Sydney College of Divinity teaching bodies work under the academic governance of SCD to deliver its awards. Fees are set by the individual colleges and students are requested to check with their enrolled college for details of fees and payment options. Fees are the same for domestic and international students.
Students are responsible for meeting the costs of their study program. Fees will depend on your award, enrolment load, and college, and may include student contribution and tuition fees. Consider your fees and other regular expenses like text book purchases, travel, etc to calculate the ‘real costs’ of your study program.
Students are required to pay their tuition fees directly to the enrolled college or, if eligible, can access FEE-HELP to defer some or all of their tuition fees.
The Census date is the final day to withdraw from enrolled units without incurring the full cost. An administration fee may be applied.
Census dates for SCD colleges can be found under Key Dates
FEE-HELP is an Australian loan scheme that assists eligible students pay their tuition fees at university and other higher education providers. Sydney College of Divinity is an approved higher education provider and students may be eligible for a FEE-HELP loan to pay part or all of your tuition fees. A FEE-HELP loan does not cover costs like accommodation, laptops or text books.
Information on FEE-HELP can be found on the Australian Government’s Study Assist website
You are advised to contact the Registrar at your enrolled college for all information. The general process would require you to check your eligibility to get a FEE-HELP loan. If eligible, you will need a Tax File Number (TFN) and a Request for FEE-HELP assistance form, which the Registrar will email you. Your form must be filled and submitted to the Registrar before the Census Date.
You can borrow up to the FEE-HELP limit to pay your tuition fees. If you get a FEE-HELP loan to pay for your undergraduate course, you may have to pay a loan fee. The loan fee does not count towards your HELP limit.
For up-to-date information on FEE-HELP loan limits visit the Australian Government’s Study Assist website
If tuition fees are unpaid or overdue it may result in
The Sydney College of Divinity Refund and Withdrawal Policy has been developed in accordance with Section 28 of the ESOS Act 2000 (as amended in 2007). The policy outlines the refund conditions and payments payable when either the student or Sydney College of Divinity defaults.
The Refund and Withdrawal Policy can be downloaded from our Policies and Procedures page
Sydney College of Divinity is a body corporate registered on the Australian Qualifications Framework in the states of New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, and Tasmania. Under the provisions of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) and the associated HEP Guidelines, Sydney College of Divinity is required to provide a tuition assurance arrangement for Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or holders of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa who are enrolled in higher education courses it offers. This requirement is to protect students in the event that we cease to provide a course of study in which a student is enrolled.
In the event that Sydney College of Divinity ceases to provide a course of study in which a student is enrolled the student is entitled to either:
Course Assurance Option which is an offer of a place in a similar course of study with the Australian College of Theology (ACT) without any requirement to pay ACT any student contribution or tuition fee for any replacement units OR
Student Contribution/Tuition Fee Repayment Option which is a refund of any up-front fee payments made by the student for any unit of study commenced but not completed as Sydney College of Divinity is no longer providing the course of study of which the unit forms a part.
Sydney College of Divinity has met the tuition assurance requirements of the HESA through its current membership of the Sydney College of Divinity Tuition Assurance Scheme (TAS).
For students using FEE-HELP, the Government has introduced new arrangements from 1 January 2018 that include exempting particular higher education providers from Tuition Assurance, subject to meeting certain conditions.
Students studying on an Australia Student Visa are covered by the Tuition Protection Service (TPS), an initiative of the Australian Government to assist international students whose education providers are unable to fully deliver their course of study. Sydney College of Divinity makes a compulsory payment to the Government to protect the interests of our international students.
Eight awards accredited by TEQSA on 2 December 2013 are specialist awards for which there is no equivalent offered by any other Australian Higher Education Provider or University at this time. It is therefore not possible to arrange tuition assurance for these awards.
These awards are all delivered in their entirety in the Korean language and so designated in their titles:
