Commonwealth supported students
In a CSP, the tuition fees for your course of study is split into two parts:
Subsidy amount - the Australian Government pays a share of the tuition fees directly to Deakin.
Student contribution amount - you pay your share of tuition fees. If eligible, you can use a HECS-HELP loan to pay your student contribution amount. Or you may choose to pay your fees up-front or use a combination of an up-front payment and HECS-HELP loan.
Tuition fees depend on the units you study and when you commenced your course. Your fees may vary each study period as your enrolled units change. You should view your invoice each study period to check your tuition fees and make sure your enrolment details are correct.
Eligibility conditions, including Australian citizenship, residency, Student Learning Entitlement, completion rates, study load and provision of a Unique Student Identifier (USI) apply. Being eligible for a CSP does not mean that you will be offered a CSP, not all courses have CSPs available. To find out what fees you owe and whether you are enrolled in a fee-paying place or CSP, check your course offer or view your invoice in StudentConnect.
For more information about CSP's please visit StudyAssist.
Student contributions
The Australian Government reviews CSP fees every year. Since 2021, CSP students are either commencing or 'grandfathered'. Some exclusion apply. Please refer to the grandfathering section below.
Students commenced in a new course (from 1 January 2021)
If you commenced your studies in a new course from 1 January 2021, please refer to the fee rates in the table below. The rates are applicable to students who enrolled for the first time, intermitted without studying, deferred a previous course offer, transferred course or re-admitted into a past discontinued course.
Commencing student contribution rates 2022
| Study disciplines | Amount for 8 credit points | Rate per credit point |
|---|---|---|
| Law, Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce, Communications, Society and Culture1&2 | $14,630 | $1828 |
| Education, Postgraduate Clinical Psychology3, English, Mathematics or Statistics, Nursing, Indigenous and Foreign Languages, Agriculture | $3985 | $498 |
| Allied Health, Other Health, Built Environment, Computing, Visual and Performing Arts, Professional Pathway Psychology4 or Professional Pathway Social Work5, Engineering, Surveying, Environmental Studies or Science, Pathology | $8021 | $1002 |
| Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Science | $11,401 | $1425 |
Students continuing in the same course they were enrolled in prior to 2021 (grandfathering arrangement)6
For your current course, you will be considered a grandfathered student if you;
- were enrolled at Deakin University before 1 January 2021 in a CSP and remained enrolled after the census date in a study period prior to 1 January 2021 and didn't complete your course before 1 January 2021
- are enrolled in an Honours degree and completed a related bachelor degree in a CSP before 1 January 2021. If your bachelor degree was undertaken at another university you will need to provide a copy of a Commonwealth Assistance Notice and transcript to show your pre-2021 CSP enrolment
- are enrolled as a cross-institutional student at Deakin University and considered a grandfathered CSP student at your home institution for the course the applicable studies being undertaken will be credited to. You need to provide a letter from your home institution and/or a copy of a Commonwealth Assistance Notice to show your pre-2021 CSP enrolment. You will only be offered a CSP if Deakin has one available to offer
- undertook an enabling course in 2020 and go on to study another course leading to a higher education award on or after 1 January 2021
- undertook an undergraduate certificate in 2020 and go on to study another course leading to a higher education award on or after 1 January 2021.
Continuing students contribution rates 2022 (grandfathering arrangement)6
| Funding cluster | Part of funding cluster | Amount for 8 credit points | Rate per credit point |
|---|---|---|---|
Funding cluster 1 Law, Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce, Communications, Society and Culture | Law, Accounting, Administration, Economics, or Commerce | $11,457 | $1432 |
| Any other subpart of the Society and Culture part of the first funding cluster | $6865 | $858 | |
| The Social Studies or Behavioural Science subpart of the Society and Culture part of the new first funding cluster | $6865 | $858 | |
| Communications | $6865 | $858 | |
Funding cluster 2 Education, Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, English, Mathematics, Statistics, Allied Health, Other Health, Built Environment, Computing, Visual and Performing Arts, Professional Pathway Psychology, Professional Pathway Social Work | Education, Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, English, Mathematics or Statistics | $3985 | $498 |
| Allied Health, Other Health, Built Environment or Computing | $8021 | $1002 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts | $6865 | $858 | |
| Professional Pathway Psychology or Professional Pathway Social Work | $6865 | $858 | |
Funding cluster 3 Nursing, Indigenous and Foreign Languages, Engineering, Surveying, Environmental Studies, Science | Nursing, Indigenous and Foreign Languages | $3985 | $498 |
| Engineering, Surveying, Environmental Studies or Science | $8021 | $1002 | |
Funding cluster 4 Agriculture, Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Science, Pathology | Agriculture | $3985 | $498 |
| Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Science | $11,401 | $1425 | |
| Pathology | $8021 | $1002 |
Footnotes
1.Excluding Postgraduate Clinical Psychology units, which are in funding cluster 2 (see note 3), and excluding Professional Pathway Psychology units with FOE codes starting with 0907 which are in cluster 2 (see note 4).
2.Excluding Professional Pathway Social Work units with FOE codes starting with 0905 which are in cluster 2 (see note 5).
3.Postgraduate Clinical Psychology units of study are in funding cluster 2 and are psychology units of study (FOE code 090701) that contribute to courses of study that are accredited for the purposes of professional registration by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and which lead to Endorsed Areas of Practice in Clinical Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology, Counselling Psychology, Educational and Developmental Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Health Psychology, Sports Psychology and Community Psychology.
4.Professional Pathway Psychology units of study are Behavioural Science units (with FOE codes starting with 0907) that contribute to courses of study that lead to a bachelors degree, honours degree or masters degree in psychology with a course structure that makes it compulsory to study the units relevant to professional registration as a psychologist by the Psychology Board of Australia, and the course of study represents a pathway to professional registration as a psychologist.
5.Professional Pathway Social Work units of study are Human Welfare Studies and Services units (with FOE codes starting with 0905) that contribute to courses of study that lead to a bachelors degree, honours degree or masters degree in social work accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), youth work accredited by Youth Work Australia, counselling accredited by the Australian Counsellors Association and/or the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and community work accredited by the Australian Community Workers Association.
6.New funding clusters and contribution amounts took effect in the 2021 academic year. Grandfathering arrangements are in place for students who would see an increase in their contribution amounts. Under these arrangements, students who commenced their course of study before 1 January 2021 facing increased student contribution amounts for a unit, have their student contribution and Australian Government contribution amounts remain as they were under the previous arrangements (with existing rates being indexed by CPI each year). If continuing students are enrolled in units that will see their student contribution amount lowered, their student contributions will be the lowered amount and the Australian Government contribution would be the new rate. That is, there will be no “mixing’ of old and new rates for a unit. Grandfathering arrangements are set out in the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job -Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Act 2020 and Explanatory Memorandum.
The Australian Government reviews CSP fees every year. Since 2021, CSP students are either commencing or 'grandfathered'. Some exclusion apply. Please refer to the grandfathering section below.
Students commenced in a new course (from 1 January 2021)
If you commenced your studies in a new course from 1 January 2021, please refer to the fee rates in the table below. The rates are applicable to students who enrolled for the first time, intermitted without studying, deferred a previous course offer, transferred course or re-admitted into a past discontinued course.
Commencing student contribution rates 2023
| Study disciplines | Amount for 8 credit points | Rate per credit point |
|---|---|---|
| Law, Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce, Communications, Society and Culture 1&2 | $15,142 | $1892 |
| Education, Postgraduate Clinical Psychology3, English, Mathematics or Statistics, Nursing, Indigenous and Foreign Languages, Agriculture | $4124 | $515 |
| Allied Health, Other Health, Built Environment, Computing, Visual and Performing Arts, Professional Pathway Psychology4 or Professional Pathway Social Work,5 Engineering, Surveying, Environmental Studies or Science, Pathology | $8301 | $1037 |
| Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Science | $11,800 | $1475 |
Students continuing in the same course they were enrolled in prior to 2021 (grandfathering arrangement)6
For your current course, you will be considered a grandfathered student if you;
- were enrolled at Deakin University before 1 January 2021 in a CSP and remained enrolled after the census date in a study period prior to 1 January 2021 and didn't complete your course before 1 January 2021.
- are enrolled in an Honours degree and completed a related bachelor degree in a CSP before 1 January 2021. If your bachelor degree was undertaken at another university you will need to provide a copy of a Commonwealth Assistance Notice and transcript to show your pre-2021 CSP enrolment.
- are enrolled as a cross-institutional student at Deakin University and considered a grandfathered CSP student at your home institution for the course the applicable studies being undertaken will be credited to. You need to provide a letter from your home institution and/or a copy of a Commonwealth Assistance Notice to show your pre-2021 CSP enrolment. You will only be offered a CSP if Deakin has one available to offer.
- undertook an enabling course in 2020 and go on to study another course leading to a higher education award on or after 1 January 2021.
- undertook an undergraduate certificate in 2020 and go on to study another course leading to a higher education award on or after 1 January 2021.
Continuing students contribution rates 2023 (grandfathering arrangement)6
| Funding cluster | Part of funding cluster | Amount for 8 credit points | Rate per credit point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funding cluster 1 Law, Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce, Communications, Society and Culture | Law, Accounting, Administration, Economics, or Commerce | $11,857 | $1482 |
| Any other subpart of the Society and Culture part of the first funding cluster | $7105 | $888 | |
| The Social Studies or Behavioural Science subpart of the Society and Culture part of the new first funding cluster | $7105 | $888 | |
| Communications | $7105 | $888 | |
| Funding cluster 2 Education, Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, English, Mathematics, Statistics, Allied Health, Other Health, Built Environment, Computing, Visual and Performing Arts, Professional Pathway Psychology, Professional Pathway Social Work | Education, Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, English, Mathematics or Statistics | $4124 | $515 |
| Allied Health, Other Health, Built Environment or Computing | $8301 | $1037 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts | $7105 | $888 | |
| Professional Pathway Psychology or Professional Pathway Social Work | $7105 | $888 | |
| Funding cluster 3 Nursing, Indigenous and Foreign Languages, Engineering, Surveying, Environmental Studies, Science | Nursing, Indigenous and Foreign Languages | $4124 | $515 |
| Engineering, Surveying, Environmental Studies or Science | $8301 | $1037 | |
| Funding cluster 4 Agriculture, Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Science, Pathology | Agriculture | $4124 | $515 |
| Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Science | $11,800 | $1475 | |
| Pathology | $8301 | $1037 |
Footnotes
1.Excluding Postgraduate Clinical Psychology units, which are in funding cluster 2 (see note 3), and excluding Professional Pathway Psychology units with FOE codes starting with 0907 which are in cluster 2 (see note 4).
2.Excluding Professional Pathway Social Work units with FOE codes starting with 0905 which are in cluster 2 (see note 5).
3.Postgraduate Clinical Psychology units of study are in funding cluster 2 and are psychology units of study (FOE code 090701) that contribute to courses of study that are accredited for the purposes of professional registration by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and which lead to Endorsed Areas of Practice in Clinical Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology, Counselling Psychology, Educational and Developmental Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Health Psychology, Sports Psychology and Community Psychology.
4.Professional Pathway Psychology units of study are Behavioural Science units (with FOE codes starting with 0907) that contribute to courses of study that lead to a bachelors degree, honours degree or masters degree in psychology with a course structure that makes it compulsory to study the units relevant to professional registration as a psychologist by the Psychology Board of Australia, and the course of study represents a pathway to professional registration as a psychologist.
5.Professional Pathway Social Work units of study are Human Welfare Studies and Services units (with FOE codes starting with 0905) that contribute to courses of study that lead to a bachelors degree, honours degree or masters degree in social work accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), youth work accredited by Youth Work Australia, counselling accredited by the Australian Counsellors Association and/or the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and community work accredited by the Australian Community Workers Association.
6.New funding clusters and contribution amounts took effect in the 2021 academic year. Grandfathering arrangements are in place for students who would see an increase in their contribution amounts. Under these arrangements, students who commenced their course of study before 1 January 2021 facing increased student contribution amounts for a unit, have their student contribution and Australian Government contribution amounts remain as they were under the previous arrangements (with existing rates being indexed by CPI each year). If continuing students are enrolled in units that will see their student contribution amount lowered, their student contributions will be the lowered amount and the Australian Government contribution would be the new rate. That is, there will be no “mixing’ of old and new rates for a unit. Grandfathering arrangements are set out in the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job -Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Act 2020 and Explanatory Memorandum.
Overloading your course requirements
If you are enrolled in a CSP and planning to overload your course requirements by enrolling in additional units, please be aware these units cannot be undertaken in a CSP. Any additional units to your course requirements will need to be undertaken on a non-award basis and charged at full-fee rates. FEE-HELP will also not be available.
Before making any enrolment changes, please discuss your study plans and fee implications with a student adviser at Student Central.
SSAF and other fees and charges
- Other fees and charges apply for some academic services.
- Student services and amenities fee applies to all domestic students (except Research) to fund student services and facilities.