Acting on your higher degree by research offer

Your Student ID and Flinders Authentication Name (FAN) give you access to a range of information and systems while you’re at Flinders.

Step 1: Review your offer

Now that you have received and read your offer of admission to a higher degree by research, you will need to follow the steps below to accept, decline or defer your offer. It is important to read your offer letter as it contains important information about how to accept your offer and may include a deadline to secure your place in your course.

• If your offer contains special conditions, please review the HDR special conditions.
• If you need to change your start date to within the same semester as your offer (ie Jan-Jun or Jul-Dec), immediately notify HDR.Admissions@flinders.edu.au  before accepting your offer, otherwise the date cannot be changed.

Step 3: Enable multi-factor authentication

After you have accepted your offer (following the steps outlined above), you are required to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your mobile device to increase the security of your Flinders’ account.

We strongly recommend you set up MFA on multiple devices, so you also have a backup if you don't have your mobile device on you, or in emergencies such as a lost or broken device. 

Follow the link below to enable MFA on multiple devices and for answers to frequently asked questions.

*Note if you do not do this step now, you will be prompted to do this next time you go to log in to a Flinders University system. 

Step 1: Review Your offer

If your offer contains special conditions, please review the HDR special conditions before you act on your offer.

Step 3: Pay your deposit

Your initial payment is due once you have accepted your Offer of Admission. You will be redirected to the Western Union Payment Gateway once you accept your offer in our International Application System. Your Offer of Admission will contain details regarding how much your initial payment will be.

Some courses may require you to pay your deposit by a deadline. This information will be confirmed in your offer letter.

At this time, you must also pay your Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) visa. If you are pre-arranging your own OSHC, please ensure you provide evidence to us as soon as possible.

After you have made your initial payment, remaining payments must be made by the topic due date. Students are charged per topic, based on their enrolment.

Step 5: Enable multi-factor authentication

After you have activated your FAN, you are required to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your mobile device to increase the security of your Flinders’ account.

We strongly recommend you set up MFA on multiple devices, so you also have a backup if you don't have your mobile device on you, or in emergencies such as a lost or broken device. 

Follow the link below to enable MFA on multiple devices and for answers to frequently asked questions.

*Note if you do not do this step now, you will be prompted to do this next time you go to log in to a Flinders University system. 

Apply to defer your offer

If you receive an offer to Flinders but you do not wish to commence studying straight away, you can request to have your offer deferred to a start date in the next semester (half-year intake) or subsequent semester (half-year intake).

Flinders can hold your place in a deferrable course for as long as two consecutive years. 

To secure a place in the course, you must respond by the deadline stated in your offer letter.

If you simply wish to change the start date on your offer letter to earlier or later in the same semester (half-year intake), email HDR.Admissions@flinders.edu.au nominating your new start date. Do not formally apply to defer.

To formally apply to defer your offer, you need to:

1. Discuss with your supervisor first, to confirm you have their approval to delay the project start date: It is good to have evidence of their approval in writing.
2. Log in to the Student System.
3. Select the ‘My Offers’ tab.
4. Click on the ‘View/Respond to my Offer’ link on the left-hand menu.
5. The ‘My Applications’ window will display all offers awaiting a response.
6. Click on ‘Respond’ for the offer you wish to Defer

Decline your offer

You may decline your offer, however, if you do not act on your offer, it will lapse after a period of no action and it will then be withdrawn.

Apply to defer your offer

You may be able to defer the commencement of your course until the following intake based on compassionate or compelling grounds. This is subject to University approval. Discuss with your supervisor first, to confirm you have their approval to delay the project start date: It is good to have evidence of their approval in writing.

Applications for deferral will be reassessed according to the University's Genuine Temporary Entrant and Genuine Student guidelines.

You need to contact Flinders International to apply to defer. Your request will be sent to your College of application, for decision, and you will be notified of the outcome by email in due course.”

Decline your offer

You may decline your offer, however, if you do not act on your offer by the specified deadline, it will lapse after a period of no action and it will then be withdrawn.