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The higher education sector in Australia is changing and there are now more institutions - or higher education providers - than ever before where you can study your chosen career or interest.
Universities are self-accrediting institutions. This means they design and ‘accredit’ or approve their own courses leading to the different types of awards such as a bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree and many others which they offer.
Most Australian students who study at a university are in Commonwealth supported places, which means the Australian Government subsidises the cost of their course, while students themselves also pay a contribution (these were previously known as HECS students). A smaller number of students at universities, however, pay the full cost of tuition fees themselves.
In addition to universities, there are a growing number of privately funded non-university higher education providers which offer a range of fee-paying courses leading to awards such as a bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree and more. These institutions are referred to in this section as eligible private higher education providers.
Most eligible private higher education providers offer higher education awards which have been ‘accredited’ or approved by an State or Territory authority as meeting the standards which apply to the granting of such awards. A small number of eligible private higher education providers are authorised to design and accredit or approve their own courses leading to higher education awards.
In the past, most students at these institutions paid the full cost of tuition fees themselves. From 2005, the Australian Government will offer a loan scheme called FEE-HELP to assist Australian students meet part or all of the cost of tuition fees charged by eligible private higher education providers. Eligible students at universities who are in full fee-paying places will also be able to apply for a FEE-HELP loan.
In order to be approved for FEE-HELP, all institutions including eligible private higher education providers, must first meet requirements set out in Australian Government legislation (the Higher Education Support Act 2003 or ‘the HESA’).
In the lists that follow you will find information about Australia’s universities and eligible private higher education providers which have been approved to offer FEE-HELP for their students.
The list is organised by State or Territory. When you click on a State or Territory a list of higher education providers in that area will appear. Some institutions have several campuses and will appear in more than one State or Territory. A brief description is given for each institution as well as the following information or links:
- Overview of the institution;
- Address and contact details;
- Locations of campuses;
- Course and online handbooks;
- Academic structure;
- Information for enrolling students, including links to the relevant tertiary admissions centres (TACs);
- Schedule of fees; and
- Scholarship information.
Other private higher education providers, which do not offer FEE-HELP or Commonwealth supported places, have also been accredited by State or Territory authorities to offer higher education awards. These providers are not listed on this website. However they can be found at the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) website 
and the Graduate Careers Council of Australia website .
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