November Intake in Australia 2026: Universities, Courses and Deadlines for Indian Students

Australia’s academic year runs mainly on two intakes, February and July. November intake in Australia is the smaller third slot, and it only exists because a handful of universities run trimesters instead of two semesters a year.

If you’ve seen older guides describing an “Australia intake 2022” cycle where Melbourne or UNSW ran full Medicine and Engineering programmes in November, that was never quite accurate, and it isn’t now either.

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Here's the list we checked directly against each university's own admissions page:

Disclaimer: Fees shift year to year and by course, so treat the table above as a planning range and confirm the exact number on the university's own page before you commit.

Worth knowing: Kaplan Business School, which also shows up in some course lists for November, is a registered higher education provider that awards its own bachelor's and master's degrees. Some students use it as a pathway into a partner university, but it isn't itself a university, and it doesn't just "lead to" a degree; it grants one.

Entry standards for the November intake are identical to what the same course asks for in February or July; a smaller applicant pool doesn't mean a lower bar. Here's what each university generally expects, though competitive courses can ask for more than the minimum shown.

PTE and TOEFL scores are accepted as equivalents at all six universities, and every applicant also needs to satisfy the Genuine Student requirement covered later in this guide, regardless of how strong the academic profile is.

Here's the honest part most guides skip: getting a visa takes time, and if you don't already hold an offer, the maths for a November 2026 start is tight to impossible.

The realistic sequence looks like this:

• Apply for the course and receive an offer (if you don't already have one)
• Accept the offer and pay your deposit
• Receive your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE)
• Lodge your student visa, and allow 8 to 16 weeks for a decision on a subclass 500 application from India, since processing times vary by visa office and caseload
• Visa granted, then travel and orientation before classes start

With Deakin's Trimester 3 starting 2 November and Monash's on 23 November, working backwards from an 8-to-16-week visa timeline means the safe lodgement window for a fresh applicant has already closed for Deakin and is closing for Monash, as of late September 2026. If you're reading this without an offer in hand, February or March 2027 is the realistic target, not this November.

If you already hold an offer and are simply waiting on your CoE or visa decision, the situation is different; keep moving on your documents and check processing times directly with the Department of Home Affairs rather than assuming a fixed number of weeks.

Don't apply for November intake in Australia just because it's the next available date. It genuinely suits some situations and not others.

If you missed July 2026 and already hold, or can quickly get, an offer, then you should consider your options.

If your course is on Monash, Deakin, La Trobe or Griffith's list, November can still work, but only if you move quickly.

Finishing a diploma or foundation year through a pathway provider.

Providers like Kaplan Business School often have time completions to feed straight into a partner university's November start; this schedule is usually planned well in advance, not a last-minute decision.

Starting from scratch today, with no offer yet.

Realistically, target February or March 2027 instead of trying to compress the entire process into a few weeks.

My insight: Students often assume a smaller intake means an easier bar to clear. It doesn't. The academic and English requirements are identical to February and July, what's smaller is the applicant pool, not the standard.

The paperwork is the same as any Australian student visa application. What's different is the full cost picture, since course fees are only part of what you need to show and pay for.

Course fees, shown in the university table above, are only part of the budget. Australia's student visa also requires proof of living funds, regardless of which intake you're joining.

Adding these together gives a realistic first-year total of roughly AUD 57,000 to 89,000 (Rs.38.4 lakh to Rs.60.0 lakh), with tuition, visa fee, OSHC and living funds combined, before any scholarship.

My insight: November applicants are working with a shorter runway than February or July applicants, so visa delays hit harder. If your CoE arrives in early October, please submit your visa application within days, not weeks. A slow submission can genuinely mean missing the intake.

For a full breakdown, see our blog on the cost of studying in Australia.

Applications for a tight, late-in-the-year intake go wrong more often than people expect. Here's what to actually do about the common ones.

You missed the university's application deadline.

Contact the international admissions office directly rather than assuming it's over; some universities process late applications on a rolling basis until seats fill. If not, ask about deferring your application to February 2027 instead of starting over from scratch.

Your visa gets refused over the genuine student requirement.

Read the refusal letter carefully; it names the specific gap. Reapplying with the same documents unchanged rarely works; address the exact concern raised, whether that's weak ties to the home country or unclear study intent.

Your IELTS or PTE score falls short of the course requirement.

Ask the university about an English bridging or pathway option before assuming you've lost the intake entirely; several universities accept a slightly lower score if you also complete a short language course.

Your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) is delayed close to the deadline.

Contact the university's international office immediately rather than waiting; some allow enrolment within days of the term start if your visa is already in progress.

Your financial documents are likely to be questioned.

Providing a clearer, more recent source of funds, such as an updated bank statement or a formal loan sanction letter, usually resolves the situation faster than resubmitting the same paperwork.

Scholarship access is thinner in November than in February or July; most awards and Round 2 postgraduate cycles are timed around the bigger intakes.

If you want to know more about scholarship details for other intakes, check our scholarships in Australia for Indian students.

• Check the verified list first. Monash, Deakin, La Trobe, Griffith, CQU and Federation are the universities that genuinely run a November start, mostly for business and IT.
• If you don't already hold an offer, the visa timeline makes November 2026 unrealistic for most applicants; plan for February or March 2027 instead.
• If your course isn't on this list, or you've already missed the window, February 2027 is usually the stronger option over waiting for next November.

If you want help working out whether November genuinely suits your course or whether February makes more sense, LeapScholar's counsellors can talk it through with you directly.

Verified by: LeapScholar's Australia counselling team, with hands-on experience guiding Indian students through intake and visa timelines.

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