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Study loads for Austudy

Full time study

You are considered a full-time student if you are studying an approved course at an approved institution, and:

• your course is considered full-time where you study, or
• your tertiary course has a HECS loading of at least 0.375 for each study period, or
• you are doing at least 75% of the full-time workload, or
• you are attending at least 15 hours a week of face-to-face study.

If you are studying by correspondence you must also be studying full-time.

You may be considered a full-time student if your workload is reduced to at least 66% of the normal full-time workload because of:

• the course requirements, or
• a written recommendation from your deputy principal, academic registrar or equivalent for academic or vocational reasons, or
• a reasonable explanation, provided in writing from your deputy principal, academic registrar or equivalent.

You may be able to undertake a study load of 25% of the normal full-time load if you have a disability.

Part-time study means you have a study load less than 75% of a full-time workload. Your study load may become part-time even if you only drop one subject. You need to tell us about any changes to your enrolment in case your payment is affected.