Changing Your Enrolment

Program Leave (suspending your studies)

Approved Program Leave (suspension of studies) ensures that your place in your program is reserved so that you may continue your studies at the end of your approved period of leave. Program Leave is usually only granted to students who have completed at least one course and is usually restricted to a maximum of one year in the first instance. Program Leave is counted as part of the time you take to complete your program. If you have enrolled and wish to drop all your courses before the census date, you can apply for Program Leave.

To apply for Program Leave, you must apply online prior to the semester/session in which you which to start your leave.

At the end of your leave period, you will need to re-enrol following the usual requirements for continuing students.

Applications for leave received after the relevant census date will be processed as requests to drop courses after census date. Relevant financial and academic penalties will apply. Click here for information on dropping courses after census date.

Returning from Program Leave

If you are returning to your program in Semester 1 2009 after an approved period of leave you must re-enrol for the whole year via ISIS by 30 January 2009 .

If you are returning to your program in Semester 2 2009 after an approved period of leave you must re-enrol for the whole year via ISIS by 26 June 2009 .

Students who do not enrol by the appropriate deadline will be liable for a late enrolment fee of $125.

Research students click here for information on taking leave from your program.

Are you an International student?

If you are an International student, please make sure that you contact the Office of Policy and Regulation at policy.regs@anu.edu.au or 02 6125 1436 to arrange an appointment to discuss the implications to your visa when making the following changes:

• Reducing your study load
• Changing Program
• Withdrawing from your program
• Requesting Program Leave