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New Students

Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences! Starting university doesn't need to be daunting. Let us help guide you through the next steps you'll need to take.

University Checklist

Step 1: Accept your Offer

Step 2: Attend an Enrolment Information Session

Step 3: Apply for Academic Credit Transfer for prior tertiary study

Step 4: Enrol

Step 5: Prepare for uni

Accept Your Offer

If you applied through SATAC, you will need to accept your offer through the SATAC website. To do this, you will need your SATAC reference code. The SATAC website provides all of the instructions you need to accept your offer.

If you have a non-SATAC offer, please refer to your original offer for instructions on how to accept.

Attend Enrolment Advice Sessions

Undergraduate

All students are expected to attend the Enrolment Advice Sessions.

If you are unable to attend on the day, please see the Undergraduate page to find out information regarding course selection.

Honours and Postgraduate

Enrolment Advice Sessions are not held for Honours and Postgraduate Coursework students. For information regarding enrolment, please visit the Honours and Postgraduate enrolment pages.

Apply for Academic Credit Transfer

If you have completed study at another institution, you can apply for credit toward your University of Adelaide degree. To apply, you will need to submit:

  • An Application for Credit form
  • An official Academic Transcript, and
  • A detailed description

Enrolment

All enrolment takes place online via Access Adelaide.

Read the 7 Easy Steps to Enrol to familiarise your self with the enrolment process.

If you need any assistance with course selection or experience any enrolment errors, contact us:

Faculty Office

T: +61 8 8313 5245
E: humss.office@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Ground Floor, Napier Building

Before Uni Starts

Get Prepared!

Collect your student ID card.

Show up to O'Week and attend any preliminary lectures.

Use Unibooks to see which textbooks are required for your course. There are also various resources for purchasing second hand textbooks.

Make yourself familiar with the critical dates. The last day to add courses is also the last day that you can change tutorial and class times, and the census date is the last day that you can erase a course from your record

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Ground Floor, Napier Building

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
SA 5005 AUSTRALIA

Contact

T: +61 8 8313 5245
F: +61 8 8313 4382
humss.office@adelaide.edu.au

Opening Hours

Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri: 9am - 5pm
Wednesday: 11am - 5pm
Advance Notice of Closure

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