Award Verification Service

The Western Sydney University Award Verification Service is a database containing basic information about past graduates. The database displays award titles, conferral dates and names.

A $55 processing fee will apply if the company/person requires additional information to what is listed on the AVS system (the student's conferral name, award and conferral date), such as verifying details in an academic document are correct.  This fee is payable via Payments, by selecting ‘Award Verification Service (additional information required)’ (this option is under ‘Student Experience Office’)

You can verify graduate details with the Award Verification Service.

If you are unable to find a graduate using this service please submit an enquiry to request further assistance please submit an enquiry

Academic Documents

The University of Western Sydney officially rebranded as Western Sydney University on 30 August 2015. All degrees and other awards validly conferred by and under the previous names of Nepean College of Advanced Education, UWS Hawkesbury, Nepean and Macarthur and The University of Western Sydney continue to remain validly conferred and recognised as such

The history of the institutions

Before we became Western Sydney University, we were known as The University of Western Sydney.  The University of Western Sydney (UWS) began operation on 1st January 1989, under the terms of the University of Western Sydney Act, 1988 which had been passed by the New South Wales Parliament in December 1988. However, the predecessors of the University date back as far as 1891 with the establishment of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College.  Please visit our University History for more information

If you are unable to find a graduate using this service please submit an enquiry to the Graduation Team.

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The history of the institutions:

Nepean College of Advanced Education existed from 1 January 1973-31 December 1988.

It then became the University of Western Sydney Nepean (there were two institutions operating under a federated system- UWS Nepean and UWS Hawkesbury. UWS Macarthur became the third member later that year. More detail about this can be found at https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/rams/archives/uws_history ) which operated from 1 January 1989-31 December 2000.

UWS Nepean (along with UWS Hawkesbury and UWS Macarthur ) then operated as the University of Western Sydney from 1 January 2001 until 7 July 2016. On 8 July 2016 the organisation was renamed Western Sydney University.

Academic Documents

The University of Western Sydney officially rebranded as Western Sydney University on 30 August 2015. All degrees and other awards validly conferred by and under the previous names of Nepean College of Advanced Education, UWS Hawkesbury, Nepean and Macarthur and The University of Western Sydney continue to remain validly conferred and recognised as such.