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Fees

Fees vary according to the type of room requested/allocated and the length of contract period. CSU Students are eligible for a 35 week contract. Please note that you get to keep your room for the entirety of semester 1 and 2 - That is, you do *not* have to vacate your room during the holidays at Easter, mid-year, etc

[Evening meals are catered Monday-Thursday during the 28 academic session weeks of CSU's semester 1 and 2.]

There are three payment options. Residents may elect to:

  • pay for the full year upfront and receive a $100 discount; or
  • pay per semester (2 payments per year); or
  • pay by the term - a total of 4 equal instalments.

Standard Room - 35 Week Contract [CSU Students]

Lodging: 35 weeks

$8,442

Meals: 28 weeks

$1,965

Total:

$10,407

   

Payment Options:

 

Term Payments (4 instalments):

$2,604

OR Semester Payment Option (2 installments):

$5,203

OR Full year Upfront (including discount): $10,307

Ensuite Room - 36 Week Contract [CSU Students]

Lodging: 36 weeks

$10,164

Meals: 28 weeks

$1,965

Total:

$12,129

   

Payment Options:

 

Term Payments (4 instalments):

$3,032

OR Semester Payment Option (2 instalments):

$6,064

OR Full year Upfront (including discount): $12,029


Why is St Francis College the best value for money?
  • You are respected as a responsible adult;
  • Unsurpassed pastoral care, and availability of spiritual formation if desired;
  • Fellow residents are awesome people who want to have a great time and who are motivated to excel in their studies;
  • You will never feel alone or lonely. You will make superb friends who you will keep for life;
  • We have the largest undergraduate bedrooms on campus;
  • Each bedroom has a good quality mattress, a large study desk and good quality study chair, as well as an armchair;
  • Your bedroom is cleaned every week; 
  • Even the non-ensuite rooms have a vanity unit with hot and cold running water;
  • Common rooms are kept clean;
  • Fully furnished with high quality furniture, fixtures and fittings;
  • Free access to very fast and very reliable wifi, and huge amounts of free data;
  • You don't have to cook four nights of the week;
  • Kitchens are fully equipped - No need to bring cookware, cutlery or crockery;
  • We provide and launder your bed linen;
  • Fully equipped laundry;
  • You don't have to pay electricity, gas or water bills, etc;
  • You are not locked into a 52 week rental contract;
  • You don't have to worry about housemates not paying their share of the rent;
  • No risk of having a bad Landlord;
  • Small size of college feels like a home, not like an institution;
  • Free off-street parking with security lighting and 24 hour security staff;
  • No need to do any gardening or mow the lawns;
  • No need to rent a Post Office Box. Mail and parcels delivered right to your bedroom door;
  • Late meals available if you have other commitments at dinner-time;
  • Free college sport singlet, and discounted college jersey;
  • Fire buckets in winter;
  • Last but definitely not least - The best leadership team imaginable.
Are there any upfront payments if I get accepted?

Up-front fees for  CSU Students are as follows:  


Acceptance Fee (Includes $20 GST)      

  $220

Services fee (Any unused portion is refunded)

$1,200

Orientation week (for first years attending O-week)

$200

St Francis Collegian's (SFCA) Fee

$100

(Used to subsidise college events throughout the year)


CSU Network Access Charge (Levied by University)

$288

Total

$2,008


* The SFCA Fee is an annual fee collected by the College on behalf of the student association to subsidise social events through the year.
** The college only provides evening meals on Mondays-Thursdays during CSU Semester 1 and 2.