Future Students

Fees and Finance

La Trobe University offers both Commonwealth Supported and Fee-paying places in Undergraduate courses.

Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)

What were formerly known as HECS places are now called Commonwealth Supported Places. CSP places are available to Australian citizens, NZ citizens and permanent residents. As a Commonwealth-supported student, the Government will contribute towards your study load, and you will be required to pay a "Student Contribution". The Contribution amount is determined by the University, and depends on your units of study within a Band. The band fees shown below are based on a full-time study load. Pro-rata fees apply to students taking part-time or overloaded studies.

Contribution Bands for Students Commencing their Study in 2008

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Paying your Student Contribution

If you are an Australian citizen or hold a permanent humanitarian visa you can:

• defer the amount by using HECS-Help, which will be repaid through your taxes when your income reaches government-set thresholds. HECS-Help is available for a period of 7 years of equivalent full-time study. OR
• pay the full amount up-front, pay 80% of the total student contribution, or make a Partial Payment ($500 or more) and receive a 20% discount on the amount paid.

New Zealand citizens and permanent residents (other than an Australian permanent humanitarian visa) must pay the student contribution up-front without discount each semester.

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Fee-Paying Places

La Trobe University offers fee-paying places in courses across Faculties.

Students who enrol in a fee-paying (non-CSP) course must:

• pay the full tuition fees, as they apply each semester, as the Government does not contribute to the cost of that course.
• may be eligible for a FEE-Help loan to help pay their tuition fees (Australian citizens and permanent humanitarian visa holders only).

Listing of all La Trobe fee-paying courses in 2008

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FEE-HELP

FEE-help is a loan available to Australian citizens and permanent humanitarian visa holders to help pay part or all of their fee-paying tuition fees. The amount available is indexed every year. In 2007 the limit will be 80,000. Students repay their loan through the tax system once their income is above the minimum threshold for compulsory repayment.

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Further Information

Full details of Commonwealth Supported and Fee-paying places, HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP, can be found at the Going to Uni website. For further information contact DEST (tel 1800 020 108) or the Australian Taxation Office (tel 1300 720 092).

Information about fees at La Trobe University for 2008 is available at Student Contributions and Fees 2008. This includes examples to assist you in calculating the amount you will need to pay based on your units of study.

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Student Loans

The purpose of the Student Loan Fund is to provide financial support for students during the time that they are enrolled at La Trobe University in their degrees or postgraduate candidature. The financial support will be related to the students' essential needs in order to complete their course.

A formal application procedure applies to all loans.

Please refer to Financial Aid for further information.