Technical support
If you need help with accessing Enrolment Online, your email or your password, contact IT Service Connect.
Enrolment help
If you need help with your enrolment, contact the Research Training Services team via Student Connect.
Complete all steps in this guide if you're enrolling in a master's by research or doctoral (PhD) degree.
Before you start:
Instructions to respond to and accept your offer are included in your offer letter.
If you have also received a scholarship offer, there is no additional step needed. By accepting your program offer, you are accepting both admission to the program and the scholarship. Information about providing your bank details to receive payments is in the Set up your scholarships payments section below.
You will need one of the following to verify your citizenship:
- current Australian/New Zealand passport (preferred)
- Australian citizenship certificate
- birth certificate
- other approved documentation.
Read the complete list of acceptable identity documents here.
If the name you used to apply to RMIT is different to your full legal name, update it when you log in to Enrolment Online.
If your names don't match, you won't be able to enrol. Learn how to update your legal name and preferred name options.
What is a USI?
Your USI (Unique Student Identifier) is a reference number that gives you access to an online record of all your recognised training and qualifications. It’s a government requirement for enrolling in a higher education program in Australia.
You do not need to provide a Unique Student Identifier (USI) if you are an international candidate studying outside Australia or a New Zealand citizen studying outside Australia.
How to create a USI
1. Get your ID ready
You will need one of the following forms of ID:
- Current passport
- Full birth certificate
- Driver’s license
2. Create your USI
- Go to usi.gov.au or click the button below.
- Use your full legal name when creating your USI.
- Make a note of your USI because you need to provide it when you enrol.
Your name in the USI registry must match your full legal name recorded at RMIT.
Any discrepancy between your name in the USI registry and RMIT's systems will prevent you from verifying your USI and enrolling.
You’ll use your Student ID, RMIT email address and temporary password to access Enrolment Online (RMIT’s enrolment system) and other RMIT systems.
Student ID
Your student ID is the letter 's' followed by your student number (excluding any extra letters) e.g., s1234567. Your student number is in your RMIT offer email.
RMIT email address
Your RMIT email address is your Student ID and ‘@student.rmit.edu.au’ e.g., s1234567@student.rmit.edu.au.
Password
Your temporary password is the letter 'p' followed by your date of birth backwards (YYYYMMDD) with an exclamation mark '!' e.g., p20020418!
After your first login, update your password to something more secure by following the instructions on the RMIT ID and password page.
If you have studied at RMIT before: Your password is the last password you had while studying at RMIT. If you have forgotten your password, you can reset it.
To enrol in Enrolment Online, you need to use a desktop or laptop computer and enable pop-ups in your browser settings.
How to enrol
To enrol in your program and add classes, you will need to:
2. Accept the Student Declaration
3. Enter your personal details
4. Verify your citizenship and identity
6. Set up your scholarship payments (if you have received a scholarship)
1. Start your enrolment
a. Log in to Enrolment Online using your RMIT email address and temporary password
To log in to Enrolment Online you need:
- Your RMIT email address
- Your temporary password
- A mobile phone to register for multi-factor authentication (MFA). You will be automatically prompted to download the Microsoft Authenticator app once you have entered your email address and password. If you register for MFA with a mobile phone number outside Australia, you can update your number in Australia by contacting IT Service Connect.
b. Click the 'Enrol' button under 'Action'
2. Accept the Student Declaration
Read the Student Declaration which outlines your responsibilities at RMIT University and accept to continue.
3. Enter your personal details
You will be asked to enter information including:
- personal details such as your email address, contact phone number, and emergency contact information
- details for RMIT statistical purposes
- your Unique Student Identifier (USI) if you are enrolling in Australia. Go to the Before you start section above to find out how to create a USI.
4. Verify your identity and citizenship
To instantly verify your citizenship online, you will need one of the following documents:
- Current Australian passport (preferred)
- Australian citizenship certificate
- Australian birth certificate
If you use a different identity document, you will be prompted to email a scan or photo of the document from your RMIT student email address. You will then need to wait up to 48 hours before you can continue to enrol. We will email you when you can continue.
Your first, middle and last name must exactly match the document used to verify your citizenship and identity.
If your name doesn't match, select 'Yes' when prompted in this step. After you have verified your citizenship and identity, you will have the option to register a preferred name different to your legal name.
5. Add your classes
Your courses will be pre-selected per the enrolment requirements of your research program. The Research Training Services team will contact you with instructions on how to complete your enrolment.
Click on the Exit button and check the summary of your enrolment to confirm everything is correct.
6. Set up your scholarship payments (if you have received a scholarship)
If you have received a scholarship offer from the School of Graduate Research (SGR), this will be noted on your offer letter.
SGR scholarships include:
- Vice Chancellor’s PhD Scholarship (VCPS)
- RTP Stipend Scholarship (RSS)
- RMIT Research Stipend Scholarship (RRSS)
- RTP International Fee Offset Scholarship (RIFOS)
- RMIT International Tuition Fee Offset (RRITFS)
If you have been offered an RTP fee place, this is not a scholarship offer.
Received a school-based scholarship offer?
Contact your RMIT School to discuss individual scholarship allowances and entitlements.
Set up your scholarship payments
To receive your scholarship payments, you will need to provide your banking details via Enrolment Online:
- Log in to Enrolment Online
- Go to 'My student record'
- Go to 'View/manage bank accounts'
- Input the details of your nominated bank account
Scholarship payments will be made fortnightly into your nominated bank account, as per the RMIT pay calendar.
Scholarship start date
- New candidates: your scholarship start date will align with your program commencement date.
- Existing candidates: your scholarship start date will be a pre-approved date shown in your offer letter.
Scholarship duration
- PhD scholarships: typically, 3 years, with the possibility of a 6-month extension if satisfactory progress is maintained.
- Masters by Research: typically, 2 years, with no extension provision.
Any period of study towards a higher degree by research completed prior to the start of this scholarship will be taken into account and the duration of the scholarship will be reduced accordingly.
Scholarship conditions
You must meet certain conditions to continue receiving scholarship payments such as maintaining satisfactory academic progress as outlined in the HDR Progress Management and Support Procedure.
Read the HDR Scholarship Terms and Conditions carefully before accepting your scholarship.
Congratulations! You’re now officially an RMIT student!
