Fees for Full Time Courses at NIDA
DOMESTIC STUDENTS
Domestic students are Australian Citizens, Australian permanent residents and New Zealand citizens.
Tuition fees are due on or before enrolment day, 27 January 2009. Australian citizens and holders of permanent humanitarian visas are eligible for an Australian Government FEE-HELP loan for all or part of their tuition fees. For more information about FEE-HELP please read the information below and visit www.goingtouni.gov.au
Download schedule of Tuition Fees for 2009 for Domestic Students
PDF Schedule of Tuition Fees for Domestic Students 2009
Australian permanent residents and New Zealand citizens
Although paying the same tuition fees as domestic students, Australian permanent residents and New Zealand citizens are not eligible for Australian Government financial assistance through the FEE-HELP loan scheme and must pay their annual tuition fees in full on or before enrolment day.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
For information on annual tuition fees for overseas students please click here (OVERSEAS STUDENT FEES )
WHAT IS FEE-HELP?
NIDA is an approved higher education provider under the Higher Education Support Act 2003. Therefore NIDA students who are Australian citizens or who hold a permanent humanitarian visa are eligible to apply for financial assistance for their tuition fees through FEE-HELP.
FEE-HELP is the Australian Government loan scheme that assists eligible students to pay their tuition fees. FEE-HELP can cover all or part of a student's tuition fees, up to a lifetime limit of $80,000 (from 1 January 2007). The FEE-HELP limit is indexed each year.
A loan fee of 20% applies to FEE-HELP loans for undergraduate courses of study. The loan fee does not apply to post-graduate courses. The FEE-HELP limit does not include the loan fee.
The Government pays the amount of the loan directly to NIDA. Students repay their loan through the tax system once their income rises above the minimum threshold for compulsory repayment.
For more information on FEE-HELP, see the information on higher education loan programmes on the Australian Government's Going to Uni website at http://www.goingtouni.gov.au
Who is eligible for FEE-HELP?
You are eligible for a FEE-HELP loan if you are either:
an Australian Citizen; or
hold a permanent humanitarian visa.
The following students are NOT eligible for FEE-HELP
New Zealand Citizens
Australian Permanent Residents
Overseas students
CENSUS DATES FOR 2009
The census date is the last day students are able to withdraw without incurring a fee liability for the course. Please note this is not applicable to international students - refer to NIDA's Refund Policy for Overseas Students.
The census date for all courses in 2009 is 30 March 2009, (with the exception of any continuing students in the Bachelor of Dramatic Art courses who have a provisional contract for Term 1, 2009. See census dates on the PDF schedule below for students on provisional contracts in 2009).
PDF Schedule of Tuition Fees Provisional Contracts 2009
If a student has paid their fees upfront, and withdraws before the census date, they are entitled to a full refund of the tuition fees paid.
WITHDRAWAL AND RE-CREDIT OF FEE-HELP
In exceptional circumstances, a student may apply after the census date to have their FEE-HELP balance re-credited. For further details refer to NIDA's Policy for Withdrawal and Re-credit of FEE-HELP. (NIDA STUDENT POLICIES )
COURSE EFTSLs
Each year of study of each course at NIDA has an Equivalent Full-Time Student Load (EFTSL) of 1.0. The EFTSL is a measure of the study load of a student undertaking a course of study on a full-time basis.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
NIDA courses are recognised by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training. NIDA students are eligible to apply for assistance under Youth Allowance, Austudy or ABSTUDY.
There are also a limited number of NIDA Student Scholarships awarded to provide limited support for living costs. Link to NIDA SCHOLARSHIPS
STATEMENT OF TUITION ASSURANCE EXEMPTION
Under the Higher Education Support Act 2003, (the HESA) and the Higher Education Provider Guidelines, approved Higher Education Providers must have arrangements in place to protect students if the Provider is unable to continue to offer a course for any reason, unless the Provider has been exempted from this requirement.
As required under 2.5.1.5 of the Higher Education Provider Guidelines of 23 November 2006, NIDA advises that, under section 16-30 (2) of the HESA, NIDA has been granted an exemption from the tuition assurance requirements of HESA. The reason for the exemption is that NIDA is in receipt of funding from the Australian Government. As NIDA is principally funded by the Australian Government, appropriate transition arrangements would be put in place should it be decided to discontinue a course.
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