Domestic student fees

Calculating your fees

Domestic Undergraduate and Postgraduate Commonwealth Supported Students

Every student enrolled in a Commonwealth supported unit of study must pay the student contribution amount for the unit.

Units of study are allocated to funding clusters according to their discipline under the Australian Standard Classification of Education. The maximum student contribution amounts for a particular year are published by the Department of Education.

Example: Sandra has enrolled in the MATH1001 unit as part of her Bachelor of Science degree. The student contribution amount for a place is $4,627 for that unit of study in 2025. The EFTSL value for MATH1001 is 0.125 EFTSL (a 6 point unit from a full EFTSL of 48 points). Therefore, Sandra's student contribution amount for MATH1001 will be $4,627 X 0.125 = $578.375

The table below shows the student contribution amounts for a student place (EFTSL), by discipline, in 2025:

2025 Student contribution amounts

Band

Discipline

Annual student contribution amount for 1 EFTSL (Equivalent Full-Time Student Load) = 48 credit points

1

Agriculture, Education, Clinical Psychology, English, Indigenous and Foreign Languages, Mathematics, Nursing, Statistics

$4,627 per 1 EFTSL or $578 per 6 pt unit

2

Allied Health, Architecture, Build Environment, Computing, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Other Health (excludes Human Movement), Pathology, Professional Pathway Psychology, Professional Pathway Social Work, Science, Surveying, Visual and Performing Arts

$9,314 per 1 EFTSL or $1,164 per 6 pt unit

3

Dentistry, Medicine, Vet Science

$13,241 per 1 EFTSL or $1,655 per 6 pt unit

4

Accounting, Administration, Behavioural Science, Commerce, Communications, Law, Society and Culture, Human Movement

$16,992 per 1 EFTSL or $2,124 per 6 pt unit


CSP student contribution rate for students in courses commenced prior to 01/01/2021

$7,973 per 1 EFTSL or $997 per 6 pt unit

$13,305 or $1,663 for 6 pt unit

Behaviour Science

Accounting

Communications

Administration

Society and Culture

Economics

Visual and Performing Arts

Commerce

Professional Pathway Psychology

Law

Professional Pathway Social Work

 

Professional Pathway Psychology units are Behavioural Science units that contribute to programs of study that lead to a bachelor’s degree or honours degree in psychology, with a course structure that makes it compulsory to study the units relevant to professional registration as a psychologist by the Psychology Board of Australia, and which itself represents a pathway to professional registration as a psychologist.

Professional Pathway Social Work units of study are Human Welfare Studies and Services units that contribute to courses of study that lead to a bachelor degree, honours degree or master’s degree in:

  1. social work accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers;
  2. youth work accredited by Youth Work Australia;
  3. counselling accredited by the Australian Counsellors Association and/or the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia; and
  4. community work accredited by the Australian Community Workers Association.

For further information, please refer to the Government’s publication of funding rates:

2025 Indexed rates

2024 Indexed rates

Domestic Undergraduate and Postgraduate Coursework Full Fee-Paying and HDR Students

Domestic Coursework Fee-Paying Students

Students are charged per credit point at a rate dependent on the course in which the student is enrolled (see Fee Calculator for the fees charged).

Domestic Higher Degree Research Students

Citizens of Australia and New Zealand and permanent residents of Australia admitted by UWA to a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) course under the Commonwealth Government's Research Training Program (RTP) are eligible for RTP fees offset, that pays forthe tuition fees for the duration of the course, up to a maximum of four years full-time equivalent study for a doctorate by research and two years full-time equivalent study for a master's by research.

Domestic Non-Award Students

Fees for domestic non-award students are calculated similarly to Fee-Paying students. Students are charged per credit point at a rate dependent on the course in which the student is enrolled (see Fee Calculator for the fees charged).

Definitions

What is a Commonwealth supported place?

A Commonwealth supported place is a subsidised enrolment at university. The Australian Government subsidises a Commonwealth supported place by paying part of the fees for the place directly to the university and the student pays the remainder of the fees through a 'student contribution' amount.

Commonwealth supported places are only available to domestic students. These places are available in all undergraduate courses at UWA and some postgraduate courses.

To be eligible for a Commonwealth supported place, you must:

  • be an Australian citizen, a New Zealand citizen or the holder of a permanent visa;
  • meet the citizenship and residency requirements;
  • enrol in each unit by the census date;
  • submit a valid Request for Commonwealth support and HECS-HELP form to UWA by the census date; and
  • finalise your payment arrangements for your student contributions by the census date.

Australian citizens and permanent humanitarian visa holders who are enrolled in a Commonwealth supported place can use the HECS-HELP scheme to help them pay their student contributions.

New Zealand citizens and permanent visa holders enrolled in a Commonwealth supported place must pay their student contribution upfront to UWA by the census date. If their student contribution amount is left unpaid after the census date then UWA will cancel a student's Commonwealth supported place.

If you are not enrolled as a Commonwealth supported student, you will be enrolled as a fee paying student. This means the Government does not subsidise your education and you will need to pay the tuition fees set by UWA. Some fee paying students are eligible for a FEE-HELP loan to pay their tuition fees.

The Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP)

The Government administers the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) which consists of five HELP loans schemes to assist students with the cost of their fees. The right loan for you will depend on your circumstances, eligibility and where you want to study. For further information please visit StudyAssist : HELP Loans.

The Australian Government sets limits on combined HELP loan amount – the cap on what you can borrow from the Australian Government to cover the costs of your tuition fees. Students eligible for HELP can only defer tuition fees up to their combined HELP limit. Students are responsible for managing their HELP usage and must pay upfront any tuition fees that exceed their available HELP balance. Refer to StudyAssist for further details regarding HELP.

What is EFTSL?

Equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL) is a measure of a full-time student’s annual study load. At UWA, an annual full-time study load is 48 points, so one EFTSL is the equivalent of studying 48 points in one year. For each six-point unit, the study load would be 0.125 EFTSL (6/48 = 0.125).