Types of offers
Depending on your circumstances and how you applied, you may receive one of the following:
- an offer through VTAC
- a direct offer from Deakin.
Important information for international students
If you’re an international student and you’ve received an offer from Deakin, there are a few things you might want to know before you arrive in Australia.
Your options
If you receive an offer from Deakin, there are a number of options available to you. You can:
- accept the offer and enrol, then start your studies the next available trimester
- defer your offer, which means putting off the start of your studies by up to two years (depending on what sort of offer you received).
If you accept your offer and enrol straight away, you can also consider a reduced course load to ease into study. It's up to you.
Make sure you enrol on time
It’s essential that you enrol before the date in your offer email. If you don’t, you may lose your place and we might offer it to someone else.
If you have chosen to defer, it's important that you still activate your Deakin Student Account and complete a deferral of offer form by the deadline specified in your offer email.
Requirements for undertaking placements
Optometry and medical imaging courses
In accordance with Department of Human Services policy, all students are required to undertake a National Police Record Check prior to clinical placements in each calendar year of their course.
In accordance with the Department of Justice 2007, Working with Children Act 2005, amended 2017, all students are required to undertake a Working with Children Check at the commencement of their course. Students who fail to obtain a Police Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to the commencement of clinical placement will not be able to undertake clinical placement and this will impede progress in the course.
Students may also be required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their clinical learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student’s immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation.
Several clinical placement agencies require that students are vaccinated/blood tested before undertaking clinical placement and/or graduate employment. Deakin University Medical Centres provide detailed advice, blood testing and administer all necessary vaccinations prior to commencement of clinical placements and/or employment.
Nursing courses
In accordance with Department of Human Services policy, all students are required to undertake a National Police Record Check prior to clinical placements in each calendar year of their course.
In accordance with the Department of Justice 2007, Working with Children Act 2005, amended 2017, all students are required to hold a valid Working with Children Check for the duration of their course. Students who fail to obtain a Police Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to the commencement of clinical placement will not be able to undertake clinical placement and this will impede progress in the course.
Students are required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their clinical learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student’s immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation.
Choose your units
When you enrol you’ll be picking your first year units. It’s a good idea to read the Deakin Handbook in advance, so you’ve got a good idea of which units you’d like to do. If you’re not sure, speak with a student adviser. They’re happy to help with course and career advice. Contact the relevant faculty listed below.
Faculty of Arts and Education
Melbourne Burwood Campus
+61 3 9246 8100
Geelong campuses
+61 3 5227 1359
Warrnambool Campus
+61 3 5563 3489
Faculty of Business and Law
+61 3 9244 6555
Email the faculty
Faculty of Health
+61 3 9251 7777
Email the faculty
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
Melbourne Burwood Campus
+61 3 9244 6699
Email SEBE at Melbourne Burwood
Geelong Waterfront Campus
+61 3 5227 8300
Email SEBE at Geelong Waterfront
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
+61 3 5227 2463
Email SEBE at Geelong Waurn Ponds
Warrnambool Campus
+61 3 5563 3327
Email SEBE at Warrnambool
Need help or have questions?
Get in touch with us by phone, web chat or email, or drop by for a visit at any campus.
Division of Student Administration (DSA)
+61 3 9244 6333
Email DSA