Domestic Fee Paying Place
Fee-paying courses for local students are available for most undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. For these courses you are required to meet the full cost of your course by paying the tuition fee up-front. You may be eligible for Commonwealth assistance through the FEE-HELP loan scheme.
How and When To Pay Fees & Charges
Tuition Fees
Domestic Tuition Fees must be paid upfront in full unless you are eligible to defer your fees under the FEE-HELP scheme.
The Tuition Fees in 2008 for undergraduate students is set out in the Schedule of Domestic Tuition Fees for Undergraduate students 
. The Tuition Fees in 2008 for postgraduate students is set out in the Schedule of Domestic Tuition Fees for Postgraduate students. To calculate the cost of each unit multiply the relevant fee for each credit point by the number of credit points for that unit.
Tuition fees are set by Macquarie University.
FEE-HELP Loan Scheme
FEE-HELP is a loan scheme that assists eligible students to pay their tution fees. FEE-HELP can cover all or part of a student's tution fees. Over their lifetime a student may borrow through FEE-HELP an amount up to the FEE-HELP limit to pay their tution fees.
A FEE-HELP loan is repaid through the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). You must provide your Tax File Number to the University by the census date. Repayment will commence once your income is above the minimum threshold for compulsory payment. For 2008 the threshold is set at $39,825.
There is a 20% loan fee for FEE-HELP loans for undergraduate courses of study only.
You are eligible for FEE-HELP assistance for a unit of study if you:
- have received an offer of a domestic tution fee-paying place for your course of study;
- enrol in the unit on or before the census date and remain enrolled at the end of the census date;
- meet the citizenship or residency requirements which means you are either
- an Australian Citizen, or
- the holder of a permanent humanitarian visa who will be resident in Australia for duration of the unit;
- are not Commonwealth supported in relation to that unit;
- submit your tax file number (TFN) to the higher education provider;
- have completed, signed and submitted a valid Request for Fee-Help assistance (CAF) form;
- have not exceeded the FEE-HELP limit.
FEE-HELP Limit
From 1 January 2008 the FEE-HELP limit will be $81,600 for all courses except medicine, veterinary science and dentistry, for which the FEE-HELP limit will be $102,000.
If you have been a FEE-HELP student previously, you will be able to use your CHESSN to access your FEE-HELP Balance on the myUniAssist website (operated by Department of Education, Science and Training).
Census Date
On the census date for each unit of study you will incur the FEE-HELP debt. The census dates for 2008 are:
- for First-Half Year Units is 31 March
- for Full-Year Units Units is 30 April
- for Second-Half Year Units is 31 August.
For the exact census date of your unit please Click Here.
If you are eligible and choose to obtain assistance from the FEE-HELP Loan Scheme, you will, on the Census Date
- incur a FEE-HELP debt for those units you have taken out a HECS-HELP Loan.
For Domestic Fee Paying students, if you have not paid your fees in full for the unit(s) in which you are enrolled by the census date, and have not obtained FEE-HELP loan assistance, your enrolment in the unit(s) will be cancelled.
Further Information
For more information regarding FEE-HELP please refer to the Fee Help Information Booklet published by the Department of Education, Science and Training.
For more information regarding the fees and charges for Macquarie University please refer to our Fee and Census Date Information 2008.
For more information on how and when to pay fees and charges please refer to the Office of Financial Services Website.