Commonwealth Support Student Contribution Charges and EFTSL

Student Contribution rates - 2013

Your contribution amount may be affected by when you began your studies. The following table lists 2013 amounts. Asterisks indicate variations, and are explained below the table.

Note: Students enrolling in the University Learning and Teaching program (7375) do not incur a student contribution liability.


Band

Maximum Student Contribution amount (per EFSTL)

 3:
 Law, Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce, Medicine

 

$9,792
 2:

 Mathematics*, Statistics*, Science*, Computing, Built Environment, Other Health, Allied Health, Engineering Surveying

 

$8,363
1:

 Humanities, Behavioural Science, Social Studies, Clinical Psychology, Foreign Languages, Visual and Performing Arts, Education^

 

$5,868

 

PLEASE NOTE: Some courses may be charged at a higher band rate depending on the course content.  The actual band for a specific course can be checked via the Handbook.

Notes

*The student contribution amounts for mathematics, statistics and science are subject to passage of legislation.

^ Education
From 1 January 2010, the maximum annual student contribution amount for commencing Commonwealth supported students undertaking Education units of study has increased from the ‘National Priority’ rate to the band 1 rate.
This increase only affects students who commence their program on or after 1 January 2010.

Pre-2010 Students

If you commenced your program before 1 January 2010 and were a Commonwealth Supported student for a course in that program, you continue to be eligible for the reduced student contribution amount of $4,696 (National Priority rate) for Education courses in 2013.

You are considered to be Pre-2010 for a course if:

  • you commenced a program of study before 1 January 2010 and were Commonwealth Supported in relation to that course; and
  • you did not complete the program before 31 December 2009, or if you did complete the program it was:
    • an enabling program or
    • the related program for an Honours degree you are now undertaking.

Calculating Student Contribution Amounts and EFTSL

Equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL) is a measure of study load for one year on a full-time basis. At UNSW this is defined as 48 units of credit (UOC). The amount of the student contribution depends on the EFTSL value of the course:

Calculation

Note: Individual course UOC values are available from the UNSW Handbook.

 

 6 UOC  divided by 48 (total no. of units for a full-time year)  = 0.125 EFTSL
 3 UOC  divided by 48 (total no. of units for a full-time year)  = 0.0625 EFTSL
 8 UOC  divided by 48 (total no. of units for a full-time year)   = 0.167 EFTSL

Example

Ana commences a Bachelor of Commerce in 2012. One of her courses is an Accounting course, ACCT1501. The contribution for this course is $9792 for one EFTSL (Band 3). It's a 6 UOC course, so it has an EFTSL value of 0.125, according to the table above.

Her 2013 student contribution amount for this course is calculated as follows:

 Commerce (Band 3):    

  $9792

 

 

  X 

  X 

EFTSL value for 6 UOC course:    

0.125

Student Contribution:    

$1224

 


Up-front payment discount

The Australian Government's HECS-HELP discount, applied to up-front student contribution payments of $500 or more, is 10 per cent. Find out more at studyassist.gov.au/sites/StudyAssist/


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