TEQSA’s fees and charges recover costs for regulatory activities undertaken to support Australia’s higher education sector.
Costs are recovered from higher education providers in 2 ways:
- Registered Higher Education Provider (RHEP) charge paid annually by all providers, the charge is the sum of a base component and a compliance component
- Application fees for regulatory activities related to:
- registration
- course accreditation
- variation or revocation of conditions
TEQSA fees and charges are determined by legislative instruments
TEQSA’s fees and charges are determined by way of legislative instrument. TEQSA’s fees and charges from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 are determined by the:
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Determination of Fees No 1 of 2020 (Fee Determination)
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Regulations 2022 (Charges Regulations)
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Registered Higher Education Provider Charge) Guidelines 2022 (Charges guidelines).
Learn more about fees and charges
In this section, you can find detailed information about our fees and charges, including:
- Registered Higher Education Provider (RHEP) charge
- application fees
- our Cost Recovery Implementation Statement
- how we consult on fees and charges
For frequently asked questions about cost recovery, visit our FAQs page.