Overseas Student Health Cover
The Australian Government requires all holders of a student visa to have approved health cover for the duration of their visa. Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC). The University will deduct the cost of your health insurance from your deposit and give it to OSHC Worldcare. Students on certain scholarships and those with reciprocal health insurance arrangements in their home country maybe exempt from this requirement.
If you are a Swedish or Norwegian student, you are exempt from health cover as this is provided under the National Health Insurance Scheme.
OSHC Worldcare is a well recognised provider of health insurance for international students in Australia. Details about the protection it provides and how students can claim reimbursement of expenses related to their primary health care can be found at the OSHC Worldcare website - see details below.
Also available to students is a 24 hour helpline with an interpreter service which students can use in an emergency.
An OSHC representative is available for consultation at the Callaghan campus (Level 2, Hunter Hub, Student Services Building) every Tuesday & Thursday between 9:00am - 12:30pm and 1:30pm - 5:00pm and at the City Hub in Auckland Street every Wednesday from 9:00am - 1:00pm.
Contact
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Kaylene Smith OSHC Customer Service Representative |
