LI 2026/21

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Student Assistance Act 1973

Legislative Instrument

Student Assistance (Education Institutions and Courses) Amendment (Masters by Coursework) Determination 2026

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I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for Social Services, make the following Determination.

1 Name

This instrument is the Student Assistance (Education Institutions and Courses) Amendment (Masters by Coursework) Determination 2026.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 5D(1) of the Student Assistance Act 1973.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1 – Amendments

Student Assistance (Education Institutions and Courses) Determination 2019

1 Schedule 3 (table – Item 3)

Omit "Australian College of Applied Professions (formerly known as Australian College of Applied Psychology)", substitute "ACAP University College".

2 Schedule 3 (table – after Item 3)

Insert:

3 Schedule 3 (table – Item 7)

After "Juris Doctor", insert "Juris Doctor Online".

4 Schedule 3 (table – Item 10)

After "Master of Clinical Chiropractic", insert "Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology".

5 Schedule 3 (table – Item 11)

After "Doctor of Pharmacy", insert "Master of Architecture".

6 Schedule 3 (table – after Item 13)

Insert:

7 Schedule 3 (table – Item 15)

Omit "Master of Architecture (Design Management)".

8 Schedule 3 (table – Item 15)

After "Master of Information Technology", insert "Master of Occupational Therapy Practice".

9 Schedule 3 (table – Item 29)

Omit "Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner)".

10 Schedule 3 (table – Item 29)

After "Master of Speech Pathology", insert "Master of Teaching Nexus (Primary)" and "Master of Teaching Nexus (Secondary)".

11 Schedule 3 (table – Item 30)

Omit "Master of Professional Accounting and Leadership".

12 Schedule 3 (table – Item 34)

After "Master of Business Information Systems", insert "Master of Cardiovascular Perfusion (MCP)".

13 Schedule 3 (table – Item 34)

Omit "Master of Social Work (Qualifying)".

14 Schedule 3 (table – Item 34)

Omit "Master of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)", substitute "Master of TESOL".

15 Schedule 3 (table – Item 37)

After "Master of Professional Accounting", insert "Master of Professional Psychology".

16 Schedule 3 (table – Item 38)

Omit "Master of Education (Teacher-Librarianship)".

17 Schedule 3 (table – Item 39)

Omit "Master of International Development".

18 Schedule 3 (table – Item 40)

Omit "Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology" and "Master of Marine Science and Management", substitute "Master of Naturopathic Medicine".

19 Schedule 3 (table – Item 52)

Omit "Master of Speech Pathology", substitute "Master of Speech Pathology (Qualifying)".

20 Schedule 3 (table – Item 60)

After "Master of Professional Engineering", insert "Master of Professional Psychology".

21 Schedule 3 (table – Item 61)

After "Master of Applied Finance (Financial Services and Investing)", insert "Master of Autism and Neurodivergent Studies".

22 Schedule 3 (table – Item 63)

After "Master of Professional Psychology", insert "Master of Project Management".

23 Schedule 3 (table – Item 63)

After "Master of Teaching (Birth – 5 years, Birth - 12 years)", insert "Master of Teaching (Early Childhood)".

24 Schedule 3 (table – Item 63)

Omit "Master of Teaching Early Childhood and Primary", substitute "Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary)".

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28 May 2026

Tanya Plibersek
Minister for Social Services

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Registration Number: F2026L00665

Registration Date: 4 June 2026

Related Explanatory Statements:

LI 2026/21 - Explanatory statement

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