Information on this page is for commencing international students who wish to apply for a refund.
Information on this page is for commencing international students who wish to apply for a refund.
AND (see below note*)
If you are not listed above and you are one of the following, please submit your refund form via How to apply for a refund as a domestic or continuing international student.
Please note that you cannot defer your offer and apply for a refund at the same time.
Note: Some international bank policies may require the refund to go back to the payer's bank account. If you provide a different bank account, it may cause lengthy delays.
RMIT reserves the right to request proof of payment. RMIT is not liable for any variance from foreign exchange rate fluctuations. RMIT refuses to process a refund application when a discrepancy in the transferred amount and the issued invoice has been identified.
The refund amount is determined by an assessment of your reason for refund, supporting documentation and when you apply for a refund, relative to your Program commencement date.
Please refer to RMIT University’s important dates for program commencement and census date
When you apply | Refund payable | Evidence required |
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Within 4 weeks of the program commencement date, up until and including census date | 50% of tuition fee deposit (Higher Education flexi term enrolment see Section 11.8.4) |
No evidence required |
After census date | No refund | No evidence required |
Refund reason | Refund payable | Evidence required | Refund submission date |
Visa not granted in time to enrol |
Full refund |
Visa application with visible date of submission. Note: Student must be offshore to be eligible for a full refund. Where a student has: (i) arrived in Australia and (ii) has not enrolled by the enrolment deadline and (iii) their visa has been issued after the last date to enrol. |
Application for refund must be submitted within 12 months of program commencement date. **Enrolled students must cancel their RMIT Australia enrolment by the census date. |
Student is transferring to an RMIT international partner or RMIT Vietnam |
Full refund |
Evidence of enrolment from RMIT international partner or RMIT Vietnam |
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Student applies to study at RMIT Melbourne then withdraws and is given an offer by RMIT Vietnam |
Full refund | Offer letter | |
RMIT cancels a student’s Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) due to a likely visa refusal | Full refund | Email notification regarding cancellation of your CoE | |
Compassionate or compelling reason |
Full refund | Supporting documentation for specific compassionate compelling circumstance Proof of return home such as a boarding pass or international movement record may be requested |
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Provider default – RMIT is unable to provide the program |
Full refund | Email notification from RMIT | |
Permanent Residency granted before the census date of accepted program where change of citizenship is not submitted |
Full refund | Evidence of Permanent Residency grant | |
Visa application has been refused | Full refund | Department of Home Affairs Visa Refusal Letter | Application for refund should be submitted once you are notified of your visa refusal. Enrolled students must cancel their enrolment before the first semester official result release date for their current program. |
Overpayment of fees | Full refund | Proof of payment | Application for refund must be submitted within 12 months of program commencement date. |
Student did not meet program conditions *Academic or English condition not met |
Full refund | Official academic transcript or statement of results if not from RMIT or English language proficiency test result |
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Student cannot provide release letter from current education provider | Full refund | Evidence of refusal of release |
Refund reason | Refund submission date | Refund payable | Evidence required |
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4 weeks or more before program commencement date | 90% of tuition fee deposit | No evidence required |
Within 4 weeks of the program commencement date, up until and including census date | 50% of tuition fee deposit (Higher Education flexi term enrolment see Section 11.8.4) |
No evidence required | |
After census date | No refund | No evidence required |
Refund request scenario | Refund Outcome |
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Application for refund submitted 12 months after program commencement, including students who accepted their RMIT offer and are yet to enrol in an RMIT program. | No refund |
Students who withdraw from RMIT during the transfer provider restricted period of their student visa to take up a place at another Australian education provider without approved release from RMIT. This includes students who accepted their RMIT offer and are yet to enrol in an RMIT program. | No refund |
Student whose student visa has been cancelled for breaching student visa condition(s). | No refund Note: Refund may be approved if there is evidence of extenuation circumstances. Visa cancellation letter must be submitted with the application for refund assessment. |
Commencing international students:
Continuing International students:
Continuing International students must contact their OSHC provider to apply for a refund eligible OSHC fees.
If your refund application requires more information or supporting documents to proceed, please provide these within 10 working days. Your refund application will be closed if the required information is not received within this timeframe. If your refund application is closed, you will need to submit a new application if you wish to proceed.
Please note that your application will be processed within 20 business days of receiving a new complete application.
You can appeal the outcome of your refund outcome within 20 days of receiving the outcome notification. An appeal must include new information not included in the original application and new supporting documents.
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