How to Enrol

All students are required to complete enrolment at the start of each academic session. Enrolment is the formal process of becoming a student of the University. The online enrolment service allows you to complete this process online.

Before you can enrol online, you must make an application to study your chosen course. If you arrive to enrol and you have not applied please visit follow the link http://southwales.ac.uk/apply where you can make and submit an application to study your chosen course. 

You will receive an email containing your Student ID number. This will be your username for your IT account throughout your time at the University. Please ensure that you enrol online as soon as you receive your email. The first step is to set-up your IT account, the next step will be to complete Online Enrolment.

When you have completed online enrolment you will able to collect your Student ID card.  

To set up a tuition fee payment(s), visit the Payment Hub for more information.

You will be sent an invite  to your personal email account when the service will be open for you to enrol.

If you are eligible to use the online enrolment service, you will have received an email to your University email account confirming your eligibility. A personal message will display on UniLife informing you that the service is available for you. If you have to re-sit any form of assessment you will become eligible for online enrolment after you have successfully passed.

Please log into your UniLife account to start the enrolment process and check your eligibility to enrol and start the process.  

Enrolment information for new and returning International Students, together with requirements for attendance monitoring, can be found here.

A link to the terms and conditions that relate to your enrolment is included in your enrolment confirmation email (sent to your term-time USW email address). They can also be accessed here.  


Unicaf students only - terms and conditions can be accessed here.

New and returning students at Partner Colleges MUST enrol first with their college.

Only when that has been done can they proceed with USW enrolment.