Welcome to Swinburne University Sydney Advanced Standing Portal, if you have completed study with another university or institution and believe you are eligible to receive credit for past study and skills, you can apply for Advanced Standing.
Advanced Standing is the recognition of previous study and/or experience in the form of exemption from certain course requirements. This allows you to enter a course with credit.
The amount of credit you may receive is based on the type of study you have completed. It takes into account how many units of study you have completed and how relevant they are to the course you wish to study at Swinburne.
You will be assessed on both your academic results and the course content. This assessment determines if credit may be granted.
In Australian universities, the term 'credit’ is often used interchangeably with the terms ‘advanced standing’, ‘exemptions’ and/or ‘Recognition of Prior Learning’ (RPL). Note that Swinburne refers to RPL as recognition of skills and knowledge gained through work experience, life experience and/or formal training. Therefore, RPL and credit are not interchangeable terms.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) means that a student is granted credit towards a qualification in recognition of the skills and knowledge gained through work experience, life experience and/or formal training. This effectively means the student will be exempt from completing certain units within a course.