Professor Kerri-Lee Krause

Chief Commissioner

Adrienne Nieuwenhuis

Commissioner

Emeritus Professor Elizabeth More AM, MAICD

Commissioner

Stephen Somogyi

Commissioner

Item

Activity for which 
the fee is imposed

Amount of the fee

Registration

1

Preliminary assessment of application for registration as a higher education provider – s 19 of the TEQSA Act

$15,300 

2

Substantive assessment of application for registration as a higher education provider – s 20 of the TEQSA Act

$116,500 

3

Renewal of registration application (where the higher education provider is not also applying for self-accreditation, otherwise see row 4 below) – s 35 of the TEQSA Act

1.         where the approved form for the application requires the applicant to address provisions of the Threshold Standards other than the Core Standards: $117,400
2.        otherwise: $68,600

4

Renewal of registration application combined with application for self-accreditation (where the higher education provider applies for renewal of registration and for authority to self-accredit one or more courses of study at the same time) – ss 35 and 41 of the TEQSA Act

1.         where the approved form for the application requires the applicant to address provisions of the Threshold Standards other than the Core Standards: $134,200
2.        otherwise: $77,900

5

Application for change of higher education provider category – s 38 of the TEQSA Act

$53,800

6

Application to TEQSA as an ESOS Agency for registration to provide a course or courses at a location or locations to overseas students – s 9 of the ESOS Act

$25,500

7

Application to TEQSA as an ESOS Agency for renewal of registration – s 10D of the ESOS Act

1.         where the provider has self-accrediting authority: $14,100
2.        where the provider does not have self-accrediting authority: $28,600

8

Application to TEQSA as an ESOS Agency to add one or more courses at one or more additional locations to a provider’s registration – s 10H of the ESOS Act

1.         For each location for which the provider is not registered at the time of the application:
   1.             where the provider has self-accrediting authority: $2,000
   2.             where the provider does not have self-accrediting authority: $10,000
2.        For each course for which the provider is not registered at any location at the time of the application:
   1.             $5,300 per ELICOS
   2.             $5,400 per Foundation Program
   3.             In all other cases, $600 per course

Course accreditation

9

Application for authority to self-accredit one or more courses of study (where the higher education provider has not applied for renewal of registration at the same time, otherwise see row 4 above) – s 41 of the TEQSA Act

1.         for an application by a higher education provider which is authorised under the TEQSA Act to self-accredit one or more courses of study: $38,200
2.        for an application by a higher education provider with no existing authority under the Act to self-accredit a course or group of courses of study: $53,800  

10

Preliminary assessment of application by a prospective provider for accreditation of a course of study (other than an undergraduate certificate) – s 47 of the TEQSA Act

$6,200 per course

* where a prospective provider has an equivalent full-time student load of less than 5000 students, the table set out in section 2 of Schedule B applies

11

Substantive assessment of application by a prospective provider for accreditation of a course of study (other than an undergraduate certificate) – s 48 of the TEQSA Act

1.         where an application is for accreditation of a single course of study or multiple courses of study that do not form a nested set of courses: $46,400 per course
2.        where an application is for accreditation of a nested set of courses: $46,400 for the primary course of study and $41,500 for each related course of study

* where a prospective provider has an equivalent full-time student load of less than 5000 students, the table set out in section 2 of Schedule B applies

12

Preliminary assessment of application by a registered higher education provider for accreditation of a course of study (other than an undergraduate certificate) – s 47 of the TEQSA Act

1.         where an application is for accreditation of a single course of study or multiple courses of study that do not form a nested set of courses: $5,400 per course
2.        where an application is for accreditation of a nested set of courses: $5,400 for the primary course of study and $1,300 for each related course of study

* where a higher education provider has an equivalent full-time student load of less than 5000 students, the table set out in section 2 of Schedule B applies

13

Substantive assessment of application by a registered higher education provider for accreditation of a course of study (other than an undergraduate certificate) – s 48 of the TEQSA Act

1.         where an application is for accreditation of a single course of study or multiple courses of study that do not form a nested set of courses: $19,800 per course
2.        where an application is for accreditation of a nested set of courses: $19,800 for the primary course of study and $5,000 for each related course of study

* where a higher education provider has an equivalent full-time student load of less than 5000 students, the table set out in section 2 of Schedule B applies

14

Preliminary assessment of application for accreditation of an undergraduate certificate – s 47 of the TEQSA Act

$300 per course

15

Substantive assessment of application for accreditation of an undergraduate certificate – s 48 of the TEQSA Act

$1,300 per course

16

Application for renewal of accreditation for a course of study (other than an undergraduate certificate or an application made on the basis of teach out) – s 55 of the TEQSA Act

1.         where an application is for renewal of accreditation of a single course of study or multiple courses of study that do not form a nested set of courses: $25,400 per course
2.        where an application is for accreditation of a nested set of courses: $25,400 for the primary course of study and $6,100 for each related course of study

* where a higher education provider has an equivalent full-time student load of less than 5000 students, the table set out in section 2 of Schedule B applies

17

Application for renewal of accreditation for teach out course of study (other than an undergraduate certificate) – s 55 of the TEQSA Act

1.         where an application is for accreditation of a single course of study or multiple courses of study that do not form a nested set of courses: $3,200 per course
2.        where an application is for accreditation of a nested set of courses: $3,200 for the primary course of study and $800 for each related course of study

* where a higher education provider has an equivalent full-time student load of less than 5000 students, the table set out in section 2 of Schedule B applies

18

Application for renewal of accreditation for an undergraduate certificate – s 55 of the Act

$1,200 per course

Conditions

19

Application to vary or revoke a condition of registration or accreditation – s 32(3) or s 53(3) of the TEQSA Act

1.         for an application made under subsection 32(3) in relation to a condition imposed on a higher education provider’s registration: $4,000 per condition
2.        for an application made under subsection 53(3) in relation to a condition imposed on the accreditation of a course: $3,200 per condition

Review of decisions

20

Application for internal review of a decision made by a delegate of TEQSA – s 184 of the TEQSA Act and s 169AD of the ESOS Act

$1,100