This charge is levied by the Federal government, and is incurred once in each semester by all students except those local or international students that are exempt because they are in fee-paying courses.
A HECS contribution rate of $2478 is to apply to non-differential HECS-liable students undertaking a full-time study load in 1997. The HECS contribution rate for differential HECS-liable students is split into three bands according to the subject discipline group. These new differential charges apply to students commencing study in 1997. These HECS changes are, at the time of printing, dependent upon the passage of Federal Government legislation.
A part-time student pays a pro-rata amount based on the study load.
If you choose to pay up front the university will include a charge at the up front rate on your enrolment details and fees advice form. This rate is 25 per cent lower than the deferred rate, and must be paid in full by the due date notified.
If you choose the deferred payment option, your enrolment details and fees advice form will show the amount notified to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). The ATO will charge this amount plus interest when your taxable income reaches a certain threshold. You have the right to make payments direct to the ATO at any time.
There is a limited number of HECS exemption scholarships available on a first-come first-served basis to the following postgraduate students: all Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) and Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS) holders; all full-time candidates for the degree of PhD who are within four years of equivalent full-time candidature. Faculties will also allocate a small number of HECS exemption scholarships according to principles decided by the graduate committee of the faculty.
Candidates for graduate diplomas and postgraduate degrees of bachelor are not eligible for HECS exemption scholarships.
Your HECS liability is calculated each semester on the census date: 31 March for first semester; 31 August for second semester; and the first day of class (or two weeks later) for the summer semester (depending on the length of the course).
If you remain enrolled in a class after the census date, you incur a HECS liability, whether you are attending that class or not. To avoid HECS liability you must complete a subject enrolment amendment form and discontinue by the census date.
A detailed description of the scheme is found in the HECS booklet that you receive on enrolment: you may ask for another copy at any Student Services inquiry counter. Read the booklet each year, in case there are any legislation changes.
If you choose to defer payment (that is, to pay through the ATO) or select the safety net with the up front option we must have your tax file number (TFN) when you enrol. Students who fail to provide their tax file number or a certificate from the ATO will have their enrolment invalidated. If you change your address, inform Student Services, and inform the ATO, who use it to verify your TFN.
Students who are enrolled for double award courses at Berwick, that is the university degree of bachelor and an award from the Casey Institute of TAFE, will be required to pay a HECS amount based on the proportion of each year's work taken from the university together with the appropriate TAFE fees. The TAFE fees will be payable to Casey Institute, to whom inquiries about these fees should be directed.
Course fees are payable by international students. These fees are set at a rate per annum, and that rate is fixed for the duration of the course, with the exception of the fees for courses in Law and Medicine, in which the rate may be fixed only for the first three years.
International students must undertake a course full-time, unless an exemption is given (for example, where only one subject is required to complete a degree).
If you are beginning a course in 1997, you must pay a deposit amounting to half of the course fee and the student amenities fee and Medibank for one year when your application is approved and you accept the offer of a place. You must pay any enrolment overload relating to first semester by the date shown on your enrolment details and fees advice, which will be mailed to you upon your enrolment. Your fees for second semester must be paid by the date shown on your second semester enrolment details and fees advice.
If you are a continuing student and you began your current program of study before 1992, you must pay a separate amenities fee. If you began in 1992, you must pay a service fee of $330.00. If you began in 1993, the service fee of $330.00 is included in your course fee.
Medibank premiums, which change yearly, will be collected by Monash International separately from the enrolment process. If you began before 1992, you will pay the single or family cover rate. If you began in 1992 or 1993, you will pay only the single cover rate. If you are beginning in 1997, you will pay the single or family cover premium applicable at the time of your enrolment.
The above is a broad outline of conditions: you should refer to your offer letter or Monash International for further information.
This fee, which varies from course to course, is levied by the university and is payable by the date shown on your enrolment details and fees advice.
Students enrolled in these courses are HECS-exempt. If, however, you are enrolling in one of these courses directly from your undergraduate course, and/or you are neither employed nor recently employed in an occupation to which the award course is relevant, you may be eligible to become HECS-liable rather than pay the fee up front.
As you will know, the State Government passed legislation in June 1994 proscribing compulsory membership of tertiary student unions, with effect from 1 January 1995. In relation to this, it is important for you to note that the compulsory amenities fee levied by the university does not confer membership of any organisation of students, but rather is levied to provide for legislatively sanctioned facilities, services or activities of direct benefit to the university or students at the university.
Full-time university staff may claim a rebate by applying for a refund.
International students should see also `Course fees (for international students)'.
Reductions apply to part-time students.
If you are a re-enrolling student suffering financial hardship, you may apply for a short-term extension of time to pay your fees. Complete an application for deferment in payment of fees obtainable from the Fees Section or Student Services on your campus, or from the campus student financial adviser.
You should apply only if you have a serious financial problem: your application must be made before the due date for payment shown on your enrolment details and fees advice notice. Only one extension of time will be allowed per semester, and if you fail to pay by the due extension date, you will be charged for late payment of fees (up to one week late $90, up to two weeks late $120, up to three weeks late $200), and you will risk the invalidation of your enrolment.
Applications may not be lodged for added subjects. No application will be accepted after the due date for payment.
International students must refer to the form `International student fees and conditions' for details of all fee-related matters.
These fees, which vary from subject to subject, are levied by the university, and are payable each semester. Students enrolled in single subjects are HECS-exempt.
With the approval of your faculty, and upon payment of a fine of $50 levied by Student Services for a late addition of a subject, you may add a subject later than two weeks into the semester in which the subject is offered. The fine is payable at the Accounting Services cashier.
If you fail to re-enrol at the proper time and place, you may be permitted by your faculty to re-enrol on a nominated late enrolment day after payment of a fine of $70 levied by Student Services. The fine is payable at the Accounting Services cashier.
If you submit a dispute after the due date in any semester, you must pay a fine of $50 levied by Student Services. The fine is payable at the Accounting Services cashier.
In exceptional circumstances the university may agree to reinstate a student whose enrolment has been invalidated. There is a fee of $125 for such reinstatement, payable at the Accounting Services cashier.
The following charges are presently payable when the services are requested:
There is a maximum charge of $70 for accidental damage by students to equipment. At Parkville there is an apparatus deposit of $60.
If you receive what looks like a bill showing a negative amount and you have already paid all previous bills, you have an indication that you may be in credit. You should apply for a refund through the Fees Section or Student Services by completing an application for refund of fees.
Application fees (including fees for entry tests) are not refundable.
Complete an application for refund of fees from the Fees Section or Student Services, and return it to the Fees Section. Please note the following categories of applicants.
(a) Undergraduates, graduate diploma students, and candidates for the degree of master or EdD undertaking coursework only in the current year. If you discontinue a subject during the first two weeks of a semester, you do not have to pay the amenities fee due for that subject. If you discontinue a subject after that date but before the HECS census date, you may be eligible for a partial refund of the amenities fee due for that subject.
(b) Candidates for the degree of master undertaking a research component only, and PhD candidates in the current year. If you withdraw your candidature or submit your thesis or change from full- time to part-time prior to the HECS census date, any refund will be determined by the enrolment load undertaken up to the date of the change of status. If the change of status occurs after the HECS census date, no refund is available for the semester in which the change of status occurs.
(c) Candidates for the degree of master and EdD undertaking both coursework and research components in the current year. Any refund will be determined as in (a) above for the coursework component, and as in (b) above for the research component.
If you accept an offer from another educational institution within the VTAC system, you are eligible for a full refund of the amenities and up-front HECS fees that you have paid, provided that you discontinue formally and apply for a refund of fees before the end of the second week of the semester.
The amenities fee charged may vary with changes in the course load. We will advise you of any extra fee owed or any credit due as a result of subject changes. You may apply for a refund of any credit or apply it to your next university charge.
If you are enrolled in a course cancelled by the university, you are eligible for a full refund of the amenities fee.
If you are excluded under regulations made pursuant to Statute 6.2 Exclusion for unsatisfactory progress, you are eligible for a full refund of that portion of the amenities fee paid in respect of the period of exclusion.
If you apply for and are granted leave of absence or intermission by the end of the second week of the semester, you are eligible for a full refund of the amenities fee.
Single subject fees are refundable if the subjects are discontinued by the HECS census date for the semester.
Fines are not refundable.
Charges for services provided by the offices of Student Services are not usually refundable.
A full refund of fees may be made on the following grounds:
(a) withdrawal of an offer of a place by the university, or the university's inability to provide the course (if the offer is withdrawn on the basis that the applicant has supplied incorrect or incomplete information, the university reserves the right to retain 10 per cent of the fees for the first semester);
(b) exclusion by the university for failure to meet degree or diploma progression rules where fees were paid in advance of notification of exclusion;
(c) refusal by Australian Government authorities to grant a visa;
(d) illness or disability preventing a student from taking up the course;
(e) death of a close family member (parent, sibling, spouse or child).
A partial refund of fees may be made as follows:
(a) where a student gives notice of an inability to undertake a course at least four weeks before the beginning of a semester or the start of a research program, 90 per cent of the tuition fees paid in respect of the semester are refundable;
(b) where a student gives notice of an inability to undertake a course less than four weeks before the beginning of a semester or the start of a research program and before the fourth week of the semester or of the program, 50 per cent of the tuition fees paid in respect of the semester are refundable.
If a successful applicant receives permission to defer commencement of a course, a non-refundable deposit of $1000 allocated from any prepaid fees will be retained and the balance refunded. The $1000 retained will be offset against the commencing student fee in the appropriate year.
If a faculty permits an international student to intermit, unexpended fees will be credited pro rata towards the following year. If re-enrolment does not take place, credit will normally be forfeited.
Applications for a full or partial refund must be made in writing to the director of Monash International, setting out the reasons for the request, and accompanied by appropriate supporting documentation.
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