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11.1 - What is an exempt student?
Exempt students are not required to pay student contribution amounts or tuition fees for units of study undertaken as part of a specified course of study [HESA section 169-20; Administration Guidelines section 20].
11.2 - Which students are considered exempt?
Students are considered exempt for a unit of study:
- consisting wholly of work experience in industry (WEI) and where the provider is not providing support to a student’s learning and performance [part 13.1] [HESA subsection 169‑20(2); Administration Guidelines section 19];
- undertaken with a higher education provider as part of a course of study with that provider, for which the provider has awarded an exemption scholarship [part 12.1] [HESA subsection 169‑20(3)];
- undertaken with one higher education provider as part of a course of study with another higher education provider, for which the student has been awarded an exemption scholarship [HESA subsections 169‑20(3A) & (3B)]; and
there is no student contribution amount payable for FEE-FREE Uni Ready courses, as HESA does not consider that students enrolled in FEE-FREE Uni Ready courses are exempt students [HESA subsection 93-5(3)].
11.3 - Notifying students
A provider must notify a student they are an exempt student in a CAN [part 10.1], as required by Part 4 of the Administration Guidelines.