Student Assistance (Education Institutions and Courses) Amendment (Combined Courses and Masters by Coursework) Determination 2025 
Reference: LI 2025/29
Document type: Legislative Instrument
Enabling act: Student Assistance Act 1973
Date of issue: 12 December 2025
Signatory: Tanya Plibersek Minister for Social Services
Registration number: F2025L01608
Registration date: 18 December 2025

I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Social Services, make the following Determination.

1 Name: This instrument is the Student Assistance (Education Institutions and Courses) Amendment (Combined Courses and Masters by Coursework) Determination 2025 . | 2 Commencement: (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms. Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument. Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument. | 3 Authority: This instrument is made under subsection 5D(1) of the Student Assistance Act 1973. | 4 Schedules: Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms. Student Assistance (Education Institutions and Courses) Determination 2019 Part 1 – Combined courses | 1 Schedule 2 (table – Item 6): After paragraph (f), insert: (fa) course accredited at Masters level and specified in Schedule 3; or (fa) course accredited at Masters level and specified in Schedule 3; or | 2 Schedule 2 (table – Item 6 – subparagraph (h)(ii)): Repeal the subparagraph, substitute: (ii) is identified and administered by the institution as a combined course; and (ii) is identified and administered by the institution as a combined course; and | 3 Schedule 2 (table – Item 6 – paragraph (ha)): Repeal the paragraph. | 4 Schedule 2 (table – Item 6 – subparagraph (j)(iii)): Repeal the subparagraph, substitute: (iii) is identified and administered by the institution as a combined course; and (iii) is identified and administered by the institution as a combined course; and | 5 Schedule 2 (table – Item 9): After paragraph (f), insert: (fa) course accredited at Masters level and specified in Schedule 3; or (fa) course accredited at Masters level and specified in Schedule 3; or | 6 Schedule 2 (table – Item 9 – subparagraph (h)(ii)): Repeal the subparagraph, substitute: (ii) is identified and administered by the institution as a combined course; and (ii) is identified and administered by the institution as a combined course; and | 7 Schedule 2 (table – Item 9 – subparagraph (h)(iv)): Omit "; or". | 8 Schedule 2 (table – Item 9 – paragraph (i)): Repeal the paragraph. | 9 Schedule 2 (table – Item 10 – paragraph (c)): Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (c) that is identified and administered by each institution as a combined course (c) that is identified and administered by each institution as a combined course | 10 Schedule 2 (table – Item 11 – paragraph (c)): Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (c) that is identified and administered by each institution as a combined course (c) that is identified and administered by each institution as a combined course Part 2 – Masters by coursework | 11 Schedule 3 (table – Item 1 – Item number): Omit "1", substitute "1A". | 12 Schedule 3 (table – before Item 1A): Add: 1 Adelaide University Doctor of Clinical Dentistry Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Master of Applied Finance Master of Architecture Master of Arts (Interpreting, Translation and Transcultural Communication) Master of Construction Management Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy Master of Curatorial and Museum Studies Master of Financial Planning Master of Information Technology (Enterprise Management) Master of Landscape Architecture Master of Midwifery (Graduate Entry) Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) Master of Occupational Therapy (Graduate Entry) Master of Physiotherapy (Graduate Entry) Master of Professional Accounting Master of Psychology (Clinical) Master of Psychology (Health) Master of Psychology (Organisational and Human Factors) Master of Public Health Master of Social Work Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) Master of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) Master of Teaching (Middle and Secondary) Master of Teaching (Primary) Master of Teaching (Secondary) Master of Urban and Regional Planning Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Master of Applied Finance Master of Architecture Master of Arts (Interpreting, Translation and Transcultural Communication) Master of Construction Management Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy Master of Curatorial and Museum Studies Master of Financial Planning Master of Information Technology (Enterprise Management) Master of Landscape Architecture Master of Midwifery (Graduate Entry) Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) Master of Occupational Therapy (Graduate Entry) Master of Physiotherapy (Graduate Entry) Master of Professional Accounting Master of Psychology (Clinical) Master of Psychology (Health) Master of Psychology (Organisational and Human Factors) Master of Public Health Master of Social Work Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) Master of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) Master of Teaching (Middle and Secondary) Master of Teaching (Primary) Master of Teaching (Secondary) Master of Urban and Regional Planning | 13 Schedule 3 (table – Item 2): After "Master of Teaching (Primary) / Graduate Certificate in Religious Education", insert "Master of Teaching (Secondary)". | 14 Schedule 3 (table – Item 3): After "Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy", insert "Master of Professional Accounting". | 15 Schedule 3 (table – Item 6): Omit "Avondale College", substitute "Avondale University". | 16 Schedule 3 (table – Item 6): Before "Master of Teaching (Primary)", insert "Master of Ministry". | 17 Schedule 3 (table – Item 10): After "Master of Information Technology", insert "Master of Laboratory Medicine" and "Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry)". | 18 Schedule 3 (table – Item 11): Before "Doctor of Pharmacy", insert "Doctor of Medicine". | 19 Schedule 3 (table – Item 11): Omit "Master of Engineering (SENGG1)", substitute "Master of Engineering". | 20 Schedule 3 (table – Item 11): After "Master of Speech and Language Therapy", insert "Master of Speech Pathology". | 21 Schedule 3 (table – Item 15): Omit "Master of Architecture (Design)" and "Master of Landscape Architecture". | 22 Schedule 3 (table – Item 19): After "Master of Engineering Technology (Mechanical Engineering)", insert "Master of Engineering Technology (Mining)". | 23 Schedule 3 (table – Item 22): Omit "Master of Professional Accounting (5683)", substitute "Master of Professional Accounting". | 24 Schedule 3 (table – Item 24A): After "Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy", insert "Master of Social Work (Qualifying)". | 25 Schedule 3 (table – Item 26): Omit "Master of Pharmaceutical Public Health". | 26 Schedule 3 (table – Item 26): After "Master of Professional Accounting", insert "Master of Professional Psychology". | 27 Schedule 3 (table – Item 29): Omit "Master of Accounting and Financial Management". | 28 Schedule 3 (table – Item 30): Omit "Master of Environmental Planning". | 29 Schedule 3 (table – Item 35): After "Master of Arts (Theology)", insert "Master of Theology". | 30 Schedule 3 (table – Item 38): After "Master of Nursing – Entry to Practice", insert "Master of Nutrition and Dietetics". | 31 Schedule 3 (table – Item 39): Omit "Master of Applied Science (Chinese Herbal Medicine)", "Master of Information Management", "Master of Medical Physics" and "Master of Professional Accounting (CPA Australia Extension)". | 32 Schedule 3 (table – Item 41): After "Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)", insert "Master of Psychology (Educational and Developmental Psychology)". | 33 Schedule 3 (table – Item 49): Omit "Master of Nursing Practice". | 34 Schedule 3 (table – Item 52): After "Master of Physiotherapy", insert "Master of Primary Teaching". | 35 Schedule 3 (table – Item 52): After "Master of Social Work (Qualifying)", insert "Master of Speech Pathology". | 36 Schedule 3 (table – Item 53): After "Master of Urban and Regional Planning", insert "Master of Urban Planning". | 37 Schedule 3 (table – Item 56): After "Master of Pharmacy", insert "Master of Pharmacy Practice". | 38 Schedule 3 (table – Item 56): Omit "Master of Rehabilitation Counselling" and "Master of Science in Medicine (Psychotherapy)". | 39 Schedule 3 (table – Item 60): After "Doctor of Optometry", insert "Doctor of Pharmacy". | 40 Schedule 3 (table – Item 60): Omit "Master of Pharmacy". | 41 Schedule 3 (table – Item 61): Omit "Master of Business".