Respond to your offer
If you've received an offer to study at UQ, congratulations! If you didn't get the offer you wanted, you still have options.
You can choose to accept, reject or defer your QTAC offer. Follow the instructions in your offer and make sure you respond by the due date.
If you got into your preferred program, you can tell QTAC not to consider you for other offers and focus on getting ready to study at UQ.
If you didn't get into the program you wanted or you've changed your mind about what you want to study, you can:
- ask to still be considered for your higher preferences if further offers are made, or
- change or reorder your preferences, and ask to be considered in future offer rounds.
If you receive a new offer, your original offer will no longer be valid.
How to respond to your QTAC offer
Deferring your offer
If you applied to start study in Semester 1, you can defer your offer and delay the start of your program for up to a year.
You can't defer an offer to start studying in Semester 2.
Didn't get the offer you wanted?
If you didn't get an offer for your first preference, don't worry. There's more than one way to get into your dream program.
Our pathway options can help you improve your entry score or meet subject prerequisites, and you may even be able to receive credit towards your new program. Changing your QTAC preferences may help you get into an alternative program that you can use as a pathway.
Changing your QTAC preferences
If you think you should've received an offer from UQ and haven't, contact us.
If you've received an offer to study at UQ, congratulations!
Make sure you read your offer letter carefully for specific information about how to accept your offer and any conditions you need to meet.
How to accept your offer
Log in to UQ applications to:
- accept your offer
- pay your tuition fee deposit
- pay your Overseas Student Health Cover (if you're organising this through UQ).
If you didn't apply through UQ applications, we will contact you with instructions on how to respond to your offer.
Students under 18 years of age
If you're under the age of 18, your parent or legal guardian will also need to complete the acceptance document included with your offer letter.
If your parent or legal guardian won't be accompanying you while you study at UQ, you need to apply for our International Student Supervision Program to satisfy your student visa requirements.
Paying your tuition fee deposit and Overseas Student Health Cover
To accept your offer you will need to pay your tuition fee deposit, plus your Overseas Student Health Cover if you're organising it through UQ.
- Select 'Xetta' to pay by credit card or bank transfer.
- Choose whether you want to pay using:
- credit card (Visa or Mastercard), or
- online transfer through Flywire. Flywire lets you securely pay your deposit from almost any country or bank in your home currency.
What happens next
We'll process your payment. If everything is okay, we'll issue your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) and notify you. Once your CoE has been issued, you will be able to view it in UQ applications.
A CoE is an official document that confirms you have a place in a UQ program. You need a CoE to apply for a student visa.
If you need to, you can request to defer, interrupt or withdraw from your studies.
Deferring your studies
To defer your studies means to delay the start of your program to a future semester.
If you want to defer, you can request to change your start date when you respond to your offer in UQ applications.
If you received an offer for Semester 1 or Semester 2, 2025, and you want to defer your start date, email applicationstatus@uq.edu.au. Use the subject line ‘Deferral request’ and include your application number in the email.
If you've already accepted your offer, you'll need to send a deferral request to your unique application email address. You can do this by replying to the confirmation email you received when you submitted your application. If you don't have that email, see how to contact us about your application. In your request, include:
- the reason you want to defer
- your preferred semester to start at UQ.
Interrupting studies
If you've started your program and you want to take a break, you'll need to apply for an interruption.
An interruption is different to deferring studies and you must seek advice from your faculty before applying.
Interruptions will affect your study plan, and approval will depend on your reasons for applying. Taking an interruption can also affect your student visa.
Read more about interrupting studies
Withdrawing from studies
Dropping a course or dropping out of a program is called withdrawing. You can withdraw from a single course, several courses or your entire program.
You must seek advice from your faculty before withdrawing. Changing your study load can affect your student visa. Academic or financial penalties may also apply.