Fee Rules 2009
(NOTE: The university places the onus on students to
assess accurately their liability for fees when they enrol or change their enrolment.
Payment of the correct fees and charges is a prerequisite to the acceptance of
an enrolment or change of enrolment by the university.)
Updated 17 September 2009
1. Interpretation
In these rules —
academic registrar means the university’s academic
registrar.
Commonwealth supported
student
means a domestic student for which the Commonwealth makes a contribution towards
the cost of the student’s education;
continuing full-fee student means an
undergraduate full-fee paying student who commenced the student’s current
program and paid full fees before 2005;
domestic student means
a student who is —
(a) an Australian citizen;
or
(b) a
(c) the holder of a
permanent visa for
exempt student means a domestic student who under HESA does not have to pay the student contribution amount or tuition fee;
external student means a
student enrolled only in programs or courses classified by the university as
external;
fee means
all fees and charges payable under these rules, including the student
contribution amount and tuition fee;
FEE HELP means
the Commonwealth loan scheme to help eligible students not being commonwealth
supported students pay their tuition fee;
final date for cancellation means, in relation to —
(a) first semester, 31
March; and
(b) second semester, 31
August; and
(c) summer semester, the end
of the second week of the summer semester;
full-time student means a student who —
(a) is not an external
student; and
(b) in a semester-
(i) is enrolled as a
full-time student in a postgraduate research program; or
(ii) is enrolled for #6 or
more.
HECS-HELP means the Commonwealth scheme that includes
up-front payment discounts and loans to help eligible commonwealth supported
students pay their student contribution amount;
HESA means the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cth);
overseas student means a student who is not a domestic student;
part-time student means a student who is not an external student or full-time students;
relevant staff member means a graduate member of the university’s staff employed on more than a half-time basis or a person who, having been such a graduate member of staff, retires after at least 10 years service;
student contribution amount means the fee a commonwealth supported student pays for each course;
tuition fee means the fee an overseas student or a domestic student not being a commonwealth supported student pays for each program or course.
2. Payment
prerequisite to enrolment
(1) A person will not be
enrolled until all fees have been paid to the university.
(2) if a proposed change of
enrolment would incur an increase in a fee or
an additional fee, a change of enrolment will not take effect until all
further amounts have been paid to the university.
3. Student
contribution amounts for commonwealth supported students
(1) A commonwealth supported student must
pay the applicable student contribution amount determined under schedule 2,
unless the student is an exempt student
(2) Despite rule 2(1), a commonwealth
supported student who pays or defers the student contribution amount under
HECS-HELP is taken to have paid the student contribution amount.
(3) The university must treat a person as a
commonwealth supported student for a particular course only if the person has
paid all fees for that course (including all charges under schedule 1) by the
final date for cancellation.
(4) A person who has not paid the fees
required under rule 3(3) may continue as a student for that course only by
paying fees under rule 4.
4. Tuition
fees for domestic students
(1) A domestic student not being a commonwealth supported student must pay the applicable tuition fee determined under schedule 3, unless the student is an exempt student.
(2) Despite rule 2(1), a domestic student who defers payment of any of the tuition fee under FEE HELP is taken to have paid that fee.
5. Tuition
fees for overseas students
(1) An
overseas student must pay the applicable tuition fee determined under schedule
4.
(2) An
overseas student who — .
(a) gains
permanent residency status before the final date for cancellation; and
(b) provides
the academic registrar with satisfactory evidence of permanent residency status
before the final date for cancellation; and
(c) continues
enrolment at the university as a domestic student must pay the tuition fee
under rule 4(1).
6. Payment
of fees
(1) All
fees for a semester must be paid on or before —
(a) subject
to Paragraph (b), the date determined by the academic registrar as the due date
for payment of fees for the semester; or
(b) for
students continuing from first to second semester, the start of second semester
classes.
(2) A student who in any
year applies to enrol for a research higher degree after 30 April or after 30 September
must pay for the semester one-half of the fee which would otherwise have been
payable.
(3) A student excluded or
suspended under a university statute or rule must pay outstanding fees.
(4) A change of enrolment
which takes effect after the final date for cancellation does not reduce the
fee which the student must pay.
7. Prepayment
of administrative charges
(1) A
student must, before taking any of the actions set out under the heading
"Administrative charges" in Schedule 1, pay the relevant administrative
charge.
(2) A
separate charge is payable for each action and for each time action is taken..
(3) The
action will be effective only if the applicable charge is paid.
8. Refund
of fees on cancellation of enrolment
(1) The
university must refund relevant fees to a student who gives written notice of
cancellation or change of enrolment by the final date for cancellation.
(2) A
student excluded or suspended under a university statute or rule is not
entitled to a refund.
(3) A
student may appeal to the academic registrar in writing against refusal to
refund.
(4) Despite
rule 8(1), an overseas student who cancels enrolment before the final date for
cancellation in the first semester of enrolment must pay the administrative charge
set out in schedule 1.
9. Removal of financial liability due to
special circumstances
(1) Remission
of financial liability for commonwealth supported students or those in receipt
of FEE-HELP will be determined under the HESA1.
(2) Students
to whom rule 10(1) does not apply, may apply to the academic registrar for the
remission of financial for tuition fees if —
(a) the
student has been enrolled in the course; and
(b) the
course, if completed, formed part of a program of study; and
(c) the
student has not completed the requirements for the course during the period
during which the student undertook, or was to undertake, the course; and
(d) special
circumstances applied which prohibited the student from completing the course.
(3) An application under rule 9(2) must be in
writing and —
(a) made
within 12 months from when the student withdrew from the course; or
(b) if
the student has not withdrawn from the course, within 12 months from the end of
semester during which the course was undertaken.
(4) For the purposes of rule 9(2)(d), special
circumstances apply if the academic registrar is satisfied that circumstances
apply to the student that —
(i) are
beyond the student’s control; and
(ii) do
not make their full impact on the student until on or after the final date for
cancellation for the course in question; and
(iii) make
it impracticable for the student to complete the requirements of the course in
the period during which the student undertook, or was to undertake, the course.
(5) The academic registrar must decide an
application within a reasonable time and notify the student of the decision.
The notice must include a statement of reasons for the decision.
(6) A student may lodge a written appeal —
(a) against
a decision; and
(b) to the
deputy vice-chancellor (academic); and
(c) within
28 days of the decision.
10. Determination of special cases
(1) The
academic registrar is to decide cases where an issue is not clearly dealt with
in the rules, including a variation in the amount of a fee payable on academic
grounds (for example, enrolment matters).
(2) However,
the academic registrar may decide cases involving —
(a) a
variation in the time to pay a fee;
and
(b) dispensation
of a late payment charge.
11. Arrangements
with other educational institutions
A student pursuing a program or course under
an arrangement between the university and a third party must pay the fees set
out under that arrangement rather than the fees set out in Schedule 2, 3 or 4.
Fee Schedule
Schedule
1 — Student Services, Administrative and Miscellaneous Charges
|
Application
for enrolment |
|
|
Application for enrolment — — by overseas student, unless waived or
discounted by the director of international education — from start of semester until the final
date for cancellation (other than applications for new enrolments in
postgraduate coursework programs) — after the final date for cancellation |
$100 $50 $200 |
|
Application
for addition or substitution of course or change of program |
|
|
Application for addition or substitution
of course or change of program — — from third week of semester until the
final date for cancellation — after the final date for cancellation |
$50 $200 |
|
Cancellation
of enrolment |
|
|
Cancellation of enrolment by an overseas
student before the final date for cancellation in the first semester of
study. |
$1,000 |
|
Payment
of fees after the due date |
|
|
Payment of fees after the due date — — from due date until final date for
cancellation — after the final date for cancellation |
$20 $200 |
|
Library
material |
|
|
Return of library material after the
deadline — — when late sum reaches $20 — after notice of demand, for each item |
$20 $20 |
|
Student
cards |
|
|
Compliance with a rule relating to student
cards – after the final date of cancellation Replacement of student card |
$20 $15 |
|
Examination
fee |
|
|
Fee payable by internal students sitting
external examinations — — examinations within — examinations conducted outside — Health Sciences higher doctorates — to
be paid at the time of enrolment |
$180 $250 $1,500 |
|
Academic
transcripts, certificates and statements |
|
|
Academic transcript — rapid turnaround (5
hours) |
$20 |
|
Academic transcript — 3 to 5 working days |
$10 |
|
Academic transcript — pre-1974 (10 working
days) |
$20 |
|
Certificate of enrolment/award |
$10 |
|
Statement of charges paid or HELP
liability |
$5 |
|
Replacement degree certificate — sent by
ordinary mail or collected |
$50 |
|
Replacement degree certificate — sent by
registered mail in |
$60 |
|
Replacement degree certificate — sent by
registered mail outside Written verification of academic
qualifications |
$70 $30 |
|
Course/subject
outlines |
|
|
Application for copies of course/subject
outline information contained in back copies of university handbooks |
$50 |
Schedule
2 — Student Contribution Amount
1. Definitions for schedule 2
In this schedule —
pre-2008 student means a student who is not a pre-2009 student and who has continued studying in the same program after starting before 1 January 2008 or who meets the criteria under schedule 7 of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Act 2007.
pre-2009 student means a student who is not a pre-2008 student, and who has continued studying in the same program after starting before 1 January 2009.
2009 student means a student who is not a pre-2008 student or a pre-2009 student.
2. Student contribution amount
2.1 The
student contribution amount (SCA) payable by a student undertaking an equivalent
full-time student load (EFTSL) in a program in a particular band is —
(a) shown
in Table 1 for a pre-2008 student; or
(b) shown
in Table 2 for a pre-2009 student and a 2009 student.
2.2 For
each course the SCA is to be set by the senior deputy vice-chancellor
allocating the course to one of the bands in Table 1 or Table 2 and calculating
the weight of the course compared to the EFTSL.
2.3 The
SCA depends on whether the student is a 2009 student, a pre-2009 student or a
pre-2008 student.
2.4 Despite
Table 2, the SCA payable by a pre-2009 student undertaking mathematics,
statistics and science units is $7,412.
2.5 For
the purposes of table 1 and 2 mathematics, statistics and science units of
study are those units of study in the natural and physical sciences field of
education that are classified in chapter 9 of the commonwealth grant scheme
guidelines as being a national priority.
Table 1
|
Band |
SCA
for pre-2008 student |
|
Band 3 (law, dentistry, medicine, veterinary science) |
$8,667 |
|
Band 2 (accounting, administration, economics, commerce,
mathematics, statistics, computing, built environment, health, engineering,
science, surveying, agriculture) |
$7,412 |
|
Band 1 (humanities, behavioural science, social studies,
foreign languages, visual and performing arts) |
$5,201 |
|
National priorities (education, nursing) |
$4,162 |
Table 2
|
Band |
SCA
for pre-2009 students and 2009 students |
|
Band 3 (accounting, administration, economics, commerce,
law, dentistry, medicine, veterinary science) |
$8,677 |
|
Band 2 (computing, built environment, health,
engineering, surveying, agriculture) |
$7,412 |
|
Band 1 (humanities, behavioural science, social studies,
foreign languages, visual and performing arts) |
$5,201 |
|
National priorities (education, mathematics, nursing, science,
statistics) |
$4,162 |
Note…The figures in Table 1 and 2 are 2009
figures. These figures are indexed annually.
Schedule
3 — Tuition Fees for Domestic Students
Part A — Undergraduate Programs
A domestic student who enrols in a course in
an undergraduate program must pay fees determined for that course. The domestic
tuition fee charging rate per unit (in this part “the rate”) for each
undergraduate course is to be set by the fees reviewing committee on the
recommendation of the executive dean, allocating the course to one of the bands
shown in table 1. The fees reviewing committee must refer matters of academic
significance to the senior deputy vice-chancellor before allocating a course to
a band in table 1.
Table 1 — Charging rate, per unit, for each
undergraduate course
|
Band |
Rate
per unit |
|
1 |
$790 |
|
2 |
$965 |
|
3 |
$1,135 |
|
4 |
$1,365 |
|
5 |
$1,625 |
|
6 |
$2,105 |
|
7 |
$2,590 |
The amount for each band in table 1 for 2009
and later years will be subject to cost indexation on a basis to be determined
by the fees reviewing committee.
The rate must not be less than the combined
amount of the commonwealth grant scheme contribution plus the UQ student
contribution charge generated for publicly funded place in the same course.
A domestic tuition fee student who has
enrolled and commenced study in the student’s current undergraduate program
before 1 January 2005 will not be required to pay a tuition fee per course
higher than that applicable at the time of that student’s enrolment in the
current undergraduate program.
Despite the preceding paragraph, if a
student who is enrolled in an undergraduate program before 1 January 2005
enrols in a new program, the student must pay fees at the rate in table 1.
Part B — Postgraduate Programs
A domestic student who enrols in a course in
a postgraduate program must pay fees determined for that course. The domestic
tuition fee charging rate per unit (in this part “the rate”) for each course
undertaken in the postgraduate program is to be set by the fees reviewing
committee on the recommendation of the executive dean, allocating the course to
one of the bands shown in table 2. The fees reviewing committee must refer
matters of academic significance to the senior deputy vice-chancellor before
allocating a course to a band in table 2.
Table 2 — Charging
rate, for each postgraduate course
|
Band |
Rate per unit |
|
1 |
$790 |
|
2 |
$965 |
|
3 |
$1,135 |
|
4 |
$1,365 |
|
4A |
$1,650 |
|
5 |
$1,625 |
|
5A |
$2,200 |
|
6 |
$2,105 |
|
7 |
$2,590 |
The amount for each band in table 2 for 2009
and later years will be subject to cost indexation on a basis to be determined
by the fees reviewing committee.
A domestic student who has enrolled in a
postgraduate program in a particular entry cohort will continue to be charged
tuition fees for courses in subsequent years based on the allocation of those
courses to bands at the time of the initial enrolment of the domestic student
in the program.
A domestic tuition fee student who enrolled
and commenced study in the student’s current postgraduate program before 1
January 2005 will not be required to pay a tuition fee per course higher than
that applicable at the time of that student’s enrolment in the current
postgraduate program.
Despite the preceding paragraph, if a
student who is enrolled in a postgraduate program before 1 January 2005 enrols
in a new program, the student must pay the fees at the rate in table 2.
Non-Award
(a) A student who is enrolled in the rural
systems management course but is not enrolled for any program leading to an
award of the university, the fee for the course is $800 per unit.
(b) An applicant for enrolment in the doctor
of clinical dentistry undertaking the clinical assessment program must pay a
fee of $2,000. The fee is refunded
against semester 1 fees upon successful completion of the clinical assessment
program.
Schedule 4 — Tuition Fees for Overseas Students
Part A — Research Degrees
An overseas
student who enrols in an MPhil or a PhD must pay the fee set for the program in
Table 1.
Table 1
|
Band –Program Grouping |
Tuition fee per semester |
|
Band A — Arts,
BEL, SBS, Health (HMS Sociocultural) |
$11,000 |
|
Band B — EIAT,
Science Health (HMS Biophysical,
Pharmacy, other Health), NRAVS (Agriculture, Veterinary Science Laboratory), SBS (Psychology; Archaeology; Human Factors) |
$14,000 |
|
Band C — NRAVS
(Veterinary Science Clinical),’ Health
(Clinical). |
$18,000 |
If a student
undertakes a program external offshore, the fee set for the program is as
follows —
Part-time 60%
of fees in table 1
Full-time 70%
of fees in table 1
PhD program in international collaborative
mode 50%
of fees in table 1
(An additional
amount will be charged for periods of on-campus study by off-shore external
students.)
Part B —
Coursework Degrees
An overseas student who enrols in a course
must pay fees determined for that course. The overseas tuition fee charging
rate per unit (in this schedule “the rate”) for each course is to be set by the
fees reviewing committee on the recommendation of the executive dean,
allocating the course to one of the bands shown in table 2. The fees reviewing
committee must refer matters of academic significance to the senior deputy
vice-chancellor prior to allocating a course to a band in table 2.
Table 2 — Charging
rate for overseas students, per unit, for each course
|
Band |
‘rate’ per unit |
|
A |
$1,100 |
|
B |
$1,325 |
|
Temporary A |
$1,510 |
|
C |
$1,600 |
|
D |
$1,875 |
|
Temporary B |
$2,050 |
|
E |
$2,205 |
|
F |
$2,725 |
An overseas student who has enrolled in a
program in a particular entry cohort will continue to be charged tuition fees
for courses in subsequent years based on the allocation of those courses to
bands at the time of the initial enrolment of the overseas student in the
program.
The amount for each band in table 2 for 2008
and later years will be subject to cost indexation on a basis to be determined
by the fees reviewing committee.
An overseas student who has enrolled and
commenced study in the student’s current program before 1 January 2005 will not
be required to pay a tuition fee per course higher than that applicable at the
time of that student’s enrolment in the current program.
Despite the preceding paragraph, if a
student who is enrolled in a program before 1 January 2005 enrols in a new
program, the student must pay fees at the rate in table 2.
Non-Award
(a) An overseas student enrolled in a study
abroad program or in a non-award program administered by the study program for
international students must pay $9,000 per semester.
(b) A student enrolled in rural systems
management (social science) courses through the centre for rural and regional
innovation in the faculty of natural resources, agriculture and veterinary
science must pay $550.00 per unit.
(c) An applicant for enrolment in the doctor
of clinical dentistry undertaking the clinical assessment program must pay a
fee of $2,000. The fee is refunded
against semester 1 fees upon successful completion of the clinical assessment
program.
Endnote
1. Refer to section 79-1 of HESA in relation to
HECS-HELP and section 104–25 of HESA in relation to FEE-HELP. These provisions
have a broadly similar effect to the latter provisions of this rule 10.