Effect on student payments of enrolment in more than one course or at more than one educational provider 010-07010140

To be eligible for a student payment, students must have enrolled:

• full-time in a single course at one education provider, or
• in 2 separate courses at 2 different education providers (this may apply in limited circumstances)

However, the student must meet special conditions and provide evidence to Services Australia (the agency) to determine if they still meet the undertaking full time study requirement.

Students enrolled in more than one course at the same provider, may have their courses treated as a single course for student payment purposes where:

• the education provider treats the units from the second course as adding towards the completion of the primary course, and
• the student:
• is classed as full-time when adding units from both courses together, and
• has supplied evidence to the agency to confirm this arrangement

Where a student is enrolled at more than one education provider, they may be considered a full-time student. See the Process page for where this occurs:

Note: study in subjects that are unrelated to the first course cannot be counted toward the study load. Also, credit for previous study cannot be counted as part of the study load requirement for a course.

In some cases, students may undertake a semester of full-time study at an provider other than the provider where they commenced their original study. This is known as 'cross provider' study. The original provider (home provider) may not maintain the student on their current enrolment records while they are undertaking study at the other provider (host provider). However, they will be enrolled at the host provider and be given a new student ID number for that provider.

This study will be recognised as approved study for student payments providing the student:

• obtains approval from their original provider that study at the host provider will be accredited to their original course, and evidence is provided from either education provider to confirm this, and
• undertakes at least 75% of a normal amount of full-time study of an approved course at an approved provider, or
• meets one of the concessional study load rules that may apply to the specific student payment

The edit E628YP - Student dates on ICP course inconsistent presents when an ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) customer is studying more than 2 concurrent courses. There is an approved workaround to manage this, see the Process page.