First time enrolment & orientation at VU Brisbane

• Follow the process for accepting your offer, making sure you've supplied all the paperwork.
• Make the initial fee deposit payment (as indicated on your letter of offer).
• Organise health insurance, to meet visa requirements.
• Apply for your student visa.
• Book your flight, leaving enough time before your start-study date to:
  • recover from jetlag
  • adjust to your new environment
  • find accommodation
  • attend your international orientation session.
• Request airport pick up 10 days before you arrive in Brisbane.
• Consider quarantine regulations when packing.

New student orientations for VU Brisbane in 2024 will be conducted on campus at 269 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley. Prior to orientation, you will receive an orientation letter via email that will contain additional information that you will need to connect with your orientation program.

It is mandatory to attend orientation. This is a valuable opportunity for new students to learn about the university, course of study, compliance requirements and explore support services on offer to help students transition to life on campus.

Students are connected with their peers and introduced to the VU Brisbane staff who are committed to providing a world class student experience.

The Orientation Letter is sent only to the students who have already received their eCoE. If you have received an eCoE without receiving an Orientation Letter yet, please contact studentservices.vubrisbane@vu.edu.au.

If you haven’t received an eCoE yet but would like to attend the orientation, you first need to contact to the International Recruitment team to check the status of your application at sales@eca.edu.au.

Based on their advice, you can attend the orientation. You need to notify the Student Services team during the orientation that you are still awaiting an eCoE and were advised to attend orientation by the International Recruitment team.

If you received your eCoE after the Orientation date and/or have missed the orientation program, an email regarding Late Orientation will be sent to you once you have enrolled. You are advised to attend the Late Orientation session at that given time.

Course commencement date

If you are unable to arrive to commence studies in Australia by your course start date, you need to email enrolments.vubrisbane@vu.edu.au and provide an explanation for your delayed entry.

The orientation programs will be delivered to specific cohorts across the dates and times listed below.

Visa information

Make sure you arrive in Brisbane in time to:

• enrol for your course
• complete your orientation session.

International students arriving on time

You should plan to arrive in Brisbane at least ten days before your course starts so that you can enrol and complete your international orientation.

International students arriving late

If you are an international student and are going to arrive late, you must email enrolments.vubrisbane@vu.edu.au. Please include the following:

• given name
• family name
• student ID number
• email address
• course of study at VU Brisbane
• expected arrival date
• reason you will arrive late.

The last day to enrol is the end of the second week of your commencing session of study. If you do not enrol by this date you may need to:

• defer your studies until the next available course commencement date – deferring will cancel your electronic Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) which may lead to the cancellation of your student visa
• leave Australia.

If you do not arrive in Australia by the date specified on your CoE – you may be denied entry to Australia by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA).

Impact on your university study

By arriving late and not completing your orientation session you risk missing out on vital information which may impact on your academic progress, such as:

• course information, unit choices and selection and timetabling (enrolling late may affect your ability to enrol in your preferred units, lectures and tutorial times as these may become limited)
• support services that are available for international students
• health, safety, housing information
• accessing VU's IT system and other VU Brisbane services and facilities
• meeting academic and administrative staff and other students.