Fee remission privacy notice

Your personal information will be handled in accordance with the University's Privacy Policy. We collect and use this information solely for the purpose of assessing your fee remission application.

Why we collect your personal information

The information on fee remission is collected by Student Administration at the University of Melbourne.

Student Administration is collecting and processing your personal information to:

  • Determine if you meet the Commonwealth Government’s fee remission criteria
  • Make appropriate adjustments to your enrolment and fees if the fee remission criteria are met
  • Inform reporting and planning activities, and to improve student services in relation to ‘fee remission’ (non-identifying information only).

How we process your personal information

We will process your personal information as necessary for our legitimate interests, in accordance with applicable privacy laws, and only under the following circumstances:

  • For the purpose for which it was collected; or
  • A related purpose which you might reasonably expect; or
  • Where you have consented to the processing; or
  • If we are required or permitted to do so by law.

We collect your personal information directly from you, or if you provide consent, from other relevant applications or information that you have submitted to the University or other organisations.

We source some information (e.g., your subject enrolment details and results) from the University's student database, and if required we will validate curriculum and assessment details with the relevant faculty.

We will only share your personal information with the University of Melbourne staff members who are directly involved in the assessment of your fee remission application.

In some instances, your personal information may be transferred outside of Victoria or Australia (for example, where providers are located internationally or use a cloud-based system with servers based in international jurisdictions). We take all reasonable steps to ensure that the interstate or overseas transfer of personal information is in accordance with our privacy obligations as outlined in the University's General Privacy Statement.

If you choose not to provide the requested information, it may mean that your fee remission application is deemed ineligible and/or cannot be approved for some other reason.

  • Refer to the University's General Privacy Statement or other privacy statements for general information about how we process and protect personal information, including:

    • Our lawful basis for processing personal information
    • Collection, use and disclosure of personal information
    • Accuracy, security and storage of personal information
    • Retention and disposal of personal information
    • Your individual rights
    • Applicable privacy laws.

  • You may request access to, or correction of, your personal information we hold, or exercise your individual rights as applicable under relevant privacy laws, unless this would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others or would contravene the University’s other legislative obligations.

    If the lawful collection of your personal information is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of our processing of your information prior to you withdrawing your consent.

  • For further information you can contact us.

    For further information about how the University manages personal information, and for details of how to make an enquiry, lodge a complaint, or to contact the University’s Privacy and Data Protection Officer, please refer to our Privacy page, view the University's Privacy Policy or contact privacy-officer@unimelb.edu.au.