Eligibility for Enrolment
To enrol as a non-award student an applicant must either hold Australian citizenship or have permanent resident status. Applicants who do not fall into either of these categories should contact the Centre for Open Education to discuss possible eligibility for non-award study.
While students in some visa categories (e.g. provisional spouse visa and other long term temporary visas) might be able to enrol on a non-award basis, they will be limited to enrolment in no more than two units and will not be eligible to articulate to a bachelor degree while they still hold a temporary visa.
Macquarie students enrolled in a degree program are not permitted to enrol on a non-award basis in units which are not available to them in their current degree.
Students enrolled in a degree at another university should not apply for non-award enrolment, but should enquire at the Undergraduate Studies Section, Macquarie University, about the possibility of cross-institutional enrolment on (02) 9850 7328. It should be noted that non-award students pay up-front tuition fees for their studies, and that these payments cannot be deferred. This means that non-award study is more expensive than paying as a Commonwealth-Assisted student. FEE-HELP is not available to non-award students.
International students enrolled at other institutions who wish to enrol as cross-institutional students should enrol as non-award students through the Centre for Open Education. They must provide with their application:
- a letter of approval from their home university, and
- their current Confirmation of Enrolment to cover the period of the intended non-award study
HSC2008 Applicants
Current school leavers (HSC 2008) seeking to enrol non-award at Macquarie University should be aware that most departments have set a minimum UAI for non-award enrolment in their units:
Minimum UAIs for non-award enrolment 
Non-Award Study as a pathway to a degree or to a diploma
Students hoping to enter a degree should download and read carefully the following link;
Non-Award Study Pathway to Degree
There is also provision for entry to the Diploma in Languages by completing 12 credit points in one language, with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.0.
Only undergraduate units listed in the Schedule of Units may be taken on a non-award basis. Some units are graded as PASS/FAIL only. These units cannot be included in the 12 credit points for the calculation of a Grade Point Average (GPA). They include in-country and residential language units, and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) units.
If you are admitted to a Macquarie degree or diploma you may count your non-award credit points toward the degree or diploma. Non-award credit points will also count towards the total credit points needed to transfer to another degree. However, the GPA required for a transfer will only be based on credit points completed while enrolled in a degree.
Exclusion from Non-Award Study
From 1 January 2005 students who accumulate two or more failures in a non-award program will not be permitted to continue their non-award studies.
Failures obtained in earlier years will not be counted for the purposes of this new rule.