Information for students

UTS: Communication offers degrees by coursework and degrees by research — these two study areas have separate information and administration services available to students.

The UTS Student Centre provides student administration services to coursework students. It coordinates a wide range of activities including enrolment, identification of potential graduands, processing of student leave applications, special consideration applications and variation of programs via e-requests.

The research degrees administrator provides similar assistance to postgraduate research students.

Location, contacts and inquiries

UTS Student Centre

Research Degrees Administrator

Statement on scholarly work and its presentation

Scholarly work involves working with texts by authors in different fields. These authors have intellectual property rights to their work, so in the scholarly process of quotation, commentary, paraphrase and interpretation, specific rules or protocols must be observed. These apply to audiovisual texts as well as to writing.

In the production of work by students in UTS: Communication, the protocol to be observed is the acknowledgment of the work of other authors, whether this work takes the form of an idea, a section of text, sounds or images. Unacknowledged copying, paraphrasing or summarising can be considered plagiarism if it is 'passed off as one's own' (The Macquarie Dictionary, 2009). Work involving plagiarism is not accepted for assessment and may be the subject of disciplinary action.

Conventions for acknowledgment are well established but take different forms. It is the responsibility of students to familiarise themselves with these conventions and to use them. Snooks and Co., Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers, 6th edn (revised), Wiley, 2002, is useful.

Other sites that outline issues in using information appropriately can be found at:

The UTS: Bell program provides an extensive and continually updated range of resources, classes and tutorials to enhance learning skills.

International exchange and study abroad

Local students

Students at UTS can study overseas as part of their degree through either the international exchange program or by study abroad.

Students accepted into the international exchange program can study at an institution with which UTS has a student exchange agreement or memorandum of understanding and the student pays through HECS-HELP.

It is recommended that students undertake their studies overseas in second semester of the second year of their course.

Further information about the international exchange program is available at:

Students undertaking study abroad at an overseas institution enrol at that university and pay full fees to that institution.

International students

UTS: Communication welcomes students from around the world. Our courses reflect Australia's multicultural character and its cultural, commercial, media and technological links to other countries and communities. UTS is committed to the internationalisation of all its courses, which prepare students for fulfilling lives and productive careers in a globalised world. A number of staff in UTS: Communication have lived and studied overseas and maintain international connections in the arts, media, business and research.

UTS: International provides information and assistance for prospective international students. Further details are available at:

Exchange and study abroad

Students who are already enrolled in an overseas university course and who wish to study in Australia for one or two semesters can enrol in subjects through international exchange or study abroad arrangements. Exchange students come from institutions with which UTS has a student exchange agreement and pay fees through their home institution. Study abroad students apply directly and pay fees to UTS as their university does not have a formal exchange agreement.

Subject selection

Undergraduate students can apply to enrol in subjects listed in the individual undergraduate programs. Note that access to subjects in media arts and production is restricted to students who have already completed introductory subjects in these areas at their home institution.

Postgraduate students can select from the range of subjects listed in individual postgraduate programs.

Students must meet the subject prerequisite requirements indicated in the subject descriptions. Students are also advised to ensure that the subjects they select satisfy course requirements at their home institution.

Undergraduate and postgraduate courses

International students can apply for any of the full-time courses offered by UTS: Communication that appear in this handbook.

Short courses and continuing professional education (CPE)

UTS: Communication regularly offers in-house short courses, seminars, workshops, organisational training and other professional development programs.

Short course programs are available in:

• advertising (UTS/AFA AdSchool)
• journalism and writing (Australian Centre for Independent Journalism)
• creative writing (UTS Centre for New Writing)
• pro tools sound design (UTS Pro School), and
• media presentation skills (Australian Centre for Public Communication).

New programs are constantly in development. Further information is available from: