Your academic record (transcript) is an official copy of your results. UTS issues academic records in both printed and digital formats.
This additional information is provided to help you better understand your academic record through, the history of UTS, our current and past academic year calendar and teaching periods, an explanation of credit points and study load, the use of an asterisk (*) after a subject, and Course exclusion and Discontinuation.
The History of the University of Technology, Sydney
The University of Technology, Sydney is constituted under the University of Technology Sydney Act 1989 (NSW) of the Legislature of New South Wales and was established on 26 January 1988 through the merger of the New South Wales Institute of Technology (NSWIT) and the School of Design of the Sydney College of the Arts (SCA).
The New South Wales Institute of Technology was originally established in 1963.
On 1 January 1990, the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education (KCAE) and the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education (ITATE) merged with the University of Technology, Sydney.
Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education (KCAE) was originally established in 1946 as the Balmain Teachers College, became the William Balmain College of Advanced Education in 1971 and Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education in 1974.
The Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education (ITATE) was one of five Institutes of the Sydney College of Advanced Education (SCAE) which was established in 1980.
Teaching Periods - Current
Onshore teaching periods are:
Other teaching periods used for offshore courses are:
Teaching periods - Prior to 2007
The Academic Year consisted of four teaching periods:
Credit points and study load
Credit points were introduced from the commencement of the 1993 academic year, replacing 'semester hours' as a means of determining study load, assessment and progression within a course. Credit points apply to subjects in all courses (except Masters by Research and Doctoral Programs) and represent a measure of the student workload for a subject.
In some courses, professional experience and industrial training are not allocated credit points, although where they are a compulsory component of a course they must be completed satisfactorily before an award can be conferred.
One standard year of full-time study equates to 48 credit points, although recommended full-time programs for some years can vary between 44 and 52 credit points.
The minimum full-time load is 75% of the standard full-time load. You are considered to be a full-time student if you are studying a coursework degree and if your study load is equal to or greater than 36 credit points for a full academic year or equal to or greater than 18 credit points for a half year.
The duration of courses, subject and credit point requirements for course completion are specified in the UTS: Handbook.
The use of an Asterisk (*)
An Asterisk (*) at the end of a subject name indicates that the subject was ungraded, that is that the subject was graded as Pass/Fail only. The asterisk is used for subjects completed prior to 2004 only.
Course exclusion and discontinuation
You may be excluded from your course: