HECS-HELP
Chisholm is an approved Higher Education provider under the HECS-HELP Assistance scheme and has been able to offer HECS-HELP assistance since 2026.
What is HECS-HELP?
HECS-HELP is a loan from the Australian Government that you can use to pay your student contribution amount. To receive a HECS-HELP loan you must meet all the eligibility criteria.
You must:
- be studying in a Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
- meet the citizenship and residency requirements
- submit the request for Commonwealth assistance form to your provider by the census date
- have available HELP balance
- have sufficient Student Learning Entitlement available
- be assessed as a genuine student and as academically suitable for your unit(s) of study
- not undertake more than two years' worth of higher education study in 12 months unless your provider has approved you to take on more.
Refer to HECS-HELP - Study Assist, Australian Government for further eligibility details.
What is a Commonwealth Supported Place?
Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) are subsidised by the Australian Government. In a CSP, your course fees are reduced. You can pay your student contribution (the remaining fees that you pay) upfront, or you may be eligible to defer your student contribution to HECS-HELP.
Below is a list of approved Chisholm courses with Commonwealth Supported Places
- Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Bachelor of Psychology
- Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Mechanical and Manufacturing
- Bachelor of Engineering - Mechatronics
- Bachelor of Information Technology (Cyber Security)
- Bachelor of Information Technology (Artificial Intelligence and Data Science).
The HECS-HELP Tuition Fee Schedule (Higher Education) sets out the fees for courses and units of study for which an eligible student may request HECS-HELP assistance to pay for their tuition fees when enrolling in one of Chisholm’s CSP - approved higher education courses.
Available schedules:
- 2026 Schedule of Tuition Fees for Higher Education (Word)
- 2027 Schedule of Tuition Fees for Higher Education (PDF)
Please note there is no charge for Skills Recognition assessment (recognition of prior learning) or processing credit transfers (credit for equivalent formal study).
The Australian Government facilitates HECS-HELP loans and students are not required to repay the loan until their income is above the minimum repayment threshold for compulsory repayment. A person may make voluntary repayments at any time to the Australian Taxation Office.