Your course and tuition fees

All GIFT City students are required to pay their first trimester fees (based on the four required units of study) upfront and in full. This payment is required after accepting your offer and prior to receiving correspondence about enrolling for the first time.

You will receive instructions on how to pay your tuition fees directly as part of the admissions process. Payment details will be provided to ensure you have the necessary information for completing your payment.

Your fees will be invoiced in Australian dollars (AUD). The invoicing process follows local (Indian) requirements and will be managed manually by Student Finance and Treasury initially.

Continuing students will have their invoice released prior to the commencement of trimester, generally following the previous trimester's End of Unit Assessment (EoUA) period. Full enrolment in the upcoming trimester, as per your course map, is required before invoices can be generated. You will find a detailed description of what each part of your invoice means and how to understand it on the Your Invoice webpage. This page also includes definitions for some of the codes you might find on your invoice.

Withdrawal and refund dates

If you are a GIFT City student enrolled in your first study period, the refund dates, percentages, and academic outcomes applicable to your enrolment are detailed below.

The refund amounts are:

• A 90%* refund, if you withdraw or intermit your course at least 4 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period. The retention of 10% of the assessed tuition fees for commencing students is in recognition of the additional costs involved in administering the initial stages of enrolment.
• If you withdraw between 4 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period and the census date, Deakin will retain 50% of your total assessed tuition fees and you will be eligible for a refund of any remaining credit balance.
• If you withdraw from a unit/s prior to census date and still have an active enrolment (of at least one credit point), no penalty will apply. If you withdraw from all units and do not have an active enrolment for the study period, Deakin will retain 50% of your total assessed tuition fees and you will be eligible for a refund of any remaining credit balance.
• No refund is available if you withdraw after census date.

Total assessed tuition fees = this is the full amount of all tuition fees for the applicable period and does not include any scholarship or bursary payment.

If you remain enrolled in your units after the census date and successfully pass your units, you cannot have your fees refunded.

If detailed in your Letter of Offer, a non-refundable amount will be retained if you withdraw from your studies prior to the census date of the first teaching period in your award course. Please refer to your Letter of Offer for details.