Fee-free* TAFE Courses 2025

NSW Fee-free* TAFE is a joint initiative of the Australian Commonwealth and New South Wales Governments, providing tuition-free training places for people wanting to train, retrain or upskill.

Fee-free places are limited, subject to availability during each intake, and may be constrained by capacity limits. The number of funded Fee-free TAFE places is determined by the terms of the skills agreement between the Australian and New South Wales Governments.

Enrolments and applications are open from Monday 12th of May for full-qualification courses beginning in Semester 2, 2025. To be eligible for fee-free full-qualifications, your studies must commence between 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025. Students are limited to enrolling in one Fee-free course per semester.

There are also opportunities to enrol in fee-free Housing and Construction Pre-apprenticeship part-qualifications, now open for enrolment.

^* To be eligible, people must at the time of enrolment:

• Live or work in New South Wales.
• Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent Australian resident, or a humanitarian visa holder.
• Be aged 15 years or over and not enrolled at any school.

Please continue to check back regularly for updates as more Fee-free* courses are released for Semester 2.