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What is a pre-2008 student?
If I am a pre-2008 student, what student contribution do I pay?
Overview
In the 2007 Budget, the previous Australian Government introduced changes to higher education funding from 2008 as part of its Realising Our Potential package. These include an increase to the maximum student contribution amount for units of study in accounting, administration, economics and commerce. Providers may now set student contributions for these units to the same maximum amount as for units of study in law, medicine, veterinary science and dentistry. In 2008, this is $8,499.
There are transitional arrangements for students who commenced a course of study before 2008 and did not complete it before the end of 2007 (‘pre-2008 students’).
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What is a pre-2008 student?
You are a pre-2008 student if:
- you commenced a course before 1 January 2008 and were a Commonwealth supported student for a unit in that course; and
- you did not complete the course before 31 December 2007 (or if you did complete your course it was an enabling course or a course related to a current honours course); and
- you are not, in 2008, a pre-2005 student (see Pre-2005 students); and
- you are undertaking a unit of study in accounting, administration, economics or commerce.
The arrangements for pre-2008 students apply until the end of 2012.
Your provider can confirm whether you are a pre-2008 student.
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If I am a pre-2008 student, what student contribution do I pay?
If you are a pre-2008 student, the maximum student contribution amount per EFTSL, in 2008, for a unit of study in accounting, administration, economics and commerce is the same as it would be had the previous Australian Government not raised the maximum. In 2008, this is $7,260 (indexed for later years).
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