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Home / Payments and rates / A-Z of payments / Student Loan / Student Loan compulsory course fees
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Student Loan compulsory course fees

If you need help to pay your compulsory course fees, you may be able to get a Student Loan, but you'll need to pay it back.

Important information

If you can get fees-free study you may not need a Student Loan for course fees.

However you'll still need to apply for a Student Loan if you want course-related costs or living costs.

  • Who can get it

    To get a Student Loan for compulsory course fees, you need to meet the criteria for a Student Loan.

    If you're studying part-time for less than 32 weeks, your course needs to have at least 0.25 EFTS.

    What are EFTS?
  • What you can get

    Your education provider will tell us how much your compulsory course fees are.

    If you're on a pilot training course as a fixed wing or helicopter student, the amount of compulsory course fees you get depends on how many EFTS your course is. The maximum you can get is $35,000 per 1 EFTS (about 120 points or credits).

    What are EFTS?

    Paying some of the fees another way

    If some of your fees are paid another way (eg, with your own money, a scholarship, or through fees-free study), we can pay the rest to your education provider.

    You need to make sure that this portion of the fees is paid first, before the loan is approved. If you don't, we'll pay the full amount to your education provider. You'll then need to talk to your education provider about this and they may need to refund any overpayment back to us.

  • How to apply

    Apply online for a Student Loan (if you haven't already) and answer 'Yes' when we ask if you want your fees paid.

    If you've already applied for a Student Loan, email us with 'Student Loan - Fees' as your topic, or call us and we'll update this for you.

  • Payments

    We pay your compulsory course fees directly to your education provider.

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