Cross Institutional Study

Outgoing Students

Cross-Institutional Study enables students from the University of Melbourne (home institution) to study at other Australian tertiary institutions (host institution) and have those studies credited toward their degree. Students will be enrolled on the same fee basis as at the University of Melbourne. The Commerce Student Centre gives permission for such studies in a limited number of cases.
Before applying to study at another institution, students should note the following conditions:

• You must be currently enrolled in the BCom degree or double degree.
• You must have a good academic record (ie. an average of 65%) in your most recent full-time semester (or equivalent) of tertiary study (including Summer Semester).
• The subjects chosen must be of equivalent standard and weighting to subjects available at the University of Melbourne
• The subjects chosen must be offered on-campus at the host institution, within Australia.
• If the host institution is within the Melbourne metropolitan area, the subject/s requested must not be offered at the University of Melbourne.
• If the host institution is in regional Victoria or interstate, you must have been required to relocate due to professional commitments or for personal reasons.
• Subjects completed at the selected institution must be able to be credited toward the Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne.
• A maximum of eight subjects (100 points) may be undertaken through Cross Institutional Studies.
• Applications will be considered for one semester at a time (ie. four subjects). If you wish to undertake Cross Institutional Studies for more than one semester, you should lodge a further application at the completion of the first semester of study.
• All Bachelor of Commerce students must complete at least 50 points of level-3 Commerce subjects and the five compulsory subjects at the University of Melbourne. These cannot be replaced by subjects from other institutions.

Further information about what to supply with your application can be found on the application form.

Cross Institutional Study Application Outgoing Form (pdf 119kb)

Incoming Students

Cross Institutional Study enables students studying at other Australian tertiary institutions to complete subjects at the University of Melbourne and have these credited to their tertiary course. The Commerce Student Centre gives permission for such studies in a limited number of cases.  Students will be enrolled on the same fee basis as at their home institution.

• Applicants must be currently enrolled in an award at another Australian tertiary institution
• An average of 70% must have been achieved in the most recent full time-year (or equivalent) of tertiary study.

• If the subject for which enrolment approval is requested has prerequisites, the applicant must have completed the equivalent prerequisite subject/s at their home institution.

• If the applicants home institution is within the Melbourne metropolitan area the subject/s requested must not be offered at the home institution..

• If the applicants home institution is interstate the applicant must have been required to relocate due to professional commitments or for personal reasons

• Subjects completed at the University of Melbourne must be credited toward the award course at the home institution

• A maximum of eight subjects can be undertaken through Cross Institutional Studies.

• Applications will be considered for one semester at a time (ie. four subjects). Applicants wishing to undertake Cross Institutional Studies for more than one semester should lodge a further application at the completion of the first semester of study.

Cross Institutional Study Application Incoming Form (pdf, 126 kb)