Withdrawing before completing your medical course
If you withdraw from or are barred from your course of study, you will cease to be a bonded participant.
- If you withdraw before your second-year census date, you are not required to repay the cost of your Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
- If you withdraw after the second-year census date, you must repay the cost of your CSP as funded by the Commonwealth.
Please note, there are 2 steps required to finalise your bonded obligations:
- Withdrawal from your bonded place at university (facilitated by your university).
- Withdrawal from the Program via the Bonded Return of Service System (BRoSS) (facilitated by us).
You will still be liable to pay HECS-HELP (if applicable), as HECS-HELP is separate to the Program. The cost of your study is split into 2 parts:
- the Australian Government pays a share of the costs as a benefit to you – this is your bonded CSP
- you pay your share of the costs – this is your student contribution amount, which you may use a HECS-HELP loan to pay for.
You can repay your CSP to withdraw from the Program, but you are still liable for your HECS-HELP loan.
Withdrawing after completing your medical course
If you withdraw from the Program after completing your medical course, you must repay the cost of your CSP.
If you do not finish your 156 weeks of Return of Service Obligation (RoSO) within 18 years, you must also repay, unless there are exceptional circumstances. The amount is reduced if you have completed part of your RoSO.
CSP repayment estimation
If you have access to BRoSS, you can receive an instant withdrawal quote.
The repayment amount is calculated using the formula in section 17 of the Rule.
If you are not able to access BRoSS you can:
- Find the ‘total repayment amount’ on the Department of Education’s website. Please refer to the Commonwealth contribution amount for the funding cluster that includes medicine.
- Add together these amounts for all the part or full years you were at university to work out your ‘total repayment amount’.
Former MRBS participants
If you opted into the Program from the MRBS Scheme, you:
- are liable for the repayment of the full scholarship amount
- will be subject to a 6-year Medicare ban, effective from the date of withdrawal from the Program.
The scholarship amount may be reduced on a pro-rata basis, depending on the amount of completed RoSO.
A ‘New MRBS’ participant can request an individualised repayment estimation via BRoSS.