Submission
After submission of your thesis for examination, your candidature remains active (with a load of zero) and you should be able to access University services and facilities as normal for a period of time. If your Library access expires, you can apply for it to be reinstated, free of charge, by completing an 'Authorisation for University of Adelaide Library Borrowing Privileges' form which is available from the Library Services Desk.
As your load is set to zero, you will cease to incur any tuition or student services fee liabilities.
Scholarship Holders
If you are in receipt of a scholarship, payments will stop from the time you submit your thesis for examination or the expiry date of the scholarship (whichever falls first).
International Students
Once you have submitted your thesis for examination, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) considers that you are no longer an enrolled student. If you submit your thesis within 4 weeks of your visa expiry date, the University is not required to notify DIAC as it is expected that you will be able to finalise all your arrangements and to leave Australia before your visa expires. If you submit your thesis on a date that is more than 4 weeks before the end of your current visa, then the University is legally obliged to inform DIAC that you are no longer an enrolled student. Generally, if you plan to leave Australia within 4 weeks of submission you will be able to remain on your student visa: however, you may need to provide DIAC with evidence of your departure date/flight details.
If you wish to remain in Australia during the examination of your thesis, you can apply to do so if you are required to remain for valid academic reasons. The process in brief is to:
- request that your principal supervisor write a letter detailing the academic reasons which require you to remain in Australia during the examination period
- take this information to the International Student Centre where the staff will provide you with a letter that you can take to DIAC to accompany your application to remain in Australia
- submit the required documentation in person to DIAC. DIAC will advise you of any other information you may need to supply and whether or not you will need to undertake medical checks.
If you are granted permission by DIAC to remain in Australia during the examination period, you will be allowed a maximum stay of three months, in the first instance. If the process of examination and correction is not completed within that time frame, then you may seek a further period of stay, up to a maximum of three months.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact the International Student Centre on 8303 4828.
