New Students

• Overview
• Virtual Information Pack
  • Welcome
  • Step 1 - Respond to your offer
  • Step 2 - Activate your accounts
  • Step 3 - Course information and enrolling
  • Step 4 - Checklist
• Orientation
  • Orientation Events
  • Orientation online
• Relocating and international students
  • Before you leave home
  • After you arrive
  • Studying and living in Perth
• Additional information
  • Student ID cards
  • Student guide
  • Student parking
  • Fees and scholarships
• Our campuses
  • Joondalup Campus
  • Mount Lawley Campus
  • South West Campus
  • Campus maps
• Campus facilities
  • Accommodation
  • Childcare
  • Computer labs and wireless internet
  • Counselling service
  • Food, cafés and taverns
  • Hairdresser
  • Health and counselling
  • Library
  • Lockers and bike compounds
  • Optometrist
  • Printing services
  • Sport and fitness
  • Student Central
  • Student Guild, clubs and associations
  • The Co-Op Shop
• Security on campus
• Getting to ECU
  • Getting to Joondalup Campus
  • Getting to Mount Lawley Campus
  • Getting to the South West Campus
  • Tertiary SmartRider
• Contact ECU

Step 1 - Respond to your offer

There are three possible responses you can make to your offer: accept, defer or reject.

• Accept means that you intend to enrol in the course offered and commence study.
  • For International students relocating to Australia to study
  • For all other students
  
  
• Defer means you wish to hold your place for 6 to 12 months before you commence study.
  • For all students except International, Honours, Postgraduate and WA Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
  
  
• Reject means you do not intend to commence study in the course offered.
  • For all students except International

• Top frequently asked questions on this topic
  • Can I reject my offer after I have accepted it in VIP?
  • Why haven't I received my letter of offer?
  • What can I do if I don't want to study the course I have been offered at ECU?
  • How do I accept my offer to study as an international student?
  • How do I accept my offer?
  • How do I defer my offer of a place at ECU?
  • How do I activate my student email, SIMO and computer accounts?
  • Can I defer my offer to study at ECU if I am an international student?
  • Why didn't I receive an offer to study at ECU?
  • Will WAAPA offer me any assistance with my audition preparation?