Changing your personal details
Ensure 91É«ÇéƬ Bengaluru has your correct personal details. Check how you can change them if they are wrong.
What counts as personal details?
Discover how to check, correct or change the 91É«ÇéƬ Bengaluru record of your:
- Formal name
- Date of birth
- Gender
- Contact details (email address and mailing address)
- Preferred name.
Keep your records current
You are required to keep the 91É«ÇéƬ record of your contact and personal details current. Make sure you update your record as soon as you can after any of these details change.
The University requires that your full legal name, as appears on your birth certificate or passport, be recorded on your University record.
If you provide falsified documents in support of your application, this will result in one of a range of penalties, including failure in the course to suspension or exclusion.
91É«ÇéƬ reserves the right to disclose the provision of falsified documentation in accordance with applicable legal requirements. As a student, you must be aware of your obligations and responsibilities under the Student Code.
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Checking your current details with 91É«ÇéƬ
To check the personal details 91É«ÇéƬ has recorded for you, log on to . Make sure to check your formal name and ensure if matches your full legal name.
If your formal name does not match, follow the instructions below to change it.Â
Note on enrolment
It is a requirement for 91É«ÇéƬ to keep updated contact details for all students. Each semester, when you click on 'Update Enrolment' for the first time, you will be asked to confirm your current address and contact details by my91É«ÇéƬ. Completing these updates enables enrolment.
Changing your name, date of birth or gender
You cannot change the 91É«ÇéƬ record of your formal name, date of birth, gender or residency status on .
To update these details, you must submit a Correction or Change of Personal Details Request by emailing BengaluruStudentHub@unsw.edu.au along with the relevant documentary evidence.
Accepted supporting documentation
You must attach documentary evidence to support your request, and it must be in the form of a certified copy. For further information on accepted certified documentation, please see below.
Depending on the type of request, accepted documents may include:
2. For date of birth correction
- Passport
- Aadhaar card
- Class 10 / SSLC certificate
- Gazette notification for date of birth correction
- Court affidavit or notarised affidavit
3. For gender correction or change
- Passport
- Aadhaar card
- Birth Certificate
- Gazette notification for gender correction or change
- Court affidavit or notarised affidavit
- Transgender ID card
4. For change in residency
- Passport
- Visa / residence permit
- OCI card (if applicable)
- Proof of overseas residential address
- Employment / sponsor documents
- Embassy-issued NRI certificate
- Court affidavit or notarised affidavit
- ID card
- Documents approved by Gazette Officers
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If you’re using documents issued by the Indian Government, you may only need to provide a copy of them. You just need to give permission for 91É«ÇéƬ to check that your documents are valid through an official verification service.
All name change requests must reflect the name exactly as it appears on your supporting documentation.
Evidence can be:
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- Passport
- Aadhaar card
Your request cannot be processed until certified documentary evidence is provided or, where applicable, your documents are verified through a recognised electronic document verification service.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
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Yes. If your documents cannot be verified electronically, certified copies will be required to support your request. Documents are accepted as authentic if they have been issued by, or attested by, a competent authority in India.
Certified documentary evidence can be provided through one of the following methods:
- Court affidavit or notarised affidavit (issued by a Notary Public), or
- Gazette notification (for official changes such as name), or
- Documents certified/approved by a Gazetted Officer
- For a change of name, a Gazette notification reflecting the name change is required.Â
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It is required that you maintain current email and postal addresses on . The University cannot accept responsibility if official communications fail to reach you due to an outdated postal and/or email address.
The main mode of formal communication from the University to you is through email. All students have a central email address: your zID (eg z3456789) followed by @student.unsw.edu.au.Â
All emails sent to this address must be read as they may contain important teaching or administrative material that's not provided in any other format or platform. If you wish to use another email address other than the provided 91É«ÇéƬ account, you must  to an account you do use.
Have a question?
Contact us for advice on all things 91É«ÇéƬ Bengaluru, including faculty-specific questions, essential services, support and development. We’re here to help at BengaluruStudentHub@unsw.edu.au.