Student Loan:
Start your application as soon as possible to avoid delays. Use the StudyLink website to ensure you are eligible for a student loan and/orallowance. If your loan application is not approved, you will still be liable for any fees due.
Note: If paying by student loan, students studying part-time at Level 5 and 6 must make two separate loan applications to StudyLink. The first application is to pay for the first half of the programme, the second application (45 weeks later) is to pay for the second half of the programme.
Please note, this is a condition set by StudyLink. If you enrol part-time at level 5 or 6 with TLC, you are enrolling in the full two year programme.
Credit Card Payments can be made through this secure online portal link: TLC Credit Card Payment
* $50.00 account admin fee applicable for all AP instalment arrangements, please contact accounts for further information.
Fee Payment: Fee payment is to be arranged or paid in full to THE LEARNING CONNEXION LTD. before the programme start date.
Protection Policy: All tuition fees (or funds of an equivalent value) are held in an NZQA approved Trust account.
Final Year Fees Free
The Government has announced that Fees Free for the first year of study or training will finish at the end of 2024. A final-year Fees Free policy will replace it, starting from 1 January 2025.
If you are a first-time tertiary learner in 2025, you may be able to get Fees Free for your final year of study or training. If you are eligible, you will need to apply for your entitlement through IRD from 2026 onwards.
For more information about the transition from first-year Fees Freeor the final-year Fees Free policy, visit FeesFree.govt.nz.