Fees for undergraduate study

Fees for undergraduate study

Fee information for Australian residents studying undergraduate education programs, including bachelor, associate degree and honours programs.

Current RMIT students:

Visit the "Understand Your Fees" page for details on viewing and paying fees or contact RMIT Student Connect for assistance.

What fee categories are available for undergraduate students?

All undergraduate and honours degrees offered by RMIT have Commonwealth supported places (CSPs) available, with the exception of the Associate Degree in Aviation (Professional Pilots), which is full-fee only. 

If you enrol in a Commonwealth supported place in an undergraduate degree you are considered to be a Commonwealth supported student. If you are a domestic student who is not eligible to enrol in a Commonwealth supported place then you are considered a Domestic full-fee student.

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Information for Commonwealth supported students

If you are enroled in a Commonwealth supported place, you are considered to be a Commonwealth supported student.

What is a Commonwealth Supported Place?

A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) at an Australian university means the Government helps pay your tuition fees*.

This subsidy lowers your course tuition cost, so you don't have to cover the full amount, and you don't have to repay the Government subsidised portion.

However, it doesn't cover everything.

The portion of your tution fees that you will still need to pay is called the student contribution amount.

You can pay this upfront by the census date or apply for a HECS-HELP loan to cover it.

Your share of the tution fee (student contribution) is set by the government and determined by the discipline areas (also referred to as bands) of your individual enroled subjects, not the overall course.

*There are other non-tuition fees and material expenses which you will need to pay for, separate to your tuition fees.

Who is eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place?

To qualify for a CSP, you must be:

  • an Australian citizen, or
  • an Australian permanent visa holder or New Zealand citizen, and
  • meet the relevant citizenship and residency requirements.

If you are an Australian citizen, you will meet the CSP residency requirements if you undertake at least some of your degree of study in Australia.

If you are a permanent visa holder or a New Zealand citizen, you must be resident in Australia for the duration of your course(s) to meet the CSP residency requirements.

How much will I pay as a Commonwealth Supported student?

If you don't require an exact figure for your student contribution amount you can estimate your contribution by assuming that all subjects in your degree will be from the same band, and use the maximum student contribution for that band as your estimate.

Therefore, a very rough estimate of the annual tuition fee for a student enroled full-time in a Bachelor of Nursing in 2026 would be $4,738 per annum, subject to annual indexation. This fee however does not take into consideration any subjects in the degree which fall outside of the Nursing student contribution band which may effect the total fee.

Some degrees, such as Double Degrees, may require you to enrol in more than a standard full-time load (96 credit points) in some or all years of the degree.

The annual student contribution can be determined by adding together the cost for each subject undertaken in that year.

2026 student contribution fees for commencing students

What you are charged in 2026 will depend on if you are a commencing or continuing* student.

Annual fees displayed are per EFTSL: Effective Full-Time Student Load.

Student contribution band by subject

Maximum annual student contribution amount (per EFTSL) in 2026
Education, Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, English, Mathematics, Statistics, Nursing, Indigenous and Foreign Languages, Agriculture $4,738 per standard year
$592 per standard (12 credit point) subject
Allied Health, Other Health, Built Environment, Computing, Visual and Performing Arts, Professional Pathway Psychology, Professional Pathway Social Work, Engineering, Surveying, Environmental Studies, Science, Pathology $9,537 per standard year
$1,192 per standard (12 credit point) subject
Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Science $13,558 per standard year
$1,694 per standard (12 credit point) subject
Law, Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce, Communications, Society and Culture $17,399 per standard year
$2,174 per standard (12 credit point) subject

*Continuing students who commenced their degree prior to 2021 will have special arrangements.

View the 2026 grandfathered rates for these students.

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Professional Pathway Psychology and Professional Pathway Social Work students

If you are a commencing student in a Professional Pathway Psychology or Professional Pathway Social Work degrees (as listed below), you will be charged student contribution fees based on your degree type for the subjects that meet the Australian Government’s Professional Pathway Psychology or Professional Pathway Social Work requirements.

For Professional Pathway Psychology, these are subjects that begin with field of education prefix 0907 (e.g 090701, 090799).

For Professional Pathway Social Work, these are subjects that begin with field of education prefix 0905 (e.g 090509, 090513).

RMIT degree code

Degree name

Degree type
BH000 Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) Professional Pathway Psychology
BP112 Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) Professional Pathway Psychology
BP154 Bachelor of Psychology Professional Pathway Psychology
BP295 Bachelor of Criminology and Psychology Professional Pathway Psychology
BH105 Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) Professional Pathway Social Work
BP322 Bachelor of Youth Work and Youth Studies Professional Pathway Social Work
MC150 Master of Social Work Professional Pathway Social Work
BH106 Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)/Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) Professional Pathway Psychology and Professional Pathway Social Work

Postgraduate Clinical Psychology

Continuing and commencing students in MC002 Master of Clinical Psychology will be charged student contribution fees at the Postgraduate Clinical Psychology rate for subjects that meet the Australian Government’s requirements for this degree type, which are units with field of education 090701.

What is EFTSL?

EFTSL stands for Effective Full-time Student Load.

At RMIT, each higher education course is allocated a weight in credit points that is used to calculate EFTSL. Most higher education degrees at RMIT have a standard annual full-time load of 96 credit points that is equal to 1 EFTSL. Although there are some exceptions (such as double degrees, which may require a student to undertake more than the standard 96 credit points), this does not change the way EFTSL is calculated.

How to calculate EFTSL

The EFTSL of any subject can be determined by dividing its allocated credit points by 96. For example, a 12 credit point subject has an EFTSL of 0.125 (12/96 = 0.125).

Below is a list of EFTSL values for the more common credit point values:

Credit points EFTSL Details

6

0.0625

  

12

0.125

 Most standard subjects are 12 credit points, although some may be weighted as more or less than.

24

0.25

  

48

0.5

 The standard full-time load for one semester is 48 credit points. There are some courses which offer a part-time load only and are 48 credit points for the full year.

96

1.0

 The standard full-time load for most courses is 96 credit points for one year (two semesters).

How is my CSP tuition fee calculated?

To determine the exact annual fee for your degree, you need to know which subjects you will be undertaking, as well as the band and weight for each subject.

How do I find out which subjects I will be studying?

You can find which subjects you need to complete to meet the academic requirements of your degree in your course's enrolment degree structure or on the plan page of the course you are applying for. You can then reference against the 2026 Course list (PDF, 1.1MB) to find each subjects EFTSL and credit points.

Calculating your CSP

To calculate the exact fee for a subject, the student contribution is calculated by multiplying the EFTSL value of the subject by the maximum student contribution for the band that the subject has been allocated to.

We calculate your fees by multiplying the:

  • EFTSL* for a subject (based on 96 credit points a year for a full study load), by the
  • subject's contribution rate (depends on its band and the year you started your course).

The fee for each subject is rounded down to the nearest dollar.

Example:

If the study load for a subject is 0.125 and its contribution rate is $9,537:

0.125 x $9,537 = $1,192.125 rounded down to $1,192.00

Please note

Some courses, such as double degrees, may require students to enrol in more than 96 credit points in some or all years of the degree. The annual student contribution can still be determined by adding together the cost for each subject undertaken in that year.

Example 1: student contribution for one subject

Kirra is enroling in the Bachelor of Commerce, commencing her studies in 2026.

Her 12 credit point economics subject has an EFTSL of 0.125. The 2026 Maximum student contribution amount for this band is $17,399.

Therefore, based on the Maximum student contribution amount x EFTSL, Kirra's 2026 student contribution for this single subject will be $2,174.00 (rounded down to the nearest dollar).

$17,399 x 0.125 = $2,174.00

Example 2: student contribution for multiple subjects

Lucas is commencing the Bachelor of Nursing in 2026.

In his first year, he enrols in eight subjects of equal weighting (8 x 12 credit point subjects), equal to a standard full-time load (96 credit points).

Of his eight subjects, 4 subjects fall into the Nursing student contribution band and 4 subjects fall into the allied health student contribution band.

Both of these bands have a different 2026 Maximum student contribution amount and therefore the subjects must be calculated against their individual bands.

  • Nursing - $4,738 Maximum student contribution per standard year in 2026
  • Allied Health - $9,537 Maximum student contribution per standard year in 2026

Lucas's student contribution for 2026 would therefore be calculated as follows:

(Maximum student contribution amount for Nursing x EFTSL x number of nursing subjects) + (Maximum student contribution amount for Allied Health x EFTSL x Number of allied health subjects) = Total student contribution for 2026

This is calculated as:

  • Nursing band subjects: $4,738 x 0.125 x 4 = $2,369
    +
  • Allied Health band subjects: $9,537 x 0.125 x 4 = $4,769

Total student contribution for 2026 = $7,138

The examples above are an indicative guide for illustrative purposes only. You will need to calculate your fees based on your own subjects selections.

The fees you pay will depend on the subjects you choose to study, as each subject relates to a different student contribution band. Depending on the subjects you study, your course fees may be lower or higher than those indicated here.

What is the Student Learning Entitlement (SLE)?

The Student Learning Entitlement (SLE) allows you to undertake 7 years (7 EFTSL) of full-time subsidised study in a Commonwealth Supported Place. Any course taken by you in a CSP that has a census date after 1 January 2022 will reduce your SLE balance by the EFTSL value of that course. 

Once you have used all available SLE, you will be transferred to a full-fee paying place for the remainder of your study. However, you may receive additional SLE in EFTSL when undertaking certain courses or when certain events occur or you may have your SLE amount re-credited where special circumstances apply or where your HELP balance is re-credited.

Once you reach your SLE limit, you are no longer entitled to undertake study in a CSP and any further study will be charged as a full-fee place.

Check your SLE balance

What are the Commonwealth support limitations?

Places that do not qualify for Commonwealth support

You cannot be enroled in a Commonwealth Supported Place under the following circumstances:

  • the subject contributes to a degree that is being undertaken primarily at an overseas campus
  • the enrolment is an employer-reserved place
  • the degree forms part of a bridging course for overseas-trained professionals, or
  • the subject forms part of a degree the Minister has specified, by way of legislative instrument, that students cannot be enroled in as Commonwealth supported students.

Can I be Commonwealth supported for subjects that do not contribute to my degree?

Each course has subjects you must complete to meet the academic requirements of your award degree. If you wish to study additional courses that are not part of your degree, you will be unable to study those additional subjects and receive Commonwealth support. This is because the additional subjects do not contribute towards your degree.

If you have already completed a subject for which a pass grade or higher has been achieved, and the subjects contributes to the academic requirements of your award degree, you will be unable to re-enrol in that same subject and be Commonwealth supported. 

If you wish to study additional subjects that do not contribute towards your degree, or continue studying once you have met the requirements for your award degree, you may have options to do so under other enrolment arrangements such as non-award study, single or short courses. 

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What are full-fee places in an undergraduate degree?

If you are not eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) or have reached your Student Learning Entitlement (SLE) cap, then you are considered a full-fee paying student. A full-fee place in a university degree receives no financial contribution from the government. Your fees cover the full cost of your tuition and vary from course to course.

To be eligible for a domestic full-fee place you must be:

  • an Australian citizen, or
  • an Australian permanent visa holder or New Zealand citizen

How much will I pay as a full-fee student?

Your fees will be based on the number of credit points you are enroled in for your degree, and the fee-per-credit-point for that course in the current year.

Most, but not all, degrees at RMIT have a standard annual full-time load of 96 credit points, so you can estimate your expected tuition fee for the year by multiplying the fee-per-credit-point by 96.

You can also calculate the cost of any degree in the same way.

The 2026 Domestic higher education full-fee tuition fees document lists the credit point value and fee-per-credit-point for degree offered by RMIT which you can use to more accurately calculate your fees.

How is my tuition fee calculated as a full-fee undergraduate student?

Example 1 - annual tuition fee for a standard full-fee 96 credit point degree

Claire is enroling full-time in the Bachelor of Fine Arts. The 2026 fee-per-credit-point for her degree is $380.

To calculate the annual tuition fee for her degree, Claire needs to multiply the number of credit points (96) by the fee per credit point as follows:

Fee per credit point x credits per year = annual full fee

$380 x 96 = $36,480 per annum

Example 2 - annual tuition fee for a full-fee double degree

Alex is enroling full-time in the Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Engineering) (Honours)/Bachelor of Business which requires him to complete 528 credit points over the five years of his double degree.

To calculate fees for his degree, Alex needs to know how many credit points are required in his first year of enrolment, as well as the fee per credit point.

After checking the Domestic higher education full-fee tuition fee (PDF 392kb), which lists the credit point value and fee per credit point for his degree, Alex learns that in he will need to enrol in a total of 106 credit points in his first year, at a cost of $450 per credit point (2026).

The tuition fee for Alex's first year of study as a full-fee student can therefore be calculated as follows:

Fee per credit point x credits per year = annual full fee

$450 x 106 = $47,520 per annum

The examples above are an indicative guide for illustrative purposes only. You will need to calculate your fees based on your own subjects selections.

The fees you pay will depend on the subjects you choose to study, as each subject relates to a different student contribution band. Depending on the subjects you study, your course fees may be lower or higher than those indicated here.

Annual fee adjustment

RMIT reserves the right to adjust tuition fees for full-fee places on an annual basis by an amount that will not exceed 7.5% each year (subject to rounding).

For higher education fees, tuition fees are rounded up to the nearest $10 per credit point increment, and so the actual fee increase may exceed 7.5%.

View information for CSP places

Additional fees and expenses

In addition to your tuition fees, you may be charged with other fees throughout your degree.

Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF)

Your Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) shapes student life at RMIT outside of the classroom.

The SSAF is used to maintain and enhance services and amenities that improve your experience as an RMIT student - from special events to career support, counselling and so much more!

A SA-HELP loan can be used to pay your SSAF and is paid directly to RMIT by the Government.

Material and other fees

You may be charged other expenses associated with your study in addition to tuition fees.

These include material and administrative fees.

How to pay your tuition fees

You may be able to defer the payment of your tuition fees with a HELP loan from the Australian Government if you meet the government's eligibility criteria. Which HELP loan you are entitled to apply for depends on the type of study you are undertaking and your fee type.

If you have an approved HELP loan your fees will automatically defer to your loan shortly after each census date. You pay back your loan (debt) through the tax system once you earn above the compulsory repayment threshold or you can make voluntary repayments to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) at any time.

If you do not qualify for a HELP loan, or you choose not to take one, then you must pay your student contributions upfront by the census date.

Eligibility for a HELP Loan

Your eligibility for a HELP loan depends on criteria such as your citizenship status, your residency during study,  and whether you're in an undergraduate, postgraduate or vocational education program. 

Find out what you may be eligible for on the Australian Government's Study Assist website.

If you’re an Australian Permanent Resident, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holder* (or eligible former Permanent Humanitarian Visa holder) or New Zealand citizen* (or eligible former New Zealand Special Category Visa holder), find out about your eligibility on the Non-Australian citizens page.

*If you are a permanent (non-humanitarian) visa holder, or a New Zealand citizen who does not meet the NZ SCV long-term residency requirements, you are not eligible for HECS-HELP. You must pay your student contributions upfront by the census date.

Defer the payment of your tuition fees with a HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP Loan

HECS-HELP for Commonwealth Supported Places

If you're enroled in a Commonwealth supported place in a higher education degee, and meet citizenship and eligibility requirements, you can apply for a HECS-HELP loan to cover your student contribution amount. If you are approved for a HECS-HELP loan, the Australian Government will pay RMIT on your behalf, up to the full amount of your fees. This amount will become part of your accumulated HELP debt.

FEE-HELP for full-fee places

If you are enroled in a full fee-paying place (not a Commonwealth supported place) in a higher education degree then you may be eligible to apply for a FEE-HELP loan, which you can use to defer payment of your tuition fees to the Australian Tax Office up to your HELP limit.

Find out more about HELP loans and how to apply

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