Tuition Fee Sponsorship (TFS) for research students

What you’ll receive

A Tuition Fee Sponsorship is used to extinguish the liability of an international student to pay tuition fees. It cannot be converted into another type of benefit or payment. Tuition Fee Sponsorships are funded by QUT.

The value of the Tuition Fee Sponsorship is the estimated annual course cost, as determined by QUT in accordance with the Higher Education Support Act 2003 , for the standard duration of the research degree.

The maximum duration of the Tuition Fee Sponsorship is up to four years full-time equivalent for candidates of a Research Doctorate degree, or up to two years for candidates of a Research Masters degree.

The duration of the Tuition Fee Sponsorship will be reduced by any prior periods of prior enrolment in a previous research degree from which you transfer into your current degree.

Eligibility

• International students who enrol in a QUT research degree and are in receipt of:
  • a stipend scholarship awarded by QUT; or
  • a stipend scholarship funded by an organisation with which QUT has an external agreement to sponsor fees for this student or relevant cohort of students.
• Candidates will not be eligible if they receive another tuition fees offset or sponsorship from any source, including QUT.
• You cannot apply for a Tuition Fee Sponsorship; your eligibility is reviewed via your application for admission.

Conditions

Download the QUT Tuition Fee Sponsorship (TFS) conditions (PDF file, 256.8 KB)