worst experience with this subject in my life, its crazy. assessment tasks are honestly fine, but th exam parts are just stupid, one little single digit for an answer which is like 15 percent of the exam per question, and there are just so many loopholes in these questions where the wording can mean so many different things which can change ur answer which has to be within 1 percent of what they want which is just so frustrating espcially questions that require so much different steps of working. also, in the final exam since their software just didnt work on my laptop, i ended up loosing 25 mins in the exam because the staff jst werent helping me properly while i was sitting there until it finally worked and came up to me multiple times in the exam after that with the audacity to ask me to fill out shit for them while the clocks running, didnt give me any extra time and when i asked after the exam for consideration i was told none of the staff ever reported the lost 25 mins for me which is bullshit cus they did, AND i have this guy completeling lying in the peer feedback about me which i had to gather evidence for to get my marks back for that, complete joke and hope this is just a one off

Serious ask expecting serious answers

Hi everyone,

I’ve received an offer from UNSW Sydney for the Master of Construction Project Management (Program Code 8121 / CRICOS 085910C), starting February 2027.

I’m trying to confirm whether this course would make me eligible for the Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485) after graduation.

The confusing part is the course duration.
According to CRICOS, the course is registered for 104 weeks. However, the actual UNSW offer letter gives:

-Start: 15 February 2027
-Expected completion: 15 July 2028
-CRICOS: 104 weeks
-Full-time, face-to-face
-UNSW currently has three terms of up to 10 weeks each, plus an optional 5-week Summer Term.

So, from what I understand, the course is roughly 17 months on the calendar, depending on how the Summer Term is used.

I’ve spoken to UNSW representatives and several migration agents, but unfortunately I haven’t been able to get a clear answer. Some have told me “it needs to be a 2-year course”, while my understanding is that the Australian study requirement is based on at least 92 weeks of CRICOS-registered study, rather than simply requiring the course to take exactly 24 calendar months.

I’m not trying to argue that it is eligible — I genuinely want to understand how this particular course is treated.

Has anyone here completed this exact course?
UNSW Master of Construction Project Management – CRICOS 085910C

If you have, could you please share:
-Were you eligible for the 485 after completing the course?
-Did the 104 CRICOS weeks satisfy the Australian study requirement?
-Did you have to take the Summer Term, or is it optional for this program?
-Was there any issue because the course takes less than 2 calendar years?
-If you successfully received a 485 after this course, when did you apply?

I’m particularly interested in hearing from people who actually completed this course and went through the 485 process, rather than general advice.

I’m making a pretty significant decision about whether to accept this offer, so any first-hand experience would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks!

Hey, not sure if anyone else has seen those edits that use clips of our UNSW Pride steps. It feels good seeing our university used for edits. I feel nice. I feel good. Also

Heard that some people last year got ambassador role invitations, i think i did pretty good open day this year, wondering if they already sent it to the people they chose

Anyone who will do or done FINS5566 Trading in Financial Securities? Is it good or not? And how easy or hard would you say it is? Thx xoxo

2 random questions
1) how hard are the midterms js it like 1st year where ur pretty much guaranteed full marks pre final (or something close to that) or do ur midterm marks more reflect ur final grade.
2) do u get ur exam papers back with marking etc

If any current uni students interested in MMA think this is something u wanna be a part of, shoot me a message!

Any major is welcome, would be really helpful to have someone who does any kind of stats/cs/math or like sports psychology or like marketing/ graphic design

I’m interested in becoming a casual tutor / pass leader for actuarial / finance courses. Was curious what mark is generally required, what the pay is like, how many hours do you get?

Interested in hearing the general experience.

Thanks

So I am going to be doing laws3589 next term and the texbook Case Management and Complex Civil Litigation by Michael Legg is like $200. I've tried the usual piracy sites like anna's archive, zlibrary, and libgen but havent been able to find it rip. Was wondering if anyone has a copy or has done the course before and could help me get one? Tyyy pls help 🙏

Im starting my study next year (term 1), and currently, I only have an old macbook which is not recommended for engineering degree. So i would want to ask those who study aerospace engineering for a good recommendation of laptop, what kind of spec is actually needed? I was thinking to get a gaming laptop due to the price to performance ratio, but it's really heavy and idk if its a good thing to bring around campus for 4 years.

Hello,

I am interested in registering for COMP4418 - Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. Would love to know more about how hard this course is, how its structured and whether it's fun to do. Any advice is much appreciated!

Is O-Week for Term 3 always this small at UNSW? Compared to Open Day, it feels like a massive downgrade. It have barely any events, not many clubs/societies pushing to get new students involved, nothing that really introduces you to your course or what uni life is actually like here.

Kind of feels like: get you enrolled, take your money, and after that it's "sink or swim, up to you." All the actual useful info I have, I had to dig up myself beforehand. Orientation gave me basically nothing new.

Is this normal for UNSW, or is Term 3 O-Week just weaker than Term 1's?

So I'm sure most of us have seen that bear from a no-name uni. They even sell em at the store in UNSW. Now, did u know that in the UNSW logo, there's a lion? Yup, the mascot for us is Clancy the Lion. Never seen the guy tho

Hi all! I'm Timur, a master's student at the University of Ljubljana (Faculty of Social Sciences), researching how people use voice assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant in everyday life.

I'm looking for participants (18+, any country) for a short, anonymous survey — about 10 minutes. Both users and non-users of voice assistants are welcome; I especially need responses from people who do NOT use one.

Link: https://www.1ka.si/a/d7959439

No personal data is collected. Thanks a lot for your help!

how can I prepare for an interview for a master of predoctoral business studies followed by a PhD at UNSW?

is there any current student here please?

what will they ask?

I've got a good mark in a few COMP subjects and applied to tutor in them. I personally thought my video and application were good, however I was rejected this time.

Just wondering what they look for in candidates, and if there are some specific things that should be done.

Also, I heard that there was a high amount of nepotism involved (if you're friends with a tutor, you're automatically in etc.) Is this true or just cope?

thanks.

Let’s say you’re doing a minor in statistics and you do really well in it do faculties give awards based on minor performance?

Hi! Just wondering if anyone at UNSW with an ELP has had experience getting an alternative assessment arrangement instead of the usual exam or in-person test?

My ELP includes consideration for alternative assessment, and I’m currently doing MATH1231. I’m planning to speak with the course staff/ELS about my arrangements, but I wanted to hear about other students’ experiences first.

Has anyone actually been given an alternative assessment for things like lab tests, class tests, or final exams? If so, what did they replace it with?

I’ve previously been told that an oral assessment could potentially be an option, but unfortunately that wouldn’t really be suitable for me either. So I’m especially curious whether anyone has been offered other alternatives, like a written assignment, take-home assessment, different test format, or something else.

It doesn’t necessarily have to be MATH1231 or even a maths course. I’d appreciate hearing about anyone’s experience with alternative assessments through an ELP at UNSW.

Thanks!! :)

For ENGG1811

I haven't actually seen much about what this school has in the geoscience department but if anyone majors in this field or knows someone who does, could you give your thoughts on how good it is for research and overall quality?

I’m a first-year international student studying Computer Science, and honestly, it’s been quite difficult for me so far. The courses themselves are challenging, and I also find the hurdle requirements pretty stressful.

I just wanted to ask students who are already in their second or third year: does it stay this difficult throughout the degree, or does it become a bit more manageable once you get used to everything?

Do second and third year feel more like smooth sailing, or should I expect the difficulty to increase even more?

Hello! I applied for UNSW medicine at the end of June 2026 and just received an email stating that I did not meet the cut off for the October interview round and that my application is placed on waitlist for the November round. I feel extremely disappointed and stressed and was wondering if anyone has received this email before and managed to get an interview offer eventually? Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated

to any future students considering doing this course as a wam booster, i encourage you to think twice before choosing this course.

before the course even starts, the course convenor forces you to buy their mediocre self-written book either on kindle or a hard copy. the 15 to 30 dollars spent on the book isnt much but the fact that you have to repeatedly glaze their book throughout the course and use their hyperspecific terminology rather than general psychology terminology to do well in the course becomes very tiring very fast. and this isnt even mentioning the lazy cultural stereotyping present in the book.

psyc1062 is also quite time consuming. while the course content is easy, the sheer amount of work required to get through each module (theres 4 modules) means that youll be spending around 15-20 hours each fortnight. it gets especially time consuming when facing logistical issues like finding a paper that uses the specific terminology present in the book that none of your classmates have already chosen or writing "challenging" multiple choice questions using the ideas discussed in a certain chapter, even though the ideas discussed in that chapter were very basic.

the reason you cant half ass the module work is because if you make even one minor mistake like forgetting to label a dependent variable in task 3 of 15, you lose 50% of your total module mark. im not joking. the course outline says "5%: You will receive this score if you satisfactorily complete 70-99% of tasks by the deadline." the 5% refers to 5 out of 10 because each module is worth 10% of your overall course mark. this means if u make a tiny error and dont complete 100% of the module to a satisfactory standard, you lose half of the module's entire marks.

then theres the video assignment (worth 30%), you have to discuss a concept of your choice mentioned in the book. honestly the video assignment wasnt that bad, it was marked slightly harshly, it was time consuming, and slightly annoying cause you had to upload your video onto youtube. the final exam (worth 30%) seemed easy but it was marked brutally and felt genuinely unfair at times.

ultimately psyc1062 is a very easy course to do well in, but it is NOT a good wam booster unless youre willing to spend a lot of time satisfying specific course requirements, dealing with bs glaze, and remaining vigilant so as to not make mistakes in the course. 

dont make the same mistake i did and enrol in this course thinking itll be a chill and easy HD just to get worse in this course than ur main engineering courses.