If you are 24 years of age or younger and studying full-time, then you still qualify for Youth Allowance during your postgraduate degree. If you are 25 years of age or older and taking a postgraduate degree full-time, you can apply for Austudy instead.
Austudy, however, has some further eligibility requirements, and is only available for some postgraduate degrees. If a student has studied part-time for a course over a certain period, the time spent by the student on that course is taken to be the proportion of that period calculated by using the formula:. Example: Mary commenced a 3-year Bachelor of Arts in Semester 1, and all units are semester based.
Provided she continues to meet the activity test, Mary will reach her allowable time at the beginning of Semester 2, However, as Austudy requires the allowable time to be exceeded before payment will cease, Mary is eligible for payment until the start of Semester 1, when her allowable time is next tested.
However, should Mary commence a summer semester, she will have achieved her allowable time at the commencement of the summer semester. Example: Greg finished a Bachelor degree at the end of all units were semester based within the minimum time allowed for the course - 3 years.
Greg wants to do another Bachelor course from Semester 1, Note: The study progress rules for YA require the allowable study time to be reached, rather than exceeded, before payment ceases. If Mary was in receipt of YA, her payment would cease at the end of Semester 1, 3. This refers to when you have studied in a tertiary course previously, but did not finish the course. Allowable time is measured against the minimum time of the tertiary course you are currently studying.
Time already spent in study at the same level is then deducted from this limit to determine whether you are still undertaking qualifying study. If you are receiving Youth Allowance you are not limited in the amount of time spent in study at the same level.
If you are receiving Youth Allowance you may be asked to sign an agreement when attempting a second or subsequent course at the same level. It is important that you provide information about the amount of time you have previously spent on this course. If this course is at the same level as your current course, the amount of time you spent studying on this course may be used in calculating your allowable time.
Centrelink administered payments for students are not paid indefinitely. A limit is placed on how long you may continue to receive payment at each level of study.
This limit is based on the course you are currently undertaking. Other study you have previously undertaken at the same level may also be taken into account. Only the normal minimum duration of a completed course is taken into account, whether or not you actually studied for longer than that.
Provide information on any previous attempts you have undertaken for the current course you are studying. A criterion for undertaking qualifying study for Austudy purposes is that you must be making satisfactory progress in your course. A tertiary student is making satisfactory progress if the amount of time spent in the course together with the time spent in other courses at the same level does not exceed the allowable time for that course.
For Youth allowance, the allowable time is measured only against any study you have undertaken in your current course. If you are receiving Youth Allowance, there is no limit on the number of courses you can undertake at the same level and you may retain full-time student status.
If you have previously attempted a different course at the same level you may be required to enter into an activity agreement for students. Students need to complete a course in an allowable period of time that is based on the minimum time it normally takes to complete the course, plus an additional allowable period of time.
Up to one year additional allowable time may be granted to complete your course. In Exceptional Circumstances some students may be granted an extension to their allowable time. Such circumstances include illness, family trauma, natural disaster, relocation and caring responsibilities.
Your course needs to be completed in an allowable period of time, this is based on the minimum time it normally takes to complete the course, plus an additional study period for example 3 years plus 1 semester for a degree. Up to one year additional allowable time may be granted to complete your course if you have a year long subject.
In Exceptional Circumstances you may be granted an extension to your allowable time. If you are completing Year 12 or an equivalent qualification in November or December this year, you can elect to have your Youth Allowance payment start from 1 January next year if you lodge a claim from 1 October to 31 December inclusive.
For academic reasons the workload of a tertiary or secondary student may be reduced to two-thirds of the normal workload because:. Please telephone Centrelink on 13 23 For Tertiary study the allowable time is the minimum time it would take to complete the course studying full-time plus an additional study period. However, a student could obtain assistance for a Masters qualifying year after completing an Honours year, by using any remaining period of the allowable time.
For information on Honours study for Austudy recipients, see 3. The following periods of study can be disregarded in assessing whether a recipient has exceeded the allowable time for tertiary study at a particular level. Example: A student completes a Bachelor of Nursing and then suffers a back injury which prevents them practising as a nurse.
Time spent undertaking a course:. Incomplete studies undertaken more than 10 years before the student enrolled in their most recent course are disregarded when calculating previous study time.
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