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Higher education fees
Changes to fee-paying undergraduate places in 2009The Australian Government has announced that it will phase out fee paying domestic undergraduate places from 1 January 2009 in public universities. However, the Government has announced that it will replace fee-paying places with up to 11,000 new Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) by 2011. Therefore, expectations are that there will be more HECS (Higher Education Contribution Scheme) places on offer at RMIT University in 2009.
New domestic students
Current fee-paying Australian students
Exceptions
Such students would need to apply directly to RMIT University. Register your details and we will send you further information as soon as possible. Student contributions and tuition feesAll students studying a higher education program (undergraduate, honours, graduate certificate, graduate diploma, masters or doctorate) at RMIT are required to pay something towards the running cost of their program. How much they pay will depend on what kind of place they hold:
In addition to the program costs there may be other fees and charges such as material fees (e.g. lab coats, stationery, excursions). To determine the full cost of an enrolment in a program, applicants need to add any material fees that may be applicable, to the student contribution/tuition fees outlined below. Fees are directly linked to the number of credit points students are enrolled in—changing the number of credit points by adding or dropping a course changes the fee charged. Fees are held constant for the current year, however RMIT may increase domestic full fees in future years by a maximum of 7.5% each year. Student contribution amounts are capped by Commonwealth Government regulation. Any fee increases will be applied from the beginning of each calendar year. Commonwealth supported studentsCommonwealth supported students are required to make a student contribution that partially covers the tuition costs of their enrolment. The student contribution for a program is the sum of the contributions for each of the courses enrolled in for that year. The contributions for each course are calculated using the weight of the course (in EFTSL) and the band that the course falls within. Only students who are either: Some Commonwealth-supported students are eligible to defer payment of their student contribution via HECS-HELP, or to receive a discount for paying their student contribution upfront. Some Commonwealth-supported students are not eligible for a discount or to defer payment, and must pay their student contribution upfront.
Research programs student contributionUnless the student is an international or Australian full-fee paying student, the research student will be at RMIT on a funded place. A funded place means that students are exempt from paying the Student Contribution Amount and their tuition costs are funded by the Commonwealth Government. The time allowed for students to complete their research degrees and still be on funded places is very strict. A condition of receiving a funded place is that the student completes the program in the allotted time, i.e. a maximum of two years for a full-time Masters by Research or four years for a PhD (or the equivalent part-time). Domestic full-fee studentsDomestic fee-paying students are required to pay a tuition fee that covers the full tuition costs of their enrolment. The tuition fee for a program is based on the number of credit points that a student is enrolled in and the fee-per-credit-point for that program in the current year. Only students who are either: Some domestic full-fee students are eligible to defer payment of their tuition fees via FEE-HELP. Calculating tuition costs for domestic fee-paying students including FEE-HELP information International studentsA student is considered to be an international student if they are not an Australian or New Zealand citizen, and do not hold an Australian Permanent Resident Visa. |
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