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Understanding Course Fees

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International Fees
Wondering how domestic undergraduate and postgraduate uni fees work? We're here to help.

There are three types of tuition fees for higher education degrees at CQU. Each is dependent on the type of place you are offered when you apply to study with us. If you are offered a:

  • Commonwealth Support Place (CSP), you will be required to pay a student contribution
  • Domestic full-fee place, you will be required to pay full tuition fees
  • International full-fee place, you will pay international tuition fees.

Learn about Unit Fees

Have you already checked the indicative first-year fees on your course page and you just want to know individual unit costs? Find your course units via a course planner or the CQU Handbook and check them in the relevant Cost Per Unit Spreadsheet.

Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP)

A CSP is a place at a university where the government subsidises your study. This means that part of your tuition fees is subsidised (or paid) by the Government. What remains is your student contribution - this is what you pay.

To be eligible for a CSP, you must:

  • be one of the following:
    • be an Australian citizen, who will complete some of your course of study while resident in Australia; or
    • a New Zealand citizen; or an Australian permanent visa holder; or an eligible former permanent humanitarian visa holder; who studies the entire course while living in Australia
  • have a Unique Student Identifier (USI) prior to the first census date (for new enrolments from 1 January 2021)
  • have sufficient Student Learning Entitlement available (for new enrolments from 1 January 2022)
  • meet the completion rate requirements (for new enrolments from 1 January 2022)
  • not undertake more than two years' worth of higher education study within 12 months (unless CQU has approved you to take on more).

For more information on CSP eligibility, visit the Study Assist website.

All of our undergraduate courses offer Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs). Once you have applied, your Offer Letter will advise if you have been offered a CSP.

We offer a range of postgraduate courses offer Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) for eligible students. These are listed on our postgraduate fee savings webpage. Once you have applied, your Offer Letter will advise if you have been offered a CSP.

If you are offered a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP), the student contribution that you are required to pay will be calculated for each term of enrolment based on the individual units you have enrolled in.

You can estimate your student contribution amount using the following:

Indicative first-year fee

The indicative first-year fee is provided on each of our course web pages in the Course Fees section

Schedule of Student Contribution amounts

View our student contribution per annum schedules:

Individual unit fees

If you know the units within the course you would like to study, our Cost Per Unit Spreadsheets available at the top of this webpage can be used. 

Domestic Full Fee Places

Students enrolled in a domestic full-fee place pay full tuition fees. Unlike Commonwealth Supported Places, CQU does not receive government funding for domestic full-fee-paying places.

If you are offered a full fee-paying place, you will need to contribute to the full cost of your course. Your fees are referred to as tuition fees.

You can estimate your tuition fees using the following:

Indicative first-year fee

The indicative first-year fee is provided on each of our course web pages in the Course Fees section.

Domestic tuition fee schedule

View our tuition fees schedules:

Individual unit fees

If you know the units within the course you would like to study, use our Cost Per Unit Spreadsheets available at the top of the page.

International Tuition Fees

Please visit our international students' page for undergraduate and postgraduate study information and scholarship details. You can also view our:

Related information

Other Study Costs

In addition to course fees, you may need to pay for other costs such as travel to residential schools and placements, uniforms, textbooks and more.

Paying for Uni

Learn about how course fees are calculated and your payment options, including paying upfront or deferring via a HELP Loan, plus explore eligibility criteria for government support.