International Student Fees
Annual Course Fee & Costs
2012 fee for international students at the New Zealand School of Dance:
NZ$15,333
All payments must be made in New Zealand dollars, and include all bank fees/charges, both in the country of origin and New Zealand.
Tuition fees must be paid on or before the beginning of Term One. The school reserves the right to only admit fee-paying students to classes.
Students from Australia, Niue, the Cook Islands and Tokelau are classified as domestic students for the purposes of study in New Zealand and should read the information on fees for domestic students.
Fee Protection
The School is required by New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) to provide protection of student fees. The School meets this requirement through the services of the Public Trust.
Student Loans and Allowances
International students are not eligible to access any New Zealand government-funded loans or allowances to help cover their study costs. Tuition fees must be paid before a student visa can be applied for.
Withdrawals and Refunds
Fees are refundable for up to seven days after enrolment.
In accordance with s236A of the Education Act 1989, New Zealand School of Dance will
(1)…..
(c) allow every student enrolled for a course of study or training (being a course of 3 months or more) to withdraw from it at any time within 14* days after the first day of the course for which attendance of students at the establishment is required; and
(d) Refund to every student who so withdraws, without deduction, so much of any payment, or of the sum of any payments made by the student to the establishment in respect of that course, and, if withdrawal from that course also constitutes withdrawal from the establishment as a whole, in respect of enrolment at the establishment, as exceeds $500 or 10 percent of the amount of that payment or of the sum of those payments, whichever is the lesser
(2) Where, before the fourteenth day after the first day of a course of study or training (being a course of 3 months or more) for which attendance of students at the establishment is required, a student has made any payment or payments (whether described as fees or otherwise howsoever) to the establishment in respect of the student’s enrolment or participation in the course(
a) The establishment shall ensure that this is paid to an independent person approved by the Qualifications Authority for the purpose out of that payment or those payments, to be held in trust to be available for refund to the student under subsection (1)(d) of this section, an amount equal to so much of that payment or the sum of those payment as exceeds the lower of the following amounts
(i) 10 percent of that payment of the sum of those payments:
(ii) $500(b)
If, and only if, satisfied that the student withdrew from the course within 14* days after the first day of the course for which attendance of students at the establishment was required, the person shall pay the amount held to the student
*Note, the minimum legal requirement is seven days, but the School has decided to extend this period to 14 days.
Subject to the Education Act 1989 and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993
Refunds will not be available otherwise under any circumstances. However, there is a limited discretion to permit refunds in exceptional circumstances (e.g. disability). This discretion will be exercised by the Director, whose decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into once the Director has made a decision.
Scholarships
Students will be considered for scholarships only upon acceptance to the School. All scholarships comprise a reduction in annual tuition fees and command no cash value.
Scholarships are offered on the basis of merit and need. The total amount provided depends on the student's artistic promise and attendance record, and on the financial circumstances of the student and his or her family. Students receiving financial assistance must demonstrate good academic standing, exemplary attendance and consistent progress.
The Jerome Robbins Foundation have offered a Scholarship to several International students attending the New Zealand School of Dance. This funding has been provided specifically for international students who have been finalists at the Youth America Grand Prix. Jerome Robbins established the Foundation in 1958 in honor of his mother, with the intent to support dance, theatre, and their associative arts. Later, following the outbreak of AIDS, he directed Foundation resources to the AIDS crisis. Before his death, Mr Robbins conveyed his wish that the Foundation extend its resources to the performing arts – dance and theatre especially, though not exclusively.
