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Fees for Domestic Postgraduate Degrees

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1.   Costs
2.   Full Fee Paying Places
3.   FEE-HELP
4.   Commonwealth Supported Places
5.   HECS-HELP
6.   Postgraduate Research Degrees
7.   Fees Policy
8.   2010 Postgraduate Course Cost Information
9.   Census dates for 2010
10. Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN)

See also...

• Interactive HECS-HELP Loan Calculator
• Student Finance Self Help Guides

1. Costs

University of Wollongong Postgraduate coursework degrees are a mix of commonwealth supported and full fee-paying places.

For commonwealth supported places, the Australian government contributes up to three quarters of the total funding for the educational costs, with the student being required to contribute the remaining cost.

Full fee-paying places require students to pay a tuition fee per subject based on a ‘cost per credit point’.                                                                            

2. Full Fee Paying Places

Your offer of admission will state the tuition fee payable per credit point provided you accept the current offer. Tuition fees are paid one session at a time, and the amount payable is determined by multiplying the number of credit points in which you are enrolled by the cost per credit point.  For further information see section 8.

3. FEE-HELP

Some full fee-paying students will be eligible to apply for FEE-HELP, a loan program to assist students with their tuition fees. To find out more about FEE-HELP click here.

4. Commonwealth Supported Places

Postgraduate programs offered by the Faculties of Creative Arts, Education, Engineering, Health and Behavioural Sciences, Informatics and Science are currently being offered as commonwealth supported places.

You will be notified at time of offer if you have been allocated a commonwealth supported place. There is no need to complete a separate application form if applying for programs offered by these faculties.

For the faculties not mentioned above, there are a small number of commonwealth supported places available however students must apply. These applications are assessed on a range of equity based criteria. Download an application form from:
http://www.uow.edu.au/future/apply/index.html

Students should see the Student Contribution Amounts for Commonwealth Supported Students table to determine their fees.

5. HECS-HELP

This is a loan program to assist commonwealth supported students with their student contribution amounts. This replaces the previous HECS deferment options. To find out more about HECS-HELP click here.

6. Postgraduate Research Degrees

The majority of postgraduate research degrees are covered by the Federal Government's Research Training Scheme, and are considered to be exempt from tuition fees and student contribution amounts.

7. Fees Policy

All full-fee paying students are encouraged to read the University's Fees Policy.

8. 2010 Domestic Postgraduate Course Cost Information

Download information about 2010 Domestic Postgraduate course fees [pdf]

9. Census dates for 2010

The census date is the date by which you must have finalised your subject selection and payment for a particular session. If you have applied for HECS-HELP, any unpaid student contribution amounts are automatically added to your HECS-HELP debt after the census date for that session has passed. If you have applied for FEE-HELP, any unpaid tuition fees are automatically added to your FEE-HELP debt after the census date for that session has passed.

After the census date, the University is required to send information to Australian government about how much Student Learning Entitlement (SLE) you have consumed for the session, as well as any student contribution amounts that need to be added to your HELP debt.

Census dates for 2009 are:

Autumn session	31 March 2010
Spring Session	31 August 2010
Summer Session	20 December 2010

Students enrolling in non-standard sessions (e.g. Distance or Intensive mode subjects) that are not listed above should check the subject database to find out the census dates for the subjects they intend to enrol in.

10. Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN)

Each session you will be issued with a Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN) within 28 days after the census date. The CAN will include the following information:

• Your name and student number
• Your Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number (CHESSN)
• The course you are enrolled in for that session
• The total Equivalent Full Time Study Load (EFTSL) value you are enrolled in for the session
• The total amount by which your Student Learning Entitlement (SLE) is reduced
• The total amount of any up-front payments
• The total amount of any HECS-HELP discount (for upfront payments of at least $500)
• The total amount of HECS-HELP debt (for Commonwealth Supported students) or the total amount of FEE-HELP debt (for full fee paying students).
• For each subject it will also list the subject code, census date, EFTSL value, amount by which SLE is reduced, and whether you were required to pay a student contribution amount, tuition fees, or were exempt for that subject.
• Students who have accessed an OS-HELP loan will also have details of their OS-HELP debt on their CAN.

The CAN will be sent to all students electronically via SOLS. The CAN replaces the old HECS and PELS Liability notices. You will have 14 days to advise the University if the information on your CAN is incorrect.