Changes make enrolment process quicker, clearer

Massey’s new online enrolment system MyEnrolment is now available through the MyMassey portal, replacing paper enrolment forms for most students next year.

Online enrolment offers considerable advantages. It is interactive, showing students which papers fit their chosen qualification and how far they have progressed through the programme.

Existing students need to use their student ID and personal identification number to re-enrol and should complete the process before January 15.

For most undergraduate students and some postgraduate students a paper manager on the website will graphically depict papers achieved, credits awarded and papers required to complete.

Papers already completed will be assessed against the current regulations for the programme. Because programme regulations are occasionally updated to ensure qualifications are current and relevant, sometimes older papers will not meet the regulation requirements. For most students this will not be an issue.

Any students who find progress to completion does not appear as expected should contact national student management staff, who will either explain what the requirements are, or fix the problem so the papers display correctly.

Once students have completed the applicaiton to enrol and that has been approved they will receive and offer of place. They must respond to this in the time allowed to complete the process and finalise the enrolment. The acceptamce of offer is also done on-line through MyMassey.

Most students will be offered a place in the programme and papers for which they applied, but the University may make an alternative offer. Staff will make contact before doing so to discuss this.

Another change being introduced from 2012 is a maximum time to complete each qualification – eight years to complete an undergraduate or graduate qualification (meaning completion by the end of the 2019 academic year) except if you are enrolled in a professional degree or a conjoint (double) degree which has shorter or longer timeframes specified in their regulations. These can be found in the University Calendar.

Academic history prior to 2012 will not count toward the new eight-year time limit.

A further change is the introduction of the concept of “abandonment of study” from 2012, which means anyoine not re-enrolling for three consecutive academic years will be assumed to no longer intend completing that qualification. This does not prevent them applying to re-enrol.

For further information about how time limits will be calculated: http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/programme-course-paper/planning/time-limits/