Academic Matters - Enrolment and Credit Transfer
How your enrolment works
Exchange students remain enrolled at the University of Sydney whilst concurrently enrolling at a host university overseas. Your exact enrolment will be based upon the official Academic Approval Form for a Nominated Exchange Applicant forms signed by your faculty.
At the University of Sydney you will normally be enrolled in exchange units of study which provide a generic match for overseas courses equivalents. Examples are below:
|
Code |
Unit |
Credits |
Equivalence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
MKTG2551 |
Marketing Exchange |
6 credits |
Equivalent to an overseas Marketing course |
|
HSTY2805 |
History Exchange |
6 credits |
Equivalent to an overseas History course |
While generic matches remove the need to find overseas courses that are the same as those at the University of Sydney, it is still very important to ensure that the courses you enrol in at the host university are suitable for your degree requirements and have been approved for credit by your faculty.
In order to view all the generic exchange units of study available for outbound exchange students, please access the Online Unit of Study Database using the instructions below.
- Go to the Unit of Study website (URL: http://ssa.usyd.edu.au/ssa/handbook/uossearch.jsp?searchtype=S)
- Select the appropriate Academic Year
- For Semester, select "All Sessions"
- For Unit of Study Alpha, enter the appropriate alpha code for your discipline are eg: MKTG for Marketing; HSTY for History; PSYC for Psychology. etc.
- Leave Unit of Study Digit BLANK.
- For Unit of Study Name, enter "Exchange".
- Click on Start Search
The resulting list will provide you with the codes of all generic exchange units of study in a particular discipline.
You are unable to enrol in these units of study without prior approval from your home faculty. You are unable to add or drop these units using web enrolment variation facilities. You must either enrol in person or by proxy.
Credit Transfer
The overseas subjects you enrol in will not appear on your University of Sydney transcript. Instead, these will be listed in your transcript from your exchange university. Upon return from exchange, your faculty will use your official overseas transcript and any other required documentation to credit your overseas results towards your University of Sydney degree. Exchange results are not normally counted in your WAM (Weighted Average Mark) or AAM (Annual Average Mark). All generic exchange units of study will appear on your Sydney transcript with results of “R” (Satisfied Requirements). You can request a copy of your overseas transcript from your host university to keep as part of your academic record and for your career portfolio/resumé.
