit application will be assessed.
If you have applied to study your CQU course via QTAC or UAC, wait to receive your offer from CQU, accept your offer and apply for credit via the online form available on our Credit Calculator page.
Find out more about applying for credit or recognition of prior learning.
Credit application assessment timelines
If you submit an application for credit, it will only be assessed after you have accepted your offer with CQU.
Credit applications and supporting documentation should be submitted at least four weeks before the relevant term commences. If you submit a credit application less than four weeks before the start of the term, there's no guarantee that the assessment will be completed and any eligible credit awarded prior to the commencement of the term or census date.
More information about submitting a credit application, including due dates for credit applications for upcoming terms, can be found on our Credit Calculator page.
