Other costs

Apart from tuition fees (for your program and subjects), there are a number of costs associated with studying at university. Make sure you find out what additional costs you'll have while studying at Western Sydney University.

Health insurance

Health insurance is an expense that students need to pay during their academic journey. Health insurance helps cover the cost of medical treatment, doctor's visits, prescriptions, and other health-related expenses. For more details, please visit this LINK

Textbooks

Textbooks can be expensive with costs varying according to the program and subjects you're studying. Textbooks are often compulsory and you will be required to use them for weekly readings, assessments or open book exams.

Photocopying and printing

Frequent printing of lecture notes can add considerably to your stationery costs. Take the time to look over a journal article or textbook chapter before you photocopy or print. If there's only a small amount of information relevant to what you need, you're better off making notes (remember to reference) than wasting paper to print/photocopy.

Stationery

Writing paper and photocopy/printer paper can be surprisingly expensive. Buy large packs of A4 notepaper at supermarkets and keep any left over for the next teaching term. Use both sides of the paper for writing notes and for printing draft versions of assignments. Recycle binders/lever arch folders after each term, rather than storing notes in them.

Repeating subjects

If you are required or choose to repeat a subject that you have already studied, the fee for that subject will be reapplied.

That means you will need to pay the fee again (every time you repeat the same subject), even if you paid it when you first studied that subject.

Travel costs

Getting to uni often has associated costs, whether you're using public transport or driving. It's important to know how you're going to get to and from uni, and how much that will cost each week or across the teaching term.