Admissions

We have developed a wide range of admissions resources to help you support your students to apply to study at Flinders.

How to apply

How to accept and pay

Semester 1, 2025 Key Dates

Semester 1 courses commence on Monday 3 March

Offshore markets including South Asia (Sub-Continent) and Africa Cut-off Dates:

Application - Monday, 30 December 2024
Acceptance & payment - Friday, 3 January 2025
CoE Cut-off - Monday, 6 January 2025

Offshore markets including China, Vietnam, South East Asia, North Asia, Europe, Americas and the Middle East Cut-off Dates:

Application - Monday, 20 January 2025
Acceptance & payment - Monday, 27 January 2025
CoE Cut-off - Monday, 3 February 2025

Onshore Market Cut-Off Dates:

Application - Monday, 10 February 2025
Acceptance & payment - Monday, 17 February 2025
CoE Cut-off - Monday, 24 February 2025

GCSI March 2025 Intake, courses commence on 31 March

For applications for the Graduate Certificate in Society and the Individual.

Offshore markets including South Asia (Sub-Continent) and Africa Cut-off Dates:

Application - Monday, 27 January 2025
Acceptance & payment - Friday, 31 January 2025
CoE Cut-off - Monday, 3 February 2025

Offshore markets including China, Vietnam, South East Asia, North Asia, Europe, Americas and the Middle East Cut-off Dates:

Application - Monday, 17 February 2025
Acceptance & payment - Monday, 24 February 2025
CoE Cut-off - Monday, 3 March 2025

Onshore Market Cut-Off Dates:

Application - Monday, 10 March 2025
Acceptance & payment - Monday, 17 March 2025
CoE Cut-off - Monday, 24 March 2025

How to apply

Flinders University uses StudyLink to manage international student applications. Please login to StudyLink to submit, track, accept and view your applications. If you do not have access, please contact our team.

Application support

To ensure applications are processed efficiently please ensure:

The student is aware of the Academic, English language and any additional requirements and forms for their chosen course
The course is available for the intended intake
The application form and associated information is complete
Student contact details are current
Documents are certified and uploaded into the relevant sections of the application form

How to accept and pay

To accept an offer and pay please login to StudyLink.

Click View Activity to respond to the offer, then click Respond to Offer.

To accept an offer on the student’s behalf, you will need the student to sign the Acceptance Form and Declaration as per their passport and then upload to StudyLink.

Upload all documents required to meet the condition/s (if applicable).

Click Accept Offer, you will then be transferred to the Flinders Western Union GlobalPay.

Choose your payment option:

Pay on the student’s behalf: make payment through the portal
Student to pay: select option to be provided with a link to send to the student so they can make the payment through Convera Payment Gateway.

Once payment has been received, your Client Services Officer will automatically be advised that an acceptance and payment has been submitted through StudyLink and they will action the acceptance.

Please track acceptance, payment and issue of CoE via StudyLink.

How to defer an offer

If the student has not accepted and decides to defer their offer:

Use the View Activity action to respond to the offer.

Click Respond to Offer.

Select Defer Offer and choose the next available intake.

Provide any additional documents or comments and click Defer Offer.

You will receive an updated offer or be contacted by the Client Services Officer

If the student has accepted and decides to defer their offer:

Click Resources.

Download Deferral of Admission Form, please request the student to complete and sign.

Upload the completed and signed form as an Attachment into the student’s application.

Refunds

If a student is unable to commence their studies or receives a visa refusal, they may be eligible for a refund. Please refer to International Student Tuition Fees Procedure to establish eligibility

If a student is eligible for a refund, please:

Log into StudyLink
Click Resources
Download Refund Form, please request the student to complete and sign
Request the student to email askflinders@flinders.edu.au with:
- The details of the payments made to Flinders University
- The reason they are requesting a refund
- Their bank account details

Please note the request for a refund must be submitted directly by the student

Entry requirements

To gain direct admission to Flinders University, you must meet our required academic and English proficiency requirements.

Academic entry requirements

Undergraduate

To gain direct general admission to an undergraduate course at Flinders, you must have successfully completed a recognised secondary education qualification overseas or in Australia, and satisfy our English language proficiency requirements.

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Postgraduate

To enrol as a student at Flinders University in a postgraduate course, you must meet the specified academic entry requirements, as well as the English language proficiency requirements.

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