Student Loan course-related costs

To get a Student Loan for course-related costs, you need to meet the criteria for a Student Loan.

You also need to be:

• studying full-time
• under 55.

If you're under 18, you can't get a Student Loan if you're either:

• on a Youth Guarantee programme
• studying a fees-free level 1 or 2 qualification.

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.

• Apply online for a Student Loan (if you haven't already)
• Claim them online, in MyStudyLink, once we've received your Student Loan contract.

It will take about 3 working days to process your course-related costs claim and pay you.

If your course hasn’t started yet, the earliest we can pay you is 14 days before your course starts.

We can only pay you if your Student Loan has been approved.