Tuition fees for international students at UNSW are set at course (subject) level rather than at program level. The fees for courses reflect the relative cost of providing each type of course. As an example, Business and Science courses are more costly to provide than a course offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. This means that your tuition fees will reflect your choice of courses. Sometimes courses selected will be from outside of your own Faculty. Your tuition fees will reflect this flexibility.

 

The tuition fees listed in the tables below are for students commencing their studies in 2010. The fees listed for the years 2011 through 2015 are indicative only. Within a course-based fee system it is not possible to give a fixed annual fee for each program - as this will vary from student to student depending on their actual enrolment. However, it is possible to estimate annual fees and project the full program fee.

 

Please note the fees paid for each year of a study program will be calculated on the basis of that year's current fee. For students entering Semester 2 (July) the fees for their first semester studies will be calculated at the rate applicable for that year. In Semester 1 of the following year fees will reflect the rates for the new academic year.* If you have an offer to study at UNSW and defer the start date into the new calendar year then the fees will be set at the current fee rates for the year you commence your studies.

 

 

 

(For students starting in 2010)

 

A standard full-time program of study at undergraduate level is 48 units of credit (UOC) per year (24 per semester). Most courses (subjects) are 6 UOC. General Education course fees are set at the faculty rate from where the course is studied e.g. the fee for GENT0803 - Introduction to Australian Cinema will be calculated using the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

A standard full-time year of study for research programs at UNSW is 48 units of credit (UOC) or 24 UOC in each academic semester. In some research programs, there may be combination of coursework and researchin a semester or year. Concurrent courses relevant to the research program are covered by the research tuition paid. Graduate Diplomas by Research are not classified as research degrees.

 

They are equivalent to an undergraduate honours year and are assessed on the value of the individual courses undertaken. The following table contains the tuition fees that have been set for students commencing studies in 2010. The fees listed for 2011 are indicative only. Tuition fees are charged per unit of credit according to the subject classification (course identifier). Tuition fees are charged on a semester basis irrespective of when studies are commenced.

 

 

 

External PhD Fees are set at 60% of the full-time fee for the appropriate Faculty. External PhD students intending to study on campus for more than three months will be considered full-time on campus students for that period. Therefore, the fees for the on campus period of study will be charged at the full-time rate.

For students who first enrolled in their current degree earlier than, and including Semester 2 2009, tuition fees will be calculated at program level under the previous contract fees system. This means that the fees will remain at the level of the year the degree was commenced - for the minimum duration of the degree. Students who decide to transfer to another program during this period will effectively be breaking their existing fees contract. This means the fees for the new program will be calcluated under the new fees system and at the current year's rates.