Postgraduate Degree Offers

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Your postgraduate 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.

Types of 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.

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.

Timing of Offer

Term 1 offers will occur between August and February.

If you have applied directly, offers will be released more frequently. We aim to assess applications within 5-10 days of receipt.

Master of Teaching Courses

If you have applied for one of the following courses, offers are issued via QTAC:

You can expect offers to be released as outline in QTAC key dates.

Term 2 offers will occur between March and June.

If you have applied directly, offers will be released more frequently. We aim to assess applications within 5-10 days of receipt.

Master of Teaching Courses

If you have applied for one of the following courses, offers are issued via QTAC:

You can expect offers to be released as outline in QTAC key dates.

Term 3 offers will occur between August and October.

If you have applied directly, offers will be released more frequently. We aim to assess applications within 5-10 days of receipt.

Offers for courses delivered in hyperflexible format are made ongoing throughout the year. 

We aim to assess applications within two to four business days of receipt.

Responding to an Offer

For all postgraduate course offers (excluding Master of Teaching courses), 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:

  1. 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.
  2. Your offer will appear on your home page; click on the 'Open Apply Online' button.
  3. Within the Apply Online portal, under Submitted Applications, click on the Course Offer you'd like to accept.
  4. Click on the Accept button.

Once you've accepted your offer, you can enrol in units (subjects) and prepare to commence your studies.

For the following Master of Teaching courses, offers are issued via QTAC:

You will need to accept your offer through QTAC. Follow these steps:

  1. Log in to QTAC's Application Services
  2. Select View or Edit under My Application
  3. Select View offer details under Offers
  4. Select Respond to offer
  5. 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.

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 13 27 86 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:

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.

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