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Material (optional) fees
Material Fees (also called Optional fees) are fees and charges for goods and services associated with programs and courses. Included are the costs of field trips or items which become the property of the student such as lecture notes, lab coats, fabrics or workshop equipment. Material fees are not compulsory and students may opt to purchase these items independently.
Levying material fees
Students who choose to pay the fee must sign a copy of the Voluntary material and other fees (PDF 33.3kb 1p) form which shows all charges to be levied against their student account.
Because there is currently no online functionality to allow for the electronic acknowledgement, acceptance (by students) or subsequent application of material fees all student cohorts must follow the abovementioned process to be charged material fees.
It is recommended that staff ask students to complete the Voluntary material and other fees (PDF 33.3kb 1p) form during the first teaching week. All completed forms must be forwarded to Enrolments and Records for processing via the usual process for administrative forms. Staff can contact enrolments@rmit.edu.au for further information.
Removing material fees
The removal of a material fee from a class which has been ‘dropped’ by the student, can be requested in one of the following ways:
- on the Application for leave of absence (PDF 141kb 3p)
- on the Enrolment variation form (PDF 59kb 2p)
- by completing a Removal of optional fees form (DOC 66kb 1p)
Schools are responsible for material fees and all requests for the removal or reversal of such fees must be authorised by the owning school. Fees are not automatically removed when students ‘drop’ a class as some used materials may not be returnable or students may choose to keep their materials.
The school is only required to submit one request for removal of the fee/s and can use one of the forms listed above to do so.
Submitted removal requests must specify the term and code of the material fee/s to be removed.
Forms may be downloaded from the staff forms and information web site (staff log-in required).