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Tuition Fees for Fee Paying Undergraduate Australian Students in 2008

This page applies to fee paying students who are Australian citizens, holders of an Australian humanitarian visa, Australian permanent residents or New Zealand citizens who commenced their studies from 2005 onwards.
Details about fees for other types of enrolments…

General Information

Fee Paying Students pay the whole of the tuition costs for their program and may do this upfront or by deferring all or part of the debt using the new FEE-HELP Higher Education Loan Program.

How to Calculate Your Fee

Each degree program requires the completion of a number of units. This is generally 240 units for a three- year program and 320 units for a four-year program. To accumulate the necessary units, students enrol in courses according to the degree requirements for each program. Each course has a unit value and this is ten (10) for most courses at the University of Newcastle. A normal full-time study load is 80 units in any year or 40 units per semester.

Courses are grouped into a number of academic subject areas where the first four letter abbreviation at the beginning of the course code tells you its subject area. A full list of academic subject areas is available.

The information below includes an indicative annual program fee. To calculate your exact fee, you should check the requirements of your program in the Undergraduate eHandbook. Then have a look at the table further down this page called Course Fees by Academic Subject Area 2008 where the subject areas are grouped into Bands.

For example, if in 2008 you were to undertake 3 courses in Mathematics (MATH), 2 courses in Philosophy (PHIL), 2 courses in History (HIST) and 1 course in Chemistry (CHEM) then you would calculate your fees as follows:

MATH: 3 x 1680.00 = 5040.00

PHIL: 2 x 1680.00 = 3360.00

HIST: 2 x 1680.00 = 3360.00

CHEM: 1 x 2150.00 = 2150.00

          TOTAL = $13910.00

The above example assumes all courses have a 10 unit value. If a course has a value other than 10, then the calculation needs to be weighted appropriately.

You can estimate costs for later years based on these rates. However, course fees are increased each year.

Remember that you can take out a FEE-HELP loan to pay some or all of your fees if you are an eligible fee-paying student.

Course Fees by Academic Subject Area 2008

This table presents the academic subject areas in 4 groups. The fees listed are in Australian dollars (AUD), for each 10 units of study.

Academic Subject Areas
Rate per 10 units
(in AUD)
ABOR ACFI AHIS BUSN CULT
ECON ECOS EDST EDUC ENGL
FILM GEND HIST HUMA IBUS
IRHR LEGL LEIS LGAL LING
MATH MKTG MNGT PHIL POLI
RELI SOCA SOCS SPSW STAT
SWRK THEO TOUR    
$1,680
AART ARBE ARCH ARTC BLDG
CATH CHIN COMP DESN DRAM
EBUS EPID FREN FSHN GREK
GRMN HLSC HPRO IDEA INFO
INFT JAPN LATN LAWS MRSC
MUSI NUDI NURS OCCT OHSE
PDTY PHTY PUBH  SPTH   
$1,890
AVIA BIOL CHEE CHEM CIVL
CMNS ELEC EMGT ENVE ENVS
FORS GENG GEOG GEOS HUBS
MARI MECH ORHL PHYS PSYC
SCIM SENG SRMT STEC SPOR
SURV        
$2,150
MEDI        
$4,050

Indicative Program Fees 2008

Students enrolled in some programs have flexibility in choosing courses. Program costs are calculated on the assumption of typical courses taken for a full-time load of 80 units per year. Actual charges will be calculated based on courses selected and the workload undertaken.

The fees listed in this table are in Australian dollars (AUD) and are the average price of a program per year. They are INDICATIVE only. The actual annual program fee may vary depending on course selection. This means that if two students enrol in the same program, but study different courses during the year, they may pay different annual program fees.

The fees indicated apply to students completing their program in 2008. It is expected that course fees will rise in subsequent years and therefore programs which take more than 12 months to complete will be subject to the increased course fees.

Program Name Indicative Annual Fee (rounded)
B Aboriginal Studies $13,440
B Aboriginal Studies/B Laws $14,440
B Applied Information Technology $15,120
B Arts $14,280
B Arts * /B Laws $14,440
B Biomedical Science $17,040
B Biotechnology - Callaghan $16,950
B Business – Callaghan  $13,510
B Business – Port Macquarie $13,650
B Business/B Laws $14,490
B Commerce $13,510
B Commerce/B Laws $14,490
B Communication $15,910
B Communication/B Laws $15,850
B Computer Science $15,550
B Construction Management (Building) $15,180
B Industrial Design $15,060
B Design (Architecture) $15,120
B Development Studies $15,160
B Education $14,100
B Early Childhood Teaching $13,590
B Economics $13,510
B Economics/B Laws $14,490
B Education (Early Childhood) $13,550
B Engineering see separate programs
B Engineering (Chemical) $16,730
B Engineering (Civil) $16,610
B Engineering (Computer) $16,480
B Engineering (Electrical) $16,490
B Engineering (Environmental) $16,730
B Engineering (Mechanical) $16,730
B Engineering (Mechatronics) $16,730
B Engineering (Mining) Transfer Program $16,260
B Engineering (Software) $16,150
B Engineering (Telecommunications) $16,610
B Environmental Science $17,040
B Environmental Science and Management $17,040
B Finance $13,510
B Finance/B Laws $14,440
B Fine Art  ** $15,120
B Food Science and Human Nutrition $15,550
B Health Science (Honours) $15,120
B Herbal Therapies – Ourimbah $15,410
B Human Nutrition – Ourimbah $15,550
B Information Science $14,290
B Information Technology $15,380
B Laws (Combined Degrees) see separate programs
B Laws (Graduate Entry) $15,120
B Laws/Diploma of Legal Practice  #  $7,560
B Management $13,440
B Mathematics $13,440
B Medical Radiation Science (Diagnostic Radiography) $15,380
B Medical Radiation Science (Nuclear Medicine) $15,380
B Medical Radiation Science (Radiation Therapy) $15,380
B Medicine $32,400
B Music $15,150
B Natural History Illustration $15,220
B Nursing $15,290
B Nutrition and Dietetics  $15,400
B Occupational Health and Safety $15,290
B Occupational Therapy $15,320
B Oral Health $18,290
B Podiatry $15,553
B Physiotherapy $15,510
B Psychological Science $16,780
B Psychology $16,780
B Science – Callaghan  $16,710
B Science – Ourimbah  $16,780
B Design (Architecture) / B Architecture $15,070
B Science (Food Technology) $15,720
B Science (Forensic)/B Laws $15,900
B Science (Photonics) $16,570
B Science ^ /B Laws $15,950
B Social Science – Callaghan  * $14,280
B Social Science – Ourimbah  * $14,280
B Social Science (Recreation and Tourism) $13,870
B Social Science * /B Laws $14,440
B Social Work – Callaghan  $13,720
B Speech Pathology $15,390
B Surveying $16,540
B Teaching/B Arts – Callaghan  $13,800
B Teaching/B Arts – Ourimbah  $13,610
B Teaching/B Design & Technology $14,400
B Teaching/B Early Childhood Studies $13,660
B Teaching/B Fine Art $14,630
B Teaching/B Health and Physical Education $14,010
B Teaching/B Music $14,280
B Teaching/B Science $14,460
B Theology $13,440
B Visual Communication Design $15,220

Notes:

* The annual program fee for students enrolling in Psychology or Human Geography majors would be higher than the indicative fee shown here.

** The annual program fee for students enrolling in a video major would be higher than the indicative fee shown here.

*** Program subject to approval.

#  The B Laws/Diploma of Legal Practice is only available to Newcastle students and requires completion of an additional 40 units on top of their studies in either the combined or graduate law program. To gain a total cost this fee should be added to the cost of the law program being completed.

^^ Program is available only to continuing students.