On 1 January 2023, TEQSA increased its fees and introduced new charges to recover costs for regulatory activities undertaken to support Australia’s higher education sector.
Costs are recovered from higher education providers in two ways:
- Registered Higher Education Provider (RHEP) charge paid annually by all providers, the charge is the sum of a base component and a compliance component
- Application-based fees for regulatory activities related to:
- registration
- course accreditation
- variation or revocation of conditions
TEQSA fees and charges are determined by legislative instruments
TEQSA’s fees and charges are determined by way of legislative instrument. TEQSA fees and charges from 1 January 2023 are determined by the:
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Determination of Fees No 1 of 2020 (Fee Determination)
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Regulations 2022 (Charges regulations)
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Registered Higher Education Provider Charge) Guidelines 2022 (Charges guidelines)
Learn more about fees and charges
In this section, you can find detailed information about our fees and charges, including:
- Registered Higher Education Provider (RHEP) charge
- application-based fees
- our Cost Recovery Implementation Statement
- how we consult on fees and charges
- fees and charges before 31 December 2022, including fee waivers.
For frequently asked questions about cost recovery, visit our FAQs page.