Direct Enrolment & Consortia Agreements
When disbursing financial aid to a program such as the AEC, home schools often request that a "consortia" or a partnership agreement is signed which states that the student is undertaking a program at an accredited university and provides a total breakdown of the fees to be charged to the student (even fees beyond tuition, such as medical insurance, approximate housing and travel cost, incidentals, etc). The AEC often signs such agreements and if your financial aid adviser requests such an agreement, please ask your adviser to contact the AEC.
If your home school prefers to sign the consortia agreement directly with the Host University (the Australian or New Zealand university directly instead of he AEC), even though the AEC Program represents the host school, these arrangements can be worked out so that the consortia agreement can be faxed directly to the home school or to the home school through the AEC.
Where your home school states that you must apply to the overseas school direct, please be aware that you are a directly enrolled student and you get all the benefits of applying as a direct student when you apply through the AEC Program. If in doubt, click here to understand the AEC direct enrolment service. You may check AEC Program Prices HERE |
