Your higher education provider determines the amount you contribute for each unit of study, within ranges the Australian Government sets. The range that applies to a unit depends on the student contribution band in which the unit is classified.
Your student contribution will also depend on the weight of the unit within your course of study (the equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL) value of the unit). Your provider will be able to advise you of the EFTSL value of the units in which you are enrolled.
There are also different ranges, depending on when you began your course of study. If you are a pre 2005 HECS student (Information for Pre-2005 HECS students), the maximum amount your provider can charge you is no more than what the HECS rate would have been for you in 2007 if HECS had not changed.
Table 2: Student contribution bands and ranges for 2007
| Student contribution band |
Student contribution range (students commencing on or after 1 January 2005) |
Student contribution range (pre-2005 HECS students who began their course on or after 1 January 1997) |
Student contribution range (pre-2005 HECS students who began their course before 1 January 1997) |
Band 3
(law, dentistry, medicine, veterinary science) |
$0 – $8,333 |
$0 – $6,665 |
$0 – $3,001 |
Band 2
(accounting, administration, economics, commerce, mathematics, statistics, computing, built environment, health, engineering, science, surveying, agriculture) |
$0 – $7,118 |
$0 – $5,694 |
$0 – $3,001 |
Band 1
(humanities, behavioural science, social studies, foreign languages, visual and performing arts) |
$0 – $4,996 |
$0 – $3,998 |
$0 – $3,001 |
National priorities
(education, nursing) |
$0 – $3,998 |
$0 – $3,998 |
$0 – $3,001 |
Not all units in a given course of study fall within the same contribution band. For example, if you are enrolled in a Bachelor of Nursing, you may undertake some units of study that are classified as ‘science’ and some that are classified as ‘nursing’. Therefore, your provider can set your student contribution for the science units up to the maximum for band 2 and for the nursing units up to the maximum for the national priorities band.
You will need to contact your provider to find out your student contribution amount for the unit in which you are enrolling.
Example
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Oki commences a Bachelor of Arts in 2006 and enrols in History A01. Her provider has set the student contribution amount for this unit at $4,000 for one EFTSL. For Oki, History A01 has an EFTSL value of 0.125. Her student contribution amount for History A01 is: 0.125 x $4,000 = $500. |
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