Apply for re-admission

You are required to provide the following documents with your re-admission application:

• A personal statement of no more than 500 words in support of your application for re-admission. This should cover any studies or work experience you have done since you were last enrolled, your motivation to study, your life experiences and personal qualities that will be advantageous to study/your future career, and if applicable, the reasons for your performance in your past academic study.
• Certified academic transcripts – if you have completed further study since your previous enrolment at Deakin, please include certified copies of transcripts and evidence of completion (if applicable) from all studies.
• CV/Resume – if you have been working since your previous enrolment at Deakin, please provide an updated CV/resume. This should cover work and life experiences (paid and unpaid) and your education. For each position include a time period.

To ensure you meet the current minimum eligibility criteria for your chosen course, your application for re-admission will be assessed on:

• your prior academic performance at Deakin
• any further studies or work experience undertaken since you were previously enrolled
• the maximum time allowed to complete your course (excluding approved intermission periods)
• the availability of the course you're re-applying for
• the total applicant pool at the time of re-application (if applicable).

Your application can only be assessed upon receipt of all supporting documentation. You may also be required to provide additional supporting documentation depending on the entry requirements of your course. Please refer to the specific entry requirements on the course page for further information.

Please note, Deakin is required to determine whether all applicants are considered a genuine student at the time of re-admission.

Students readmitting into accredited courses may be required to be readmitted into the latest version of the course and pick up additional units or repeat units where studies were undertaken more than 10 years ago. Faculties may impose a shorter time limit for some accredited courses to ensure students satisfy the requirements for admission to practice, professional accreditation or membership to the relevant professional association.

Law courses
All students seeking readmission into law courses must be readmitted into the latest version of a course. Please note that students readmitting may be required to pick up additional units or repeat units where prior studies were undertaken at Deakin more than 5 years ago; or where units were undertaken in a previous course version. This is due to units no longer being current so that students will have satisfied the requirements necessary for admission to the legal profession.

All applications for readmission into accredited courses at Deakin will be assessed on a case-by-case basis by the relevant faculty to determine the final course plan and to ensure admission or membership with the relevant professional association.

If you were granted RPL for your previous enrolment at Deakin, RPL will be re-assessed at the time of re-admission in accordance with Deakin’s RPL policy and course rules.

RPL that was previously granted may be impacted depending on the period since you last enrolled. Credit on the basis of RPL is not granted for prior learning acquired more than 10 years before the application for RPL credit. Faculties may impose a shorter time limit for some courses to ensure currency of knowledge and skills appropriate to the discipline. This means that if previous RPL was assessed based on studies undertaken more than 10 years ago, you will no longer be eligible to receive credit for those units.

Learn more about RPL

Tuition fees at Deakin vary depending on the course you choose, the type of student you are and whether you're eligible for recognition of prior learning.

Learn more about fees and costs

At Deakin, we make extensive use of technology in our teaching. To study at Deakin you are required to have:

• access to a device such as a desktop computer or laptop
• connectivity to the internet
• capability to use Deakin's online learning environments.

Learn more about Deakin's computing requirements