Payments

Invoices

You will be provided with an online invoice through Access Adelaide with details of your Student Contribution. Your invoice can be viewed, printed or saved as a Portable Document File (PDF). An email message to your University of Adelaide student email account will advise you when an invoice is available.

To view your invoice online, log into Access Adelaide, then select:

1. My Finances
2. My Invoices

Students are not sent a hardcopy of their invoice unless there are exceptional circumstances. There are computing suites on campus that can be used if you do not have a computer at home.
If you make an enrolment change after the invoice is produced and there is a financial implication, a further invoice will be issued, though the due date for payment remains the same.

Your invoice includes:

• your personal details, including name, address, program(s) in which you are enrolled, student number and whether a Tax File Number (TFN) is supplied
• the student contribution for the current term of enrolment or, if you are receiving a second invoice for that term, the new items not previously included. The student contribution is based on your enrolment at the time the invoice is produced
• the eligible discount for an up-front payment
• the total amount due for the invoice period
• a summary of your account, including an Opening Balance (the state of your account before this invoice was produced) and a Total Payable (including this invoice and any previous amounts outstanding)
• the due date by which payment must be made (only on the first invoice produced for the term in question).  If you are enrolled in multiple sessions in the same term your invoice may include multiple due dates.  These will be displayed next to each charge.

Check the details on your invoice carefully. If you have difficulty with Access Adelaide or have any concerns about your invoice, contact the Univeristy Contact Centre on 8313 5208, 1800 061 459 (country and interstate callers), or email.

Printing and internet charges do not appear on your invoice; they are managed separately. Refer to the University Contact Centre website for more information about these services.

Due Dates

Your invoice will specify a due date by which payment of your Student Contribution (SC) must be made. If you wish to make a partial payment, you must do so by the due date.

If you intend to defer payment of your SC to a HECS-HELP loan and have provided your Tax File Number (TFN), you don't have to pay anything by the due date. If you have not provided your TFN it can be entered into Access Adelaide via:

1. My Finances
2. Tax File Number

You must start paying back your HECS-HELP debt through the taxation system when your repayment income is above the minimum repayment threshold for compulsory repayment.  For more information on HECS-HELP go to the Commonwealth Government’s Study Assist website.

The University cannot accept a payment of Student Contribution after the census date.  You can make a voluntary repayment directly to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). You will receive a bonus of a 5% discount if you make a payment of $500 or more to the Australian Taxation Office.  

Please refer to the booklet Information for Commonwealth-supported Students, which is available from Information Services, Hub Central or on the Commonwealth Government’s Study Assist website, for more information about making a voluntary payment to the ATO is available from the Australian Tax Office website.

Payment Options

For details about payment options refer to Invoice Payment Options.

Payment Priorities

If you are making a partial payment and wish to pay for a particular course you will only be able to do this at the University Contact Centre. You will need to advise the University Contact Centre which course(s) you wish to apply your payment to.

Your Account

You can check your student account online at any time through Access Adelaide. Your account has the most up-to-date information based on your current enrolment details and any recent payments. Please Note:  payments made via EPayment Gateway, POSTBillpay or BPay may take up to 2 working days to show on your account.  If you believe your account on Access Adelaide is incorrect, contact the Univeristy Contact Centre on 8313 5208, 1800 061 459 (country and interstate callers), or email.

You can also check details of your HECS-HELP liability on the Commonwealth Government’s website Study Assist.