International students are charged up-front tuition fees in Australia. These fees are very affordable and are consistently less expensive than in the UK or the USA.
Some institutions make an additional charge to cover other student costs. These may include student organization membership, library and laboratory costs and sports facility costs. These costs will vary depending on the concerned course or institution. The average costs are provided below and should only be used as a guide.
Institutions will advise you how to pay and when to pay your tuition fees.
• Undergraduate AUD 10,000 – AUD 16,500 per annum
• Postgraduate AUD 9,000 – AUD 18,5000 per annum
International students studying in Australia on a student visa can apply for permission to work once they commence their course. A visa with permission to work enables you to work up to 20 hours a week on a casual basis during course time and full-time during vacation periods. In some cases family members can also apply for permission to work up to 20 hours a week throughout the year.
Most students take part-time or casual jobs at some time during their studies. Some jobs are closely tied to courses of study (such as formal cadetships and informal arrangements such as part-time work by law students in solicitors' offices). Some students tutor school children or get jobs on campus in the canteen, the bookshop, in the institution's offices and as laboratory assistants. Some jobs are entirely outside the education community such as bartending, babysitting, gardening, hospitality, sales, information technology, restaurants, checkout work or fruit picking.
