Academic progression

All students are expected to meet minimum academic requirements. Students must pass 50 per cent of the credit points in which they are enrolled each half year. If this requirement is not met a student will be placed on academic caution. During a period of academic caution, usually one half year, a student must consult with the designated academic course advisers from the relevant faculty for advice on the student's study plan; attend a study skills workshop program organised by the Student Services Unit; and enrol in no more than 24 credit points for the half year of study to which the period of academic caution applies.

Further information about academic caution is available at:

After a period of academic caution, undergraduate students who do not maintain the required minimum level of progress may be excluded from a course. The minimum rate of progress for undergraduate students is achievement of 50 per cent of the credit points for which a student has been enrolled in since the beginning of that course. Requirements for postgraduate coursework students are set out in the relevant course area's postgraduate information section in the UTS: Handbook or within specific course information. A faculty board may also discontinue a student's registration in a course if the Board is dissatisfied with the student's progress. Further information, including appeal procedures, is available on the Student Administration website at:

Postgraduate research candidature may be discontinued for unsatisfactory progress report outcome, unsatisfactory candidature assessment, or failure to complete in the maximum time. Further information is available on the University Graduate School website at: