• What are Commonwealth Suppported Places?

  Commonwealth Supported Places, or CSPs, are the most common medical school places. They are offered by all public universities. In these subsidised medical school places, the federal government pays about 80% of the fees and you pay only 20% (about $10,000 per year). This fee, or Student Contribution Amount (SCA) can be paid upfront or taken as a HECS-HELP loan from the government (but it has to be paid back with interest when you start earning). For more information see: Commonwealth SupporteFew readers

• What are Bonded Medical Places?

  The purpose of the Bonded Medical Program is to meet the demand for doctors in areas which have workforce shortages, that is, in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia. The Government provides students with a Commonwealth Supported Place in medicine (which still includes the same fees as a CSP), in return for a commitment to work in predefined areas of need for three years after they graduate. This is called a ‘return of service obligation’ (RoSO). The terms of the placement (including loFew readers