Course duration

It's important you submit an accurate course duration as this affects the funding entitlement of your students.

For part-time undergraduate courses you must enter the 'full-time equivalent' (FTE) duration of the part-time course you're submitting. You must not enter the duration of the part-time course itself.

If you do not have a full-time version of the course, you must enter the duration that the full-time course would be if there were one. For example, a degree is ordinarily completed within 3 years when studied full time. Therefore, where you have a part-time degree course but no full-time version, you should add your part-time course as 3 years FTE.

When you enter a part-time undergraduate course, you can choose a duration of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 years full-time equivalent:

• part-time courses with a duration of 1 year FTE – can be studied up to 4 years
• part-time courses with a duration of 2 years FTE – can be studied up to 8 years
• part-time courses with a duration of 3 years FTE – can be studied up to 12 years
• part-time courses with a duration of 4 years FTE – can be studied up to 16 years
• part-time courses with a duration of 5 years FTE – can be studied up to 16 years
• part-time courses with a duration of 6 years FTE – can be studied up to 16 years
• part-time courses with a duration of 7 years FTE – can be studied up to 16 years
• part-time courses with a duration of 8 years FTE – can be studied up to 16 years

You must make sure your students are aware of the actual duration of the part-time course they'll be attending.