Australian Catholic University (ACU) offers Commonwealth-supported and fee-paying places.
The majority of postgraduate coursework programs are offered on a fee-paying basis (a small number of Commonwealth-supported places may be available in some postgraduate courses).
Information about fees for international students is available from the International Education Office.
Visit International Fee-Paying Students (select Fee Information 2012 then International Fee-Paying Students).
Commonwealth-supported places
Students who are enrolled in the University and are allocated a Commonwealth-supported place are required by the Australian Government to pay student contributions towards the cost of their higher education. The relevant rates for 2012 are as follows:
Discipline Cluster1
|
ACU Student Contribution Level per standard year2
|
Students enrolled pre 2008
|
Students enrolled 2008
|
Students enrolled 2009
|
Students enrolled 2010 - 2012
|
Law
|
$9,425 ($1,178/ unit)
|
$9,425 ($1,178/ unit)
|
$9,425 ($1,178/ unit)
|
$9,425 ($1,178/ unit)
|
Accounting, Commerce, Administration, Economics
|
$8,050 ($1,006/ unit)
|
$9,425 ($1,178/ unit)
|
$9,425 ($1,178/ unit)
|
$9,425 ($1,178/ unit)
|
Computing, Built Environment, Applied & Other Health, Engineering, Agriculture
|
$8,050 ($1,006/ unit)
|
$8,050 ($1,006/ unit)
|
$8,050 ($1,006/ unit)
|
$8,050 ($1,006/ unit)
|
Mathematics, Statistics, Natural & Physical Science
|
$8,050 ($1,006/ unit)
|
$8,050 ($1,006/ unit)
|
$4,520 ($565/ unit)
|
$4,520 ($565/ unit)
|
Humanities, Arts, Behavioural Sciences, Social Sciences, Clinical Psychology, Foreign Languages, Visual & Performing Arts
|
$5,648 ($706/ unit)
|
$5,648 ($706/ unit)
|
$5,648 ($706/ unit)
|
$5,648 ($706/ unit)
|
Education, Nursing
|
$4,520 ($565/ unit)
|
$4,520 ($565/ unit)
|
$4,520 ($565/ unit)
|
$5,648 ($706/ unit)
|
Further information for Commonwealth-supported students, including the Higher Education Loan program (HECS-HELP), is available at any ACU Student Centre.
2012 Domestic Tuition Fees
ACU tuition fees (per 10 credit point unit) for fee-paying students in 2012 are as follows:
Discipline
|
Tuition Fee |
Bachelor degree and postgraduate units not specifically listed below (Note: includes EDRE527 & EDRE528)
Continuing Associate Degree units (other than Social Sciences)
|
$1,500
|
Continuing Theology, Study of Religions and other Religious Education units (Excludes EDRE527 & EDRE528 see above)
|
$1,240
|
Undergraduate and postgraduate units in
Counselling, Visual Arts, Psychology, Science units
|
$1,770
|
Undergraduate units in
Nursing, Midwifery, Paramedicine, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy
|
$2,040
|
Continuing Associate Degree in Social Sciences
|
$920
|
Undergraduate and postgraduate units in Music
Master & Doctor of Psychology
Doctor of Education (per 10 CP)
|
$2,090
|
Postgraduate units in
Nursing, Midwifery
|
$1,660
|
Certificate in Guiding Meditation units
|
$500
|
Postgraduate units in
Educational Leadership
|
$1,600
|
Postgraduate units in
Educational System Leadership
|
$2,200
|
Postgraduate units in
Business, Commerce, Information Systems, Information Technology, Management, Marketing
|
$2,500
|
Undergraduate units in
Business, Commerce, Information Systems, Information Technology, Management, Marketing
Certificate Units in Commerce
|
$2,470
|
Non-award units
|
The same rate as applies to units in the relevant discipline
|
Auditing of units
|
$6703
|
Students may apply for FEE-HELP in accordance with Commonwealth government eligibility criteria. Information about FEE-HELP is provided in a Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) booklet, available from any ACU Student Centre.
For further information on Fees and due dates for payment, refer to
Fees and Charges.
1 This table combines units in funding clusters with the same value.
2 A standard year is calculated on 8 units or a total of 80 cp. Not all units come from the same discipline clusters for every degree.
3 Managed and charged by Schools.
Page last updated:
2017-06-28
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/343595