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Commonwealth Supported Places

Students who are enrolled in the University and are allocated a Commonwealth-supported place are required by the Australian Government to pay student contributions towards the cost of their higher education. The relevant rates for 2008 are as follows:

Discipline Cluster[1]

ACU National Student Contribution Level per standard year[2]

Students enrolled pre-1997

Students enrolled 1997-2005

Students enrolled prior to 2008

Students to whom 2008 rates apply[3]

Law

$3,061

$6,798

$8,499

$8,499 ($1,062/unit)

Accounting, Administration, Commerce, Economics

$3,061

$5,807

$7,260

$8,499 ($1,062/unit)

Computing, Health, Mathematics, Science, Statistics

$3,061

$5,807

$7,260

$7,260 (907/unit)

Arts, Behavioural Sciences, Clinical Psychology, Foreign Languages, Humanities, Social Sciences, Visual and Performing Arts

$3,061

$4,077

$5,095

$5,095 ($636/unit)

National priorities

Education, Nursing

$3,061

$4,077

$4,077

$4,077 ($509/unit)

Information about Commonwealth-supported places, student contribution amounts, and the Higher Education Loan program (HELP) is provided in a Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) prepared booklet which is available from the Student Centre.



[1] This table combines funding clusters with the same value.

[2] A standard year is calculated on 8 units or a total of 80 cp.

[3] Refer to http://www.acu.edu.au/ (select Current Students, Fees & Charges, Course Costs)

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Page updated by: Robin Shi
19-Dec-07