Check your Fees Free eligibility

If you are a first-time tertiary learner, you may be able to get Fees Free for study or training starting in 2024. If you are eligible, we’ll organise payment of your fees with the Tertiary Education Commission.

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 scheme will replace it, starting from 1 January 2025.

Check if you are eligible in 2024, or find out about the final-year Fees Free scheme by visiting FeesFree.govt.nz.

Fees Free at Servilles Academy

Complete a hairdressing, barbering, or makeup qualification with the assistance of Fees Free. You can get one year of tertiary study or two years’ training up to the value of $12,000 fees-free. Fees Free covers your course fees but does not cover course-related costs or living costs.

You may qualify if the below applies to you:

• a New Zealander or ordinarily resident in New Zealand;

• a recent secondary school leaver;

• or not a recent secondary school leaver but have undertaken less than half a year of tertiary study or training.

If you’re eligible for Fee Free, you will still need to apply for a Student Loan via StudyLink if you want to borrow course-related costs or living costs.

Please refer to the below resources for more help on Student Loans and Fees Free.