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Costs for students

Fees and costs associated with university study include tuition or course fees and general expenses to cover books, materials and travel. Some students may also need to consider accommodation costs.

Tuition fees

Domestic students enrolling in an undergraduate place at Monash are allocated a Commonwealth-supported place (previously known as a HECS place).

Commonwealth-supported places require students to pay a proportion of the cost of their course and the government funds the balance. For Australian citizens and holders of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa, there are two payment options.

Students can either:

  1. pay all or some of their contribution upfront at the time of enrolment and receive a 20% discount, or
  2. defer the payment via the HECS-HELP scheme which allows the students to make the payments through the taxation system once their income has reached a pre-determined level. For more information, visit the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website.

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Accommodation costs

Monash offers a range of accommodation options for students enrolled at its Victorian campuses. Costs vary depending on the type of accommodation students require and which campus they are studying at. The Parkville campus does not have its own residential facilities, but students can be put in touch with accommodation facilities close to the campus.

Monash Residential Services  on each campus provides advice about on-campus and off-campus accommodation options.

Other costs

Most courses require textbooks or related materials. The cost of a book can vary from $10 to more than $100. Monash University has bookshops that supply all of the required texts, as well as a second-hand bookshop that provides many texts at considerably less cost.

Some courses may also have extra costs associated with them. These are usually courses that require students to use special materials for producing work, such as fine art degrees, or uniforms for clinical placements in a nursing course. Students should find out about these costs when researching the courses.