International students: enrolment steps
Welcome to La Trobe
Visit our Welcome to La Trobe website for information to assist you in your journey to on-campus study.
For check-in and enrolment steps for graduate research students, please refer to the Research Orientation information for graduate researchers.
Get started with 6 steps
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You'll receive a temporary password sent to the email address associated with your offer to study at La Trobe. If you have not received a password via email then contact our Student IT Support team.
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Reset your password online
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Log in (with your La Trobe student username and password) to StudentOnLine and enrol in your subjects (see below for a video on how to do this)
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Create your personal timetable in Allocate+ (you must be enrolled in your subjects first to see your timetable and you can check the opening dates to see if it is available yet)
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Attend online Orientation
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Do some study preparation and check out our library resources.
There’s also this very helpful guide on how to get started at La Trobe as an international student.
Pre-enrolment tasks
Before you can enrol, you will need to complete some tasks in StudentOnLine. Watch our video on how to complete these tasks below:
How to enrol
Watch our video on how to enrol in StudentOnLine on YouTube below:
- Our Student Homepage has links and information for all our current students.
- You can reset your password with our Password Reset Tool (you'll need to have your temporary password from us on hand, emailed to the personal email address you used to apply for the course, to be able to reset it).
- Enrol by logging in to StudentOnLine.
- Access the University Handbook.
- Go to the Subject Search.
- Learn about the compulsory online modules you'll need to take during your first semester.
- Go to the Learning Management System (LMS) for your subject content. Subjects will be visible about one week before class starts and there can be a delay of up to 48 hours after you have enrolled, so don't panic if you can't see them when you've just enrolled.
- We have dedicated Current Student FAQs, for answers to common questions during all stages of your study or visit to see ways to contact ASK La Trobe (our current students information and help service).
- View important calendar and academic dates through our La Trobe calendar (especially census dates and our academic calendar).
- Access information on how to use and log in to your timetable in Allocate+.
- Access your Office 365 Student Email Account.
- Stay up-to-date with everything happening at the university through our social media channels and blog from My LaTrobe.
- Find specific and regularly updated information about COVID-19 and how it affects your study through our Current Student COVID FAQs.
How to enrol and next steps
- Check the University Handbook for an overview of your course structure (also known as a 'study plan'). Take the time to understand the structure as some course structures can be complicated. If you're starting an undergraduate course and have a major in mind, have a look at the prerequisite subjects you might need to do in your first year.
Note: A typical full time study load (or 'equivalent full time study load' EFTSL) is four subjects in Semester 1, and four subjects in Semester 2 (a total of eight subjects over the academic year). - Use La Trobe’s Study Plan Guides tool to assist you with visualising your course enrolment. The Study Plan Guides tool is available to support students starting a new undergraduate course in 2022 with their enrolment.
- If your course requires electives, check the Handbook to find suitable elective subjects. See also: Choosing subjects and electives
- Write down the subject codes you want to study – these will be useful when you're enrolling.
Need more help enrolling?
If you have difficulties enrolling, see the Can’t Enrol on StudentOnLine guided assist or view our FAQs. Support is available for you if you need some extra assistance or advice.
- When you know what to enrol into for the calendar year, log back into StudentOnLine and click on the My Study tile.
- Click on 'Plan a Study Period' to enrol in subjects.
- Choose your subjects for the calendar year. It's easier if you know the subject code when you're searching for subjects. You only need to search for elective subjects, as the core subjects will pre-fill.
- If you're an undergraduate student, you'll need to complete the online Academic Integrity and Wominjeka La Trobe Modules.
- Once you've chosen your subjects, tick the box next to each subject.
- When you have added all the subjects to the study period/s you want to enrol into, select the Finish button to return to the Plan and Enrol page.
- The scheduled subjects now appear in a separate column with the status of NOT ENROLLED.
- Select the Enrol button at the top of the Study Period column; you will be presented with a summary of the subjects you are about to enrol in.
- Select the Confirm button to confirm your enrolment. Your subjects will then show as enrolled in the Study Period column.
Please note that a Semester is 4 subjects and a Term is 2 subjects.
NOTE: You will be unable to enrol in subjects if you still have outstanding pre-enrolment tasks.
Need more help enrolling?
If you have difficulties enrolling, see the Can’t Enrol on StudentOnLine guided assist or view our FAQs. Support is available for you if you need some extra assistance or advice.
After successfully enrolling there are a few things you should do before classes start.
- Set up Multi-Factor Authentication
- Access your La Trobe email - we will send all University notices and announcements to this.
- Get your student ID card
- Create your timetable
- Attend Orientation
- Keep up-to-date with MyLaTrobe
Got a question or need help?
- Contact ASK La Trobe (Face-to-face, LiveChat, Call, Virtual Drop-In, Ask a Question Online)
- Attend an Enrolment Essentials workshops for assistance with your enrolment and general questions
- Submit a question online. Don’t forget to include your La Trobe student ID number!
- Chat with other new commencing international students and staff on our Facebook group. Search for Transition@LaTrobe
If you’re an offshore international student, you can continue to contact ASK La Trobe via our virtual services (LiveChat, Call, Virtual Drop-In, Ask a Question Online). You can request a call back via phone or Zoom.
Remember, you can still find answers to common questions in the FAQ database, with links to resources like enrolment support. If you can’t find the answer to your questions you can also ask a question online and our staff will help you resolve it remotely.
Traveling to Australia
Visit our Welcome to La Trobe website for information to assist you in your journey to on-campus study.
Welcome to La Trobe University Sydney campus
Wherever your studies are based, we'll make every effort to ensure you're part of a vibrant learning community.
When you arrive you must attend Orientation. If you haven't already accepted your offer, do so now.
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Register with Us
Registration is on Orientation day. Dates and times can be found here. You can check the enrolment steps here Enrolment Checklist.
Students should make sure they arrive in time to attend registration. If there are reasons you are unable to attend registration please contact Admissions via email: Sydney-Admission@latrobe.edu.au
Conditional offers
If you've received a conditional offer you need to give your documentation to Admissions at registration or email beforehand on: Sydney-Admission@latrobe.edu.au
We will then email you your unconditional offer and instructions on how to accept.
Unconditional offers
If your first offer is an unconditional offer, complete these two stages next:
Stage 1: Register your arrival
Bring your original passport and visa or e-visa if you applied online. If you still owe fees you will need to pay at Reception on campus before you can activate your student account and create your password. Please Note: if you have not paid, you will not be able to activate your student account, and therefore will not be able to enrol on the same day, due to system requirements.
Stage 2: Activate your student account
A staff member will guide you through activating your student account and creating your password. You will then also be given help to enrol.
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Find your course details and subject information
It's important to understand your course and the subjects you will undertake. For information you can check the University Handbook.
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Attend your registration and enrolment session on Orientation Day
On Orientation Day, you will meet your fellow students, staff, and Orientation buddies. There will be light refreshments while they give you some important information about university life. Your Student ID card will be issued to you, which you'll use for things like borrowing books from the library, printing and photocopying.
Sydney portal registration and timetable
Staff will guide you through registering on the Sydney portal and help you with the allocation of your timetable, as well as other important information.
Log on to StudentOnLine to enrol
After staff have helped you register on the Sydney portal, you must then enrol in your subjects through StudentOnLine.
We've made a video guide to make the process easier to follow. You can also follow these steps (you will not be able to continue without completing them):
- Complete the Parent/Guardian Highest Level of Participation form.
- Log on to StudentOnLine.
- Confirm your Personal Details.
- Confirm your details in the Student Details tile are correct.
- Under 'My address', add your Semester/Term address. If it's not your permanent address in Australia that's ok. You will need to change your address using StudentOnLine when you move to a more permanent location. Ensure you provide your mobile number.
Add an emergency contact. - Confirm your Citizenship and Residency Details.
- Confirm your Cultural Details.
- Confirm your Disability Details.
- Confirm your Educational Background Details.
- Confirm Parent/Guardian Educational Details.
- Under 'My address', add your Semester/Term address. If it's not your permanent address in Australia that's ok. You will need to change your address using StudentOnLine when you move to a more permanent location. Ensure you provide your mobile number.
- Enrol.
- When you're ready to enrol, click the Plan and Enrol button, available on the Manage My Course and Course Overview pages at the top left-hand corner.
- On the Plan and Enrol page you will see an Unscheduled column with core and/or elective subjects. Unscheduled refers to subjects that need to be assigned to a study period. Please note that this is different to timetabling. If you want to see the subject requirements and when it is available, you can select Click for details. This will provide further information about the subject and display subject availabilities.
- You can create a new study period by clicking Plan a Study Period to commence enrolment for the current year and select the study period from the list. Alternatively, you can select the Schedule button on the subject to plan the study period.
- Select the Year and Study Period. The Study Period Date will populate automatically. Click the Next button.
- All Subjects with a confirmed study period for the selected Study Period will appear on the screen. Click the View button to view Subject details.
- Use the tick boxes to add subjects to the Study Period. (Maximum of 6 per study period).
- When you have added all the subjects to the study period/s you want to enrol into, select the Finish button to return to the Plan and Enrol page. The scheduled subjects now appear in a separate column with the status of NOT ENROLLED.
- Select the Enrol button at the top of the Study Period column; you will be presented with a summary of the subjects you are about to enrol in. Select the Confirm button to confirm your enrolment.
- Your subjects will then show as 'enrolled' in the Study Period column.
If you're an undergraduate student, you'll also need to complete the online Academic Integrity and Wominjeka La Trobe Modules.
NOTE: You will be unable to enrol in subjects if you still have outstanding pre-enrolment tasks.
Congratulations, you have successfully enrolled!