About course-related costs
Before you apply online
You will need to have applied for a Student Loan and returned your Student Loan Contract before using this service.
You can check the status of your Student Loan via the Application Details service in MyStudyLink.
If you have a 'fees only' Student Loan
If you have applied for a Student Loan to cover your course fees only, and now want to claim for the course-related costs part, you'll need to:
- make sure you have a bank account set up for your Student Loan. You can check this in the Personal Details service of MyStudyLink.
- give us a call on 0800 88 99 00 to make sure your loan is set up for course-related costs. Please have your client number handy.
- go to MyStudyLink and apply online for course-related costs.
View course-related costs
In the view course-related costs screen you can view:
- study details for the loan account
- the maximum course-related costs available
- any previously course-related costs claimed and how much was paid
- the amount of course-related costs you are able to claim.
You can also view the details of any previous claims you have made.
Loan account
The loan account keeps track of your transactions and is set up once your loan is approved. You need to take out a new loan (which opens a new loan account) for every year of your studies.
You can borrow up to $1000 in course-related costs as part of your Student Loan.
If you started your current enrolment in 2020 you can borrow up to $2000. This means you enrolled for your course and started studying within 2020. The amount was increased for enrolments and study in 2020 due to COVID-19.
You don't have to borrow the full amount. You also don't need to claim it all at once.
Training Incentive Allowance contribution
The Training Incentive Allowance may affect the amount you can claim for course-related costs. The amount you can borrow for course-related costs is reduced by the amount of Training Incentive Allowance you get (this does not include any Training Incentive Allowance you get for childcare, transport or disability-related costs).
Apply for course-related costs
Apply for new course-related costs
You can currently borrow up to $2,000 in course-related costs as part of your Student Loan. This is temporarily increased by $1,000 in response to COVID-19.
The extra amount is only available if you’re studying during 2020. This means you:
- are already studying in 2020, or
- will begin studying in 2020.
The extra amount available is a maximum of $1,000, even if you have more than one Student Loan during 2020. You don't have to borrow the full amount. You also don't need to claim it all at once.
To apply for course-related costs online you need to ensure you have entered all information required.
Category
This is the item you are applying for course-related costs for.
Description
This gives examples of what can be claimed under the category you have selected.
Cost
This is the total amount you are claiming within each category.
Once you have reviewed the claim and the details are correct you need to accept the claim to approve it.
If the details are not correct you can choose to go back and make changes.