Centrelink support for masters students
If you are enrolled in a specific masters program at Deakin University, you may be eligible for financial support through a Centrelink payment.
The following master programs are approved for Centrelink purposes:
- Doctor of Medicine
- Juris Doctor
- Master of Applied Learning and Teaching (Secondary)
- Master of Architecture
- Master of Architecture (Design Management)
- Master of Child Play Therapy
- Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology
- Master of Commerce
- Master of Construction Management
- Master of Construction Management (Professional)
- Master of Counselling
- Master of Dietetics
- Master of Financial Planning
- Master of Health Economics
- Master of Information Systems
- Master of Information Technology
- Master of Landscape Architecture
- Master of Optometry
- Master of Professional Accounting
- Master of Professional Psychology
- Master of Psychology (Clinical)
- Master of Psychology (Organisational)
- Master of Public Health
- Master of Social Work
- Master of Speech Pathology (awaiting confirmation from DSS)
- Master of Teaching (Early Childhood)
- Master of Teaching (Primary)
- Master of Teaching (Primary and Early Childhood)
- Master of Teaching (Primary and Secondary)
- Master of Teaching (Secondary)
To be eligible for student income support through Youth Allowance and Austudy, you must be studying full time and satisfy all other eligibility requirements, including personal, parental or partner income tests.
Please contact Centrelink on 13 2490 or visit the Department of Social Services for further information about masters courses income support and student income support entitlements. The Department of Human Services determines the list of approved postgraduate courses based on strict criteria. All enquiries regarding this approved postgraduate course list should be directed to the Department of Social Services.