Fees and Scholarships - Carnegie Mellon University

At Carnegie Mellon University in Australia, we strive to make a graduate education accessible to talented students through numerous scholarship opportunities. All of our Australian students receive financial subsidy for the local programs from Carnegie Mellon.

Tuition Fees

Full-Time and Part-Time Australian Students

Program	No. of Units	Academic Year 2021/2022 Cost Per Unit
MSIT-ITM 12-Month Track MSIT-ITM (Information Security Concentration) 12-Month Track	144	AUD $330
MSIT-ITM 21-Month Track MSIT-ITM (Information Security Concentration) 21-Month Track MSIT-(BIDA) 21-Month Track	168	AUD $330
Advanced Cert in BIDA	96	AUD $330
Graduate Cert in BIDA	48	AUD $330
MSPPM 12-Month Track MSPPM (Digital Transformation & Analytics) 12-Month Track	168	AUD $288
MSPPM 21-Month Track MSPPM (Digital Transformation & Analytics) 21-Month Track	198	AUD $288

Note:

Cost per unit is inclusive of a financial package from CMU.
Tuition is charged for coursework on a per unit basis.
Cost per unit typically increases approximately 3% in August each year.
The internship study period incurs no cost.
Deferral of admission will incur tuition fees at the prevailing rate.

CMU-A Academic Merit Scholarships

Available for: MSPPM & MSIT programs. Global programs are awarded academic merit scholarships by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Scholarship value: Up to AUD $10,000

We seek to attract the very best and brightest students from around the world. Our competitive scholarship and awards program allows us to remove hurdles which may otherwise prevent deserving future leaders from attaining a prestigious Carnegie Mellon University degree.

How to Apply

The application assessment process for admission into Carnegie Mellon University in Australia assesses both the applicant's strength for entrance into the program, while simultaneously assessing merit for a scholarship or award.

When lodging your program application simply tick the scholarship application box when you apply. Scholarships are only awarded once a completed, eligible application is submitted. Confirmation of the scholarship value will be provided at the time of offer into the program.

FEE HELP

Available to: Fee-paying students who are either Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents with a humanitarian visa.

Available for: All programs

The Higher Education Loan Program includes a loan scheme called FEE-HELP for domestic fee paying students. Eligible students can take out a FEE-HELP loan to assist with their tuition fees.

Eligible students may choose to defer some, or all, of their tuition fees to FEE-HELP.

FEE-HELP is available to commencing students who are either Australian Citizens or Australian Permanent Residents with a humanitarian visa, and some continuing students. FEE-HELP is not available to students undertaking Commonwealth Supported Postgraduate Coursework programs, nor to students who are not Australian citizens (except for those in possession of a PR humanitarian visa).

See the FEE-HELP website and the Australian Government's Study Assist website for more details.