1. Student status
To be considered you must be a fee-paying student (either domestic or international onshore). Payment extensions or instalment plans are not available for:
- Commonwealth supported students
- Students studying non-award topics
- International offshore students
2. Alternative payment options
Approval for a payment extension or instalment plan will only be considered if you are unable to access the necessary funds or funding scheme to pay your fees.
If you are an Australian citizen or hold a Permanent Humanitarian visa, you may be eligible for the Australian Government’s FEE-HELP loan scheme. This scheme provides a loan to pay all or part of your tuition fees. View further information on the FEE-HELP loan scheme.
If you are no longer eligible for FEE-HELP because your entitlement has been used, you may be considered for a payment extension or instalment plan.
3. Your circumstances
There are many reasons why students find themselves in financial hardship. Applications will be considered when your financial circumstances have changed with little or no warning and where, as a result, you no longer have the financial capacity to pay your tuition fees by the due date.
You must be able to demonstrate genuine short-term financial hardship. A payment extension date or instalment plan is normally only available for the semester in which the fees are due. If approved, you must be able to demonstrate that you can meet the payment extension date, or the instalment plan dates.
Applications will not normally be considered where financial difficulties are expected to be ongoing. If you have on-going financial hardship it may be appropriate to reconsider your financial position and commitment to University study.
International onshore students must plan to pay fees on time. A delay accessing funds from home banking or financial institution is not normally considered a satisfactory reason to prove short-term financial hardship.
Please note, your previous payment history with the University may be considered as part of the application process. If you have defaulted on payments of tuition fees or student contribution amounts at Flinders University in the past, this may impact your application.
4. Lodgement dates
All applications must be lodged on or before the first day of teaching for the topic(s) related to your application. These dates for the main two semesters are:
- The Monday of week 1 for Semester 1 topics;
- The Monday of week 1 for Semester 2 topics.
For non-standard semesters please refer the individual topic requirements
Applications lodged after these dates may not be considered.