Fees and charges

The student services and amenities fee (SSAF) is a compulsory charge which supports non-academic services at Flinders University.  Student consultation takes place each year to help determine how the income will be used. Refer to the Use of the SSAF page.

Your SSAF charge is based on your enrolment and will be capped at a maximum rate for any calendar year. See the fee schedule for details.

We also recognise that students studying by external or distance mode have reduced access to services and reflect this in the fee they are charged.

Australian citizens and permanent humanitarian visa holders are eligible to apply for a SA-HELP loan, which will allow you to defer your payment of these fees. Note that if you have applied for HECS-HELP this will defer student contribution amounts only: not your student services and amenities fees (SSAF).

All other students will need to pay the fee directly to Flinders University.

For more information about SSAF visit Study Assist.

All payments must be made by the relevant due dates outlined in your fee account. If you are eligible to defer your fees through a HELP scheme, your Commonwealth Assistance Form (CAF) must be submitted by the last day to enrol for your topics.

Failure to make payment or submit a valid CAF by the required deadline may result in a sanction against your student account.

Until your outstanding fees are paid, a sanction  may prevent you from:

• enrolling (you can still withdraw from topics)
• accessing your results
• ordering or receiving your official academic transcripts
• borrowing library resources. 

Visit the payments page for payment options.

Payments take up to three business days to process. If you would like the sanction removed prior to this, please submit an Ask Flinders request asking for the sanction to be removed and attach a copy of your payment receipt. Requests can only be processed if a copy of your receipt is attached.  

Outstanding debts include overdue:

• student contributions;
• tuition fees;
• student services and amenities fees;
• instalment plan payments, where applicable;
• student loan payments;
• Flinders Living fees and charges; and
• library charges and fines.

A student or former student with an outstanding debt will not be:

• allowed to enrol or re-enrol in a course or topic offered by the University
• entitled to borrow any materials or gain access to electronic resources from the collections of the University libraries
• provided with a transcript of academic record or have access to their results on the Student Information System
• issued with an award conferred by the University

Outstanding debts do not prevent you from withdrawing from topics online via the Student System.

The University will take further steps to recover outstanding debts which may include referral to the University's debt collection agency, and legal action, if appropriate.

Cancellation of enrolment

In cases where you have overdue student contribution amounts or tuition fees, your enrolment will be cancelled. This will result in the loss of access to Flinders Learning Online (FLO) for the cancelled topics.

Reinstatement of enrolment may incur a charge of $100.

Policy and Legislative changes introduced in October 2020 resulted in Pre 2010 student status and associated contribution rates ending effective from 31 December 2020.

If you commenced your current program prior to 2010 you will be classified under the current Student Contribution bands described on this page.