Fees and Scholarships
Fee Sponsorship
Vouchers or Authorities
Fees for International Students
Equity Scheme
for Tuition Fee Courses
Postgraduate
Coursework Scholarships
Course Fees
Tuition fees are calculated according to your enrolled workload (i.e. the number of credit points in which you are enrolled, not the number of credit points you succesfully complete.) Some postgraduate coursework programs incur a tuition fee payable upfront to the University. Australian citizens and permanent humantarian visa holders are eligible for FEE-HELP and can obtain a FEE-HELP loan to pay all or part of their tuition fee. For those postgraduate coursework programs that have Commonwealth Supported Places, Australian citizens and permanent humanitarian visa holders are eligible for HECS-HELP assistance and can obtain a HECS-HELP loan to pay all or part of their student contribution.
Fee Sponsorship Vouchers or Authorities
Students who are sponsored for tuition fees or their student contribution must submit a voucher, authority or official documentary evidence of sponsorship to the Fees Office when they enrol. Enrolment without such sponsorship authority will be assessed for fees which must be paid by the due date shown on the Tax Invoice. Students who pay fees will receive a refund if they subsequently submit a sponsorship authority by the Census date for their units of enrolment.
Please note, that even if a student is sponsored, ultimate responsibility for the payment of all fees rests with the student. Students may be excluded if a sponsor does not pay the student's fees on time.
Tuition Fees for International Students
International students will be given information on the 2008 fees due and details of arrangements for payment of fees at enrolment. Please refer to Macquarie International for further information.
Equity Scheme for Tuition Fee Courses
The University offers a scheme to ensure that certain students are not disadvantaged in terms of access to postgraduate coursework tuition fee-paying programs. The scheme provides for disadvantaged students to enrol in a tuition fee course on a reduced fee basis. Students granted an Equity Scholarship under this scheme will be charge 50% of their tuition fees for the half-year for which they are granted the Equity Scholarship. These candidates may still take advantage of a FEE-HELP loan, if eligible.
The University has set a quota on the number of Scholarships available under this scheme. Applications may need to be ranked on merit if the quota is exceeded. For further information, please call the Student Enquiry Service on 02 9850 6410, email coursework@mq.edu.au or click >>here for further information.
FEE-HELP and HECS-HELPFEE-HELP
FEE-HELP
is a loan to assist eligible fee paying students pay
their tuition fees.
Australian
citizens and permanent humanitarian visa holders
are eligible for FEE-HELP assistance and can pay
their tuition fee in one of three ways:
- Full up-front payment;
- Partial up-front payment and obtain a FEE-HELP loan for the remainder; or
- Obtain a FEE-HELP loan for the full amount.
Permanent humanitarian visa holders must reside in Australia for the duration of the course (unless otherwise required by the course) to access FEE-HELP assistance.
For further information about FEE-HELP refer to the FEE-HELP website.
HECS-HELP
HECS-HELP is a scheme to assist eligible Commonweatlh Supported students pay their student contribution. There are two types of HECS-HELP assistance: the HECS-HELP discount and the HECS-HELP loan;
Australian citizens and permanent humanitarian visa holders are eligible for HECS-HELP assistance and can pay their student contribution in one of three ways:
- Full up-front payment and receive a 20% HECS-HELP discount;
- Partial up-front payment (20% discount on amounts of $500 or more) and obtain a HECS-HELP loan for the remainder; or
- Obtain a HECS-HELP loan for the full amount.
Permanent humanitarian visa holders must reside in Australia for the duration of the course (unless otherwise required by the course) to access HECS-HELP assistance.
New Zealand citizens and other permanent visa holders are not eligible for HECS-HELP assistance and must pay their student contribution up-front without a discount. For further information about HECS-HELP refer to the HECS-HELP website.