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Fee Support

What type of research candidate are you?

Generally, research candidates are either full fee paying or non-fee paying. The fees being referred to are tuition payments.

Non-Fee paying

If you have a scholarship to support your living expenses (a stipend) then typically you are allocated a research training scheme (RTS) place which pays for your tuition fee. Effectively your fees are paid for by the government. Additionally, some Higher Degree by Research (HDR) candidates may have tuition fees paid through a variety of other schemes such as: Faculty fee-waiver places and the CSU Academic Staff Higher Degree Training Scheme.

Contact your Faculty Sub-Dean about Faculty fee-waiver places

Fee paying

If you are enrolled in a fee paying course, your fees are payable twice a year (for each six months of study) and vary depending upon course undertaken and enrolment status (full-time or part-time). Candidates are sent formal notifications of fees payable. Details on the level of fees payable can be found at Fees and Costs. Full fee paying candidates are not entitled to some financial support schemes, such as the CSU Travel Grants and CSU Maintenance Grants.

Tuition Fee Support

Successful scholarship applicants have their tuition fees covered as follows:

• Domestic HDR candidates: Are provided with an entitlement under the Research Training Scheme. Doctoral candidates are awarded a four year (full-time equivalent) entitlement and Masters by Research candidates are awarded a two year (full-time equivalent) entitlement
• International on-shore candidates: Awarded either an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship for three years (full-time equivalent) in the case of doctoral candidates and two years full-time in the case of Masters by Research candidates.

Faculty Fee Support

Faculties will consider applications from part-time domestic candidates to be awarded fee-waivers. Part-time fee-waiver support is 6 years (at part-time enrolments) for Doctoral candidates and 4 years at part-time enrolment for Masters by Research candidates .

International candidates are NOT eligible to be considered for fee-waiver places.