Monash University will consider the offer of a discount under the following circumstances.
8.1.1 Eligibility
Where two or more students share a sibling relationship and are concurrently enrolled in a full fee-paying award course at Monash University, application may be made for a 10% discount on the semester fee(s), based on the highest course fee charge rate (per 48 credit points).
To be eligible for a Sibling Discount a student must be one of two or more children having one or both parents in common. This discount is not available to family members outside the sibling relationship, such as stepbrothers and stepsisters. The 10% discount will be applied to the sibling with the highest course fee charge rate (per 48 credit points) .
Example:
Students who are enrolled in any domestic or international full-fee paying award courses at Australian campuses of Monash University and meet the sibling requirements are eligible for the Sibling Discount. This includes diploma programs at Monash College and any postgraduate or undergraduate full-fee paying domestic students where a current or future government scheme allows for deferral of tuition fees to the ATO. Students enrolled at Monash Malaysia or Monash South Africa should contact their respective campus to apply for the Sibling Discount.
This Sibling Discount is not available to fee paying students enrolled in:
Students receiving the Sibling Discount are also eligible to apply for Fee Payment Extension on the grounds of financial hardship.
Students in receipt of a Sibling Discount are not eligible to apply for other discounts that may be offered by the University
The Summer teaching periods of study will be treated as concurrent periods of study.
8.1.2 Application for the discount
When two or more siblings enrol in the same semester and the tuition fees are equal, and it is their first semester of study, the Sibling Discount will be applied against the account of the student as nominated on the application form, or as determined by the Fees Unit, Monash University.
Application for a Sibling Discount must be made before the Census date for that teaching period.
The completed application, together with evidence of the relationship, e.g. certified copies of birth certificates, must be forwarded to the Fees Unit, Student Administration, Clayton Campus, before the Census date. International students who are applying for the Sibling Discount for the first time should make application via the same method as above.
Students will be notified of the outcome of the request for a discount by email to their Monash email account.
Applications must be made for each semester in which students wish to have the discount applied.
Where the sibling enrolment details change whereby both are no longer enrolled in a concurrent semester, the discount will be reversed and the liability of the remaining sibling may increase to the pre-discount level.
Students who have received the Sibling Discount and then accept a Commonwealth Supported Place will have their tuition fee recalculated and may be eligible for a refund. The remaining full-fee paying sibling will no longer be eligible for the Sibling Discount.
8.2.1 Discount for full payment in advance
Should a full fee paying student enrolling at Monash University wish to pay in advance (i.e. 3 years) their total course fee at the commencement of the first academic semester, they may be eligible for a discount. By paying in advance your total course fees, while meeting all the terms and conditions outlined below, you will be eligible to have your course fee rate fixed with no annual adjustment (Advance Discount) at the course fee rate for your course applicable on commencement (Commencing Course Rate).
Terms and Conditions:
1. If you defer the commencement date of your course and apply for the Advance Discount, the Commencing Course Rate will be the rate applicable in the year of commencement and will be fixed for the standard duration of the course.
2. If you need to undertake further units (for example due to failure or late withdrawal of any unit) and the original payment funds have been depleted, the applicable fee rate for those units will be calculated using the continuing course fee rate which is the Commencing Course Rate plus the increase in fees applied to the Commencing Course Rate in each subsequent year (Continuing Course Fee Rate) and the Advance Discount will not apply.
3. You will not be permitted to:
4. You may request a refund of Advance Discount payments for study you have not yet undertaken due to financial difficulty, changes in personal circumstances etc. The refund will be sent to the original overseas payment source via Telegraphic Transfer, draft or by credit card-refund. (No EFT or cheque refund will be allowed).
5. If a refund is approved but you continue to study at the University, the variable Continuing Course Fee Rate applicable to the year of your course commencement will apply and there is no Advance Discount.
6. To be eligible to receive the Advance Discount all funds must be receipted and cleared by Monash by the first fee assessment due date of the commencing semester/trimester.