Fee due dates

Find out when your fees are due and other important fee dates.

When to pay

When making a mandatory fee payment, you must pay by its due date, not the census date.

Your fee due dates are on your Student Invoice and Statement of Liability.

For optional fees, you can choose to pay by the census/incurral date or incur the fee as debt via a HELP loan.

Due dates

The 2026 fee due dates listed here apply unless you are paying by dual instalment. They are listed by study period.

Use these dates to plan when you need to pay your fees. Check your fee statements and invoices to confirm the due dates that apply to you.

    • Semester 1 – 13 February 2026
    • Semester 2 – 13 July 2026

    • Summer term – 12 January 2026
    • Winter term – 25 May 2026

    • Year-long – 13 February 2026
    • RHD first half year – 13 February 2026
    • RHD second half year – 13 July 2026
    • Year-long mid-year start – 13 July 2026

    RHD = Research Higher Degrees

    • January: 12 January 2026
    • February: 12 January 2026
    • March: 13 February 2026
    • April: 2 March 2026
    • May: 31 March 2026
    • June: 30 April 2026
    • July: 25 May 2026
    • August: 29 June 2026
    • September: 31 July 2026
    • October: 31 August 2026
    • November: 28 September 2026
    • December: 30 October 2026

  • If your payment due date says 'immediately' on your statement or invoice, the original due date has passed.

    You must pay:

    • Student contribution amounts (Commonwealth supported place students) within three days of the invoice issue date.
    • Full-fee amounts (international and domestic full fee-paying students) within seven days of the invoice issue date.

Check your fee due dates

Access your fee statements and invoices on the my.unimelb student portal to confirm when your fees are due.

Go to Student admin > Fees > Access fee statements or Access my Student Invoice.

Check your fee statements

Plan ahead for your payments

When you make changes to your enrolment, your fee due dates may change. Check your Statement of Liability after making changes to see your fees and upcoming due dates.

You will receive a Student Invoice when you have fees due for payment within the following 4–5 weeks.

We’ll email you when its issued, so check your student email regularly. Your Student Invoice is your only reminder before the due date.

Pay your fees on time to avoid overdue fees and penalties. Find out what to do if you may be late paying fees.

Understand date types

You may see these date columns on your statements and invoices. Understand what they mean and the actions you need to take before each date.

Payment deadline

This is the deadline to pay mandatory fees.

Before the due date you should:

Fee due dates occur before census dates. Make sure you check your fee due date on your statements to know when to pay your fees.

Enrolment deadline

The census date is the deadline to make enrolment changes before your fee becomes non-refundable.

It is also the deadline to apply for HELP loans if eligible.

Each subject has its own census date. Take action before your earliest census date.

Before the census date you can:

  • Defer fees with a HELP loan

If you are eligible for a government HELP loan, submit the loan application before the census date to defer your fees.

If you don’t pay your student contribution upfront or apply for a HELP loan before the subject's census date, your enrolment in the subject will be cancelled. This deadline is set by the government.

Explore HELP loans

  • Withdraw from a subject to avoid fees

Once a census date passes, you are locked in to paying the cost of the subject, and it will appear on your academic transcript. If you change your mind and want to withdraw from a subject or apply for a leave of absence, do so before the census date for your fee charge to be cancelled.

  • Pay your optional fees

If you have applied for a HELP loan but still wish to make an upfront payment, you have until the census date to pay. After that, you incur the fees as HELP debt.

Learn more about census dates

Loan milestone

This is the date you officially incur debt if you deferred the SSAF fee to SA-HELP.

Before the incurral date you can:

  • Pay your optional fees

If you have deferred the SSAF fee to SA-HELP but still wish to make an upfront payment, you have until the incurral date to pay. After that, you incur the SSAF fee as SA-HELP debt.

Manage your fee deadlines