Once you receive your AFTRS offer, log into the AFTRS Portal to make your decision
1. ACCEPT YOUR OFFER by the date indicated on your Offer letter.
2. DECLINE YOUR OFFER by the date indicated in your Offer letter.
3. DEFER YOUR OFFER by the date indicated in your Offer letter.
Keep in touch with AFTRS during the year and stay in contact with news and events by signing up to the AFTRS Newsletter.
Please note:
If you would like to talk to someone at AFTRS about any concerns or questions you may have, please contact the Student Centre on +61 2 9805 6444 or email studentinfo@aftrs.edu.au.
Enrolment is the process in which you confirm your place on a course and is the next step after you have accepted your place in the course.
Once you have enrolled, you are officially a student of AFTRS from the time you enrol until you complete your course requirements and exit the School on your course’s exit date; go on a leave of absence; withdraw from your course; or are excluded from a course of study.
You must complete your enrolment by the due date indicated in your offer letter or you will forfeit your place at AFTRS.
Your student record and all official certificate documentation, including your testamur and your academic transcript, are in your legal name provided by you on application/ enrolment.
As a registered Higher Education Provider, AFTRS requires students to enrol with their legal name, that is, the name that is used on Commonwealth Government documentation such as birth certificates, passports, and marriage certificates
All official AFTRS documentation will be in your legal name. You are not able to change your name to a stage or writing name unless you provide certified proof of your legal name change.
Students are able to change their first name to a preferred first name for communications to fellow students, lecturers and within AFTRS.
Please let Student Centre know if you would like to add a preferred first name to your student record.
If there are cultural reasons regarding display of your name, please contact the Student Centre to discuss. AFTRS supports students to self-identify and be recognised with respect.
Noting that AFTRS must record a legal name in our Student Management System and in formal correspondence about enrolment, we encourage students to inform us when their legal name is not in alignment with their preferred or cultural names so that it may be reflected in all circumstances that our systems allow. e.g. Class lists, informal correspondence, and other personal communications.
Students are also encouraged to inform us of their preferred pronouns. You may also update this information in the Student Management System.
On the enrolment form, it will ask you to indicate how you are going to pay your fees.
There are two options: FEE HELP or UPFRONT fees
You can read more about AFTRS Fees on our website and on the tabs above.
If you have elected to pay your fees upfront , then fees are due by Administration date listed in Fee Schedule or within two weeks of receiving an AFTRS invoice
Current up-front payment options
Please note:
All AFTRS award courses are FEE-HELP approved. AFTRS is an approved Higher Education Provider and is registered with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency.
FEE-HELP means you can study without having to pay upfront fees, however if you get a FEE-HELP loan to pay for your undergraduate course, you will have to pay a 20 per cent loan fee on top of your course fees. Students are financially liable for the FEE HELP loan if they continue to study past Census dates set down for each unit of study each semester.
To find out if you are eligible for FEE-HELP, review information provided on the Study Assist website or the FEE-HELP fact sheet online.
If you selected FEE HELP when you completed the ENROL form, then you will get an email from eCAF once you have been sent out your AFTRS Student Number.
You have to provide your TFN because your HELP debt is repaid through the Australian tax system.
The most common way to apply for a TFN is via the ATO website or at a participating Australia Post outlet. Once submitted, you will receive a ‘Certificate of Application for a TFN’ from the ATO.
When applying for FEE-HELP via the eCAF online portal, at Section D – Tax File Number:
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have sufficient FEE-HELP balance to cover the FEE-HELP amounts for your course.
Go to MyHelpBalance website to check, entering your previous student number/AFTRS Student number and USI or Chessen number.
If there is insufficient loan amount left to cover all of the course fees for the duration of study, then there is the option to pay for units UPFRONT: please call Student Centre to discuss.
Census dates are :
Census dates are listed in the yearly Fee Schedule available to view on the website.
Note: Deadlines for payment of fees are before the Census dates.
We need you to submit a portrait photograph of yourself to use as identification on the Student Management System and AFTRS Security Student Card, which will be provided at start of your course. This is a requirement of enrolment.
Send your photo via email in JPEG format to studentinfo@aftrs.edu.au
The specifications of the photograph are listed below, and save with the following convention: surname.firstname.jpg
All students starting a higher education course need a Unique Student Identifier.
Applying for a USI is fast and free, and you keep the same USI for life. You can apply for a USI in as little as five minutes at usi.gov.au
If you have studied a VET course in the last five years, including while at secondary school, you might already have a USI. Locate it here
USI NAME = LEGAL NAME
When you enter your name on USI, please use the same legal name as provided to AFTRS on Application/Enrolment. If you have indicated a Middle Name, then please enter a middle name.
SEND USI NUMBER TO STUDENT CENTRE
Once you have generated your USI number, please send a copy to studentinfo@aftrs.edu.au
FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN MASTER OF ARTS SCREEN
International students studying in Australia with an Australian education or training provider need a USI. You will need to provide your non- Australian passport (with Australian Visa) as identification. Once you have arrived in Australia and have a postal address, you can apply for a USI. This must be done before the first census date for your course in Semester 1.
If you are under 18 at the start of semester, you must have a parent or guardian complete, sign, and return the Parent/Guardian Consent form to studentinfo@aftrs.edu.au.
If your circumstances change before the start of Semester, then please contact the Student Centre to discuss options.
These course guides cover all aspects of the AFTRS courses you are enrolling in. The guide provides transparency on the structure of the course, expectations of students and staff and support through to graduation and employability in the industry.
Please click on the course listed below to link to 2026 course guides.
Master of Arts Screen: Business
Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production
Graduate Diploma in Radio and Podcasting
Once you have reviewed the information provided please use Survey Monkey link to select your subject choices for the year.
The deadline for choosing your subjects is 28 January 2026.
You can also email Student Centre studentinfo@aftrs.edu.au with any questions
Once you have reviewed the information provided please use Survey Monkey link to select your subject choices for the year.
The deadline for choosing your subjects is 28 January 2026.
ZOOM SESSIONS JANUARY 2026
There will be two Zoom sessions hosted by the GDRP Team in January for any questions re subject selection. Zoom links will be added in January.
The course consists of Core subjects and Elective subjects
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