Acceptance process FAQs
Do I need to pay USD$3,000 and AUD$3,060 to reserve my spot in the class?
The $3000 deposit will be paid toward Semester 1 tuition fees. All international students are required to have Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), which also needs to be paid at this time; the fee is $3,060 (AUD) for the UQ arranged insurance through Allianz. Once you have accepted your offer and all conditions have been met, the Finance team within UQ International Admissions will send you an invoice. The invoice will include two links to pay, one for deposit and one for OSHC (if you've nominated UQ to organise this for you. Both of these can be paid via credit card. If you need to arrange an alternative payment option, you can reach out to the Finance team directly to organise this.
Can I apply for a student education loan to pay my deposit?
Unfortunately, students can’t use their US Education Loan funds to pay for their deposit. As per US Department of Education regulations, US Loan funds are not disbursed until the first day of class. Students will need to fund their acceptance out-of-pocket. Should students request their loans to fund the full cost of attendance, their acceptance deposit will be returned to them, along with their living allowance at the time of disbursement.
My letter includes a condition that I need to provide more documents. What do I do?
Some applicants may have applied before they graduated. This is fine, but the UQ Admissions team needs confirmation that you have finished the program before your acceptance can be processed.
Some applicants may need to provide other final documents before their acceptance can be processed. The UQ-Ochsner Enrolment team will try as best as possible to ask for these documents before your offer is received.
All offer conditions must be met before your acceptance can be processed. If you need to wait for your conditional documents to be finalised, you are free to provide the acceptance/payment forms early, though your acceptance/payment will not be processed until all conditions are met.
What is OSHC, and can I organise it myself?
International students are required to have coverage with an Australia government approved OSHC provider. Please refer to https://future-students.uq.edu.au/international/health-insurance#OSHC.
UQ uses Allianz for OSHC, but students can use a different OSHC approved provider if they choose. Allianz insurance through UQ will last for all 4 years of the program. Students are then able to request a refund for the 2 years spent back at Ochsner (outside of Australia).
If organising your own coverage, you will need to apply for a 4 year plan. OSHC is required for the length of your visa, and you must apply for a visa in accordance with your program duration (as shown on the Confirmation of Enrolment document). Most providers will provide reimbursement for the time not spent in Australia, but you will need to check with them on the process for this.
When do I apply for a visa?
After accepting your offer, you will receive a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) letter from UQ. You can apply for your visa after receiving this letter and organising your OSHC. Instructions on how to apply can be found here.
If I reserve my spot in the class and then decide not to attend, will I be able to get a refund?
The offer letter states, if you submit payment for the tuition deposit and Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) and decide not to attend:
For OSHC, if you cancel prior to arrival in Australia, you will receive a full refund.
For the tuition deposit, you can submit a refund request with a formal withdrawal request. You may be charged a cancellation/administrative fee depending on the timing of your withdrawal prior to classes commencing. The offer letter will include further instructions on refunds: Table 1 -Cancellation of enrolment charges for commencing international students.
Once payment is received by the University, what are the next steps?
Upon accepting your place, please allow 10 days for confirmation of whether a place has been allocated to you. You will receive an activation link/instructions from UQ IT via email to activate your UQ account. This will expire after a certain time, so you should activate your account as soon as possible.
The account will include your UQ student email address, which is the official communication method for the University of Queensland.
I will apply for a US education loan. How do I get started?
US Federal Government loans can be used to pay for educational expenses such as tuition fees, living expenses and health insurance. UQ has a dedicated Financial Aid office that will assist you with requirements and disbursements. The Financial Aid website provides an overview of eligibility. There are also instructions on how to apply. Because UQ is a foreign school, student FAFSAs are not forwarded to the Financial Aid team, which is why students are asked to complete a UQ US Loan Request form and initiate communication with the Financial Aid team by email financialaid@uq.edu.au.
As an incoming student, what requirements do I need to provide before I arrive?
UQ MD students have a range of annual program requirements that must be completed, or kept up-to-date each year.
When you receive your offer, it will include a welcome pack that has a checklist for when to complete each of these requirements.
The UQ-Ochsner Enrolment team will keep in touch with you along the way to make sure you are completing/submitting these before you arrive.
How will COVID-19 impact Semester 1 2022?
The short answer is, we don’t yet have a definitive answer on this. However, we can confirm that our leadership team is working incredibly hard on a proposal that will enable international medical students to safely enter Australia and study with us in person, on campus in Brisbane. We have created a new page for commecing students. As soon as we have information we can share, we will be updating this page and communicating with our applicants.