You may be entitled to a refund if you change your programme of study, withdraw from your programme or transfer to another institution. If you haven't paid your fees yet and need to change your application to study at AUT, you still need to withdraw from your programme as you will remain liable for your fees.
The following information is a guide. To see our full fees and refunds protocol refer to the AUT Calendar section on Payment and Refund of Fees.
If you withdraw from individual courses or your whole programme of study, the following rules apply to fees:
Change of application | Refund | Admin charge | Result recorded |
Completed less than 10% of course duration | 100% | Nil | No result recorded |
Completed between 10% and 75% of course duration | Nil | Nil | Withdrawn result recorded |
After 75% of course | Nil | Nil | Did not complete result recorded |
If you have not yet paid your fees
If you have enrolled in a programme of study but have not yet paid your fees, you will remain liable for your fees unless you withdraw before the end of the refund period outlined above.
To change your programme of study you need to:
To transfer to another tertiary institution you need to:
Any refund will be calculated on a 'pro rata' basis dependent on the length of course.
To transfer to another institution you must:
Date of refund request | Enrolment status | Refund due | Administration charges | Academic result |
More than 7 days before the start of the programme | Cancellation | 100% (less administration charges) | NZ$300 | No result recorded |
From 7 days prior to the start of the programme and less than 10% of the programme duration completed | Cancellation | 90% (less administration charges) | NZ$300 | No result recorded |
From 10% of the programme duration completed and up to 75% of programme duration completed | Withdrawal | Nil | Nil | Withdrawn result recorded |
After 75% of programme duration completed | Withdrawal | Nil | Nil | Did not complete result recorded |
If you have not yet paid your fees
If you have enrolled in a programme of study but have not yet paid your fees, you will remain liable for your fees unless you withdraw before the end of the refund period outlined above.
To change your programme of study you need to:
To withdraw from individual courses you must:
Date of refund request | Enrolment status | Refund due | Administration charges | Academic result |
More than 7 days before the start of the course | Cancellation | 100% | The greater of: $NZ50; or $NZ10 per course | No result recorded |
From 7 days prior to the start of the course and less than 10% of the course duration completed | Cancellation | 90% | The greater of: $NZ50; or $NZ10 per course | No result recorded |
From 10% of the course duration completed and up to 75% of course duration completed | Withdrawal | Nil | Nil | Withdrawn result recorded |
After 75% of course duration completed | Withdrawal | Nil | Nil | Did not complete result recorded |