Calculate your VET/TAFE fees

How to calculate your VET/TAFE fees depending on your type of place.

Find out more about fees for the following:

  • Government-subsidised places
  • full-fee paying places
  • international-student places.

How to calculate the cost of your course

To calculate your tuition fees, search for your course code in the VET/TAFE course tuition fee schedule below, and calculate the total indicative fees using this formula:

Indicative enrolled hours x student tuition fee per enrolled hour = indicative student tuition fee for course

In this example, we've used Certificate II in Plumbing (Pre-apprenticeship) 22569VIC.

Example: A full-fee student enrolled in Certificate II in Plumbing (Pre-apprenticeship) 22569VIC.
492 enrolled hours x $16.50 student tuition fee per enrolled hour = $8,118 indicative student tuition fee for course.

This table shows examples for full-fee places, government-subsidised places, and the concession rate.

Type of place Indicative enrolled hours tuition fee
per enrolled hour
Indicative tuition
fee for course
Material Fee Student services amenities fee Total cost
Full-fee paying 492 $16.50 $8,118 NA NA $8,118
Subsidised (no concession) 492 $3.40 $1,672.80 $438.90 $175.50 $2,287.20
Subsidised (concession) 492 $3.40 x 0.2 = $0.68 $344.56 $438.90 $105.30 $878.76

Is this a Free TAFE course? Yes, you could have your tuition fees covered thanks to the Victorian Government's Free TAFE for Priority Courses initiative when you apply for this course and assessed eligible for a government funded place. Find out more about the Free TAFE initiative.

2024 fee schedules

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2022 fee schedules