Australian universities with no application fee for international students
Applying to Australian universities is cheaper than applying in the US or UK, because most of them charge international students no application fee at all when you apply directly or through an authorised agent.
That means you can put in several applications and compare your offers without spending anything upfront. A small number of universities do charge a direct-application fee, usually AUD 55 to 125, though several waive it for agent-lodged applications.
South Metropolitan TAFE
No application feePerth, WA. Free to apply. Tuition from A$18,000 a year.Avondale University
No application feeCooranbong, NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$24,000 a year.Australian Institute of Business
No application feeAdelaide, SA. Free to apply. Tuition from A$24,000 a year.Melbourne Polytechnic
No application feeMelbourne, VIC. Free to apply. Tuition from A$19,000 a year.Charles Sturt University
No application feeMulti-campus, regional NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$27,000 a year.University of Southern Queensland
No application feeToowoomba, QLD. Free to apply. Tuition from A$27,000 a year.Southern Cross University
No application feeLismore/Gold Coast/Coffs Harbour, NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$28,000 a year.University of New England
No application feeArmidale, NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$28,000 a year.Charles Darwin University
No application feeDarwin, NT. Free to apply. Tuition from A$26,000 a year.Holmes Institute
No application feeMulti-campus (Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast). Free to apply. Tuition from A$25,000 a year.William Angliss Institute
No application feeMelbourne, VIC. Free to apply. Tuition from A$22,000 a year.Kaplan Business School
No application feeMulti-campus (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane). Free to apply. Tuition from A$26,000 a year.Melbourne Institute of Technology
No application feeMelbourne, VIC. Free to apply. Tuition from A$25,000 a year.Edith Cowan University
No application feePerth, WA. Free to apply. Tuition from A$30,000 a year.University of the Sunshine Coast
No application feeSippy Downs, QLD. Free to apply. Tuition from A$30,000 a year.Torrens University Australia
No application feeMulti-campus, national. Free to apply. Tuition from A$30,000 a year.James Cook University
No application feeTownsville/Cairns, QLD. Free to apply. Tuition from A$34,000 a year.Murdoch University
No application feePerth, WA. Free to apply. Tuition from A$32,000 a year.University of Canberra
No application feeCanberra, ACT. Free to apply. Tuition from A$30,000 a year.Australian Institute of Music
No application feeSydney, NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$27,000 a year.University of Notre Dame Australia
No application feeFremantle, WA / Sydney, NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$33,000 a year.University of Tasmania
No application feeHobart/Launceston, TAS. Free to apply. Tuition from A$34,000 a year.International College of Management, Sydney
No application feeManly, NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$28,000 a year.Flinders University
No application feeAdelaide, SA. Free to apply. Tuition from A$36,000 a year.National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
No application feeSydney, NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$30,000 a year.Western Sydney University
No application feeSydney, NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$30,000 a year.University of Newcastle
No application feeNewcastle, NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$38,000 a year.University of Wollongong
No application feeWollongong, NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$38,000 a year.Curtin University
No application feePerth, WA. Free to apply. Tuition from A$38,000 a year.Deakin University
No application feeMelbourne/Geelong, VIC. Free to apply. Tuition from A$36,000 a year.La Trobe University
No application feeMelbourne, VIC. Free to apply. Tuition from A$36,000 a year.Swinburne University of Technology
No application feeMelbourne, VIC. Free to apply. Tuition from A$36,000 a year.Macquarie University
No application feeSydney, NSW. Free to apply. Tuition from A$42,000 a year.Bond University
No application feeGold Coast, QLD. Free to apply. Tuition from A$48,000 a year.
How this list was built
We list universities recorded as charging no application fee for international students. The figure reflects the standard direct-application fee; some universities that charge one waive it for applications through an authorised agent, so confirm before you apply. Third-party application platforms may add their own service fee regardless. RMIT is excluded here even though it charges most applicants nothing, because its fee is country-conditional (AU$100 for a specific list of countries, including parts of India and Pakistan) rather than genuinely fee-free for everyone.
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