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University entrance and admission to courses regulations

Regulations made pursuant to Statute 6.1.1 - University entrance and admission to courses

 

1. In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context or subject matter -

'approved' means approved by the relevant committee or body of the university;

'deputy vice-chancellor' means the deputy vice-chancellor and vice-president responsible for the academic administration of the university;

'units' means VCE units taken at levels one and two or three and four, as the case requires;

'VCE' means Victorian Certificate of Education.


2.
For the purposes of Statute 6.1.1 - University entrance and admission to courses the entrance requirements of the university are:

2.1.1
satisfactory completion of the VCE, including units 3 and 4 of English at an approved level; or

2.2 an approved equivalent


3.1 A faculty board may, with the approval of the Academic Board, determine the requirements for admission to any course of study prescribed for a degree or diploma in the faculty.

3.2 A faculty board must cause any determination under subsection 3.1 to be published in the admission to courses handbook of the university.

3.3 A person satisfies the admission requirements for any particular course of study prescribed for a degree or diploma in a faculty if he or she satisfies the relevant requirements set out in the admission to courses handbook.


4. Two requirements of the university’s special admission scheme are -

4.1.1 satisfactory completion of two units in a course of study in an Australian university or via Open Universities Australia; and

4.1.2 satisfactory completion of an aptitude test approved by the Academic Board.

5. repealed 3/5/2004

6. A person who has at any time been enrolled for a course of study or unit at the university and has:


6.1 lodged a notice of discontinuance of studies;

6.2 been certified by the deputy vice-chancellor as having discontinued or withdrawn from studies; or

6.3 not re-enrolled within the time specified by the deputy vice-chancellor -
but who is otherwise entitled to re-enrol, shall be entitled to re-enrol only with the permission of the dean of the faculty concerned.

7. repealed 17/07/2006

8.1 Subject to the Higher Education Funding Act 1988 (Cwth) and the Council approved budget process, the vice-chancellor and president must from time to time set application and tuition fees in accordance with principles and within ranges approved by a group of senior university officers specified by the Council.

8.2 The person liable to pay a fee is -

8.2.1 in the case of an application fee, the person who makes the application; and

8.2.2 in the case of a tuition fee, the person to whom the tuition is being or will be given.


8.3 A fee payable by a person is payable -

8.3.1 in the case of an application fee by the date notified in writing by the university to the person as the due date; and

8.3.2 in the case of any other fee by the date the person enrols or re-enrols at the university, or by the date notified in writing by the university as the due date whichever last occurs.


8.4 A fine not exceeding twenty-five per centum of a fee may be imposed by the vice-chancellor and president if a fee is not paid by the due date.

8.5 While a fee remains unpaid the person liable to pay the fee may not obtain a transcript of or other document relating to his or her academic record or be awarded a degree, diploma or certificate.

8.5A Despite subsection 8.5, a person may obtain a transcript of or other document relating to his or her academic record in respect of any period of study for which a fee was payable and paid.

8.6 Subject to sections 8.7 and 8.9, any enrolment or re-enrolment of a person who is liable to pay but does not pay a fee by the due date, is by force of these regulations invalidated.

8.7 An enrolment or re-enrolment is not invalidated pursuant to section 8.6 if the enrolment or re-enrolment is not effected owing to any deliberate action or omission by the person who is enrolled or re-enrolled, or is effected solely because of a university error.

8.8 Subject to section 8.13 a fee which is unpaid after the due date is a debt due and owing to the university by the person who is liable to pay the fee, and the university may initiate recovery action -

8.8.1 if the fee is unpaid owing to a university error, at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months after the due date; and

8.8.2 in any other case at any time prior to the expiration of six (6) years after the due date.


8.9 If the vice-chancellor and president considers that exceptional circumstances apply, the vice-chancellor may waive, defer or mitigate payment of a fee.

8.10 The vice-chancellor and president may determine in relation to a deferred or mitigated fee any condition regarding payment including the due date.

8.11 A determination under section 8.10 shall be notified in writing to the person liable to pay the fee, and in the case of a determination of the due date, that date is the date notified for the purposes of section 8.3.

8.12 If the vice-chancellor and president waives the payment of a fee by a person, that person is deemed to have paid the fee for the purposes of these regulations.

8.13 If payment by a person of a fee is determined under section 8.10 to be made by instalments and the person defaults in paying an instalment by the date it must be paid, that date is deemed to be the due date for the purposes of sections 8.6 and 8.8.2.

8.14 Where a person is given permission by a dean to re-enrol pursuant to section 6, any fee paid by that person prior to any payment of a fee payable for re-enrolment shall with the permission of the dean be credited against that or any further fee payable in respect of a course of study, subject or unit of a subject as the case may be.

8.15 A reference to a fee in this section -

8.15.1 is a reference to a fee set by the vice-chancellor and president under section 8.1; and

8.15.2 in sections 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.8, 8.11, 8.13 and 8.14 includes a reference to any part of a fee and a mitigated fee as the case requires.


8.16 In this section 'tuition fee' means a fee which is charged by the university for one or more of selection, materials, teaching, examination, any work-related excursions or assignments or any other matter in respect of an award course of study, or unit in an award course of study undertaken or to be undertaken by a person.

8.17 Notwithstanding that a tuition fee is charged to a person in respect of a course of study pursuant to an agreement between the university and the person, another tuition fee may be charged during the course of study to the person if the matter for which the other fee is charged is certified by the dean of the relevant faculty to be a necessary and not normal requirement of the course of study, or not contemplated at the time the tuition fee was set.

8.18 A reference to the due date in this section is a reference to the date by which a fee is payable.

8.19 The vice-chancellor and president may set fees for non-award short courses or not-for-credit participation in award courses.

8.20 Sections 8.3.2 to 8.14 inclusive, section 8.15.2 and section 8.18 shall apply to a fee referred to section 8.19 as if a reference to a fee in those sections were a reference to a fee referred in section 8.19 respectively.

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