COURSE FEES

Tuition Fees

The schedule of fees for this course is listed in the Higher Education fee schedules every semester. The schedules are located at the bottom of this page and present the unit of study fee per unit.

FEE-HELP

FEE-HELP is a loan from the Australian Government that assists eligible domestic students to pay their unit fees. FEE-HELP can cover all or part of your unit fees. FEE-HELP is available to students who are not studying in a Commonwealth supported place (and are therefore not eligible for HECS-HELP). TAFE Queensland does not have Commonwealth supported places for this course. Full information is available at studyassist.gov.au.

TAFE Queensland summarises the critical information you need to know on our website. Crucial to continued access to FEE-HELP is your academic progression and what FEE-HELP calls your “minimum pass rate.”

Minimum pass rate:

If you began your current enrolment with TAFE Queensland on or after 1 January 2018 and applied for FEE-HELP, the 50% pass rate will apply.

This means that once you have undertaken 8 or more units in a bachelor-level course, you must have passed at least 50% of your total attempted units in order to remain eligible for FEE-HELP.

For example, if in your Bachelor Degree course, in your first year, you undertake 8 units and fail 5 units, you will not be eligible to access FEE-HELP the following semester, as you would have needed to pass at least 4 units. If you do not maintain the 50% pass rate, you will be required to pay your tuition fees upfront to TAFE Queensland until your pass rate is at 50% or above before you can use FEE-HELP again.

Then, in the following year, semester one, having paid for your units upfront, you undertake another 4 units (12 units in total), you would need to pass 3 of those to re-establish your FEE-HELP eligibility in the following semester (i.e. you have now attempted 12 units and have passed 6).

You need to ensure that you pass at least 50% of your total attempted units across your course of study. Otherwise, you will have to pay the tuition fees upfront until you improve your pass rate (Studyassist.gov.au, 2021).

Payment Plan

If you are not eligible or become ineligible for FEE-HELP as a result of the minimum pass rate requirements, you may become eligible for a TAFE Queensland Payment Plan