Eligibility

To be eligible to have your fees reversed, you need to meet all three conditions:

Special circumstances exist
This applies when the circumstances:
1. were beyond your control
2. did not make their full impact on you until the census date or after, and
3. made it impracticable for you to successfully complete the unit requirements.
You have either a fail grade or a WDN grade for the unit
WDN is a Withdrawn grade. Fail grades include NGO, NH, N, NSR, and WN.
If you have an interim grade (DEF, NS or WH), you’ll need to wait for your grade to be finalised before you can apply.
Your application is made by the deadline

eligible for a WDN grade

You must not have any findings of academic misconduct against you for the unit (as well as meeting all conditions above).

Special circumstances

To meet the criteria for special circumstances, you must prove that your circumstances meet each of these three criteria.

Special circumstances criteria View

A. Circumstances were beyond your control

Circumstances are beyond your control if a situation occurs, which:

is not due to your action or inaction (either direct or indirect), and
you were not responsible for, and
is unusual, uncommon or abnormal.

B. Circumstances did not make their full impact until on or after the census date

Circumstances did not make their full impact until on or after the census date if the circumstances occur:

before the census date, but worsen on or after that day
before the census date, but the full effect or magnitude is not apparent until on or after that day, or
on or after the census date.

C. Circumstances made it impracticable for you to successfully complete the unit requirements

Circumstances that make it impossible for you to complete the requirements of the unit may include:

Medical circumstances. For example, your medical (including mental health) condition has changed to such an extent that you’re unable to continue studying.
Family/personal circumstances. For example, death or severe medical problems within your family or unforeseen family financial difficulties, that make it unreasonable to expect you to continue your studies.
Employment-related circumstances. For example, your employment status or arrangements have changed so you’re unable to continue your studies, and this change is beyond your control.
Course-related circumstances. For example, Monash has changed the unit offered and you’re disadvantaged by either not being able to complete the unit, or not given credit towards other units or your course.
Other special circumstances, such as a natural disaster or mandatory obligations to emergency or military service obligations.

You’ll also satisfy this requirement if you’re unable to:

complete the necessary private study required, attend sufficient lectures or tutorials, or meet other compulsory attendance requirements to meet your course requirements
complete the required assessable work
sit the required exams, or
complete any other course requirements because of your inability to meet the three requirements above.

We may refuse your application if it was already not practicable for you to meet the requirements of the unit when your special circumstances emerged.

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