How to apply for Science of Fishing
Visit the application portal to start a new application.
After clicking "Start a new application" you will enter your email address and password, then click "Register".
Check your email and click "Verify email address" when you receive the email from the University of Tasmania
Then you can click "I've verified my account" back in the application system.
Your application account has now been created, ready for you to complete your application for Science of Fishing.
Citizenship status
Select your citizenship status to start your application
Personal Details
Enter your personal details into this first step of the application process.
You do not need to enter a Unique Student Identifier (USI) at this stage. You can enter if you know it, or wish to look it up via the Australian Government's Unique Student Identifier website.
Additional Details
Answer these questions based on your personal situation.
Qualifications
You do not need to submit any certificates for existing qualifications at this stage. Most of the time we can find your qualifications in our systems once your application is submitted, so unless you have them easily accessible we recommend clicking 'next' to move past this stage.
If you do not have any relevant qualification or completed year 12 more than five years ago, you will be able to complete a personal competency statement to support your application in step 5.
Course preferences
In the search box, type in "Science of Fishing" to bring up the application options for the unit:
Click the red + by the 24-Feb-2025 start date to select this as your preference, and it will turn into a green tick. Then click the black "Review your preferences" button.
Review your selection, and click the red "Save changes" button when you're ready to progress:
Questionnaire (personal competency statement)
If you do not have any relevant qualification, completed year 12 more than five years ago, or have no tertiary study higher than a Certificate III, you will need to complete a personal competency statement to support your application.
This can be done via the application portal by filling in the four fields, you do not need to upload a separate document.
This page contains information to help you fill out the statement.
When you're done, click the red "Submit your responses" button.
Review and submit
Review all the details you have entered. If you're happy that everything is correct, click the red "Submit" button at the bottom of the page.