Outlined below is the application and offer process for all domestic applicants applying for candidature to the Doctor or Master of Philosophy programs at UQ:

• Applications, including accompanying documentation, are assessed by the relevant school/institute. Please check in advance with the school/institute about how much time they need to make a decision on your application.
  
• If the school/institute supports your application, it is forwarded to and assessed by the UQ Graduate School.
  
• If your application is successful, the UQ Graduate School sends you an “Offer of Research Higher Degree Candidature and Scholarship” letter. The decision on your application is usually made within two (2) weeks of your application being received by the UQ Graduate School.
  
• After you accept your offer and complete an online induction checklist, you are enrolled in the UQ online student system, mySI-net, effective the date you specify on the induction checklist.
  
• Please contact the relevant school/institute for information about the progress of your application within the school/institute, and the UQ Graduate School for information about the progress of your application once it has been sent by the school/institute to the UQ Graduate School.

More details of the candidature process can be found on the Graduate School website.

Username and password

• Once you have been enrolled by the Research Higher Degrees Unit of the Graduate School, Information Technology Services (ITS) will send you a letter with your UQ sign in username and password.
  
• Your UQ Sign-in comprises a personal username and password to access a suite of UQ portals including my.UQ, mySI-net, myMail and myAdvisor. Please refer to the Computers, UQ and you page for more details about these student portals and how important they are for you and your study at UQ.
  
• It takes three days from the date of your enrolment for your account to become active. If you would like to receive this information sooner, please contact Information Technology Services at help@its.uq.edu.au or on 07 3365 6000.  When you log in to mySI-net, your courses will already be added to your enrolment record.