Costs and Financial Support
Costs
If you are accepted into the Student Exchange Program you will be responsible for the following expenses:
- Higher Education Contribution (HECS) liability OR
- Full tuition fees due to CSU (if you are enrolled as a fee paying student)
- Round trip airfare and transportation costs to the host university
- Medical and travel insurance
- Passport and visa
- Accommodation and meals
- Textbooks and personal incidentals
Financial Support
There are a number of options available to students to assist your exchange experience.
- Vice Chancellor Travel Grants of up to $1500 are available to students who meet the selection criteria.
- The Australian Government and the Cheung Kong Group make available a number of scholarships for students studying on exchange at our partner universities. These scholarships are valued at $5,000.
- The Australian Government has developed a loan scheme (OS-HELP) for students undertaking part of their study overseas. It is available to students who are not in their first or last semester (full time equivalent) of study. The maximum OS-HELP loan amount in 2012 is $5824.
- Students can receive two OS-HELP loans over their lifetime. Each loan relates to a given six-month period. You can receive OS-HELP for overseas study periods of less than six months but you cannot receive an OS-HELP loan more than once in a given six-month period. A 20% fee is applied to each loan and the debts are added to other higher education debts (such as HECS) that the student may have.
OS-HELP Information - OS-HELP Loan Policy Document OS-HELP Loan Policy [PDF 193KB]
For more information
If you are in receipt of Austudy/Youth Allowance you may still be eligible to continue receiving this support.
Click here for further information on the scholarships above and other financial support options