Student Services & Amenities Fee (SSAF) Funding
How the SSAF supports you
At UNSW, the money you contribute to the SSAF is spent to support a whole range of services and amenities of a non-academic nature that help make your student experience the best it can possibly be.
Whether you're a domestic or international student, studying in Australia or overseas, undergraduate or postgraduate, we want to ensure that you make the most of the services and support made possible by SSAF funding.
SSAF is a great way of ensuring that all students have the best student experience they can whilst studying at University. The Arc Board had the opportunity to determine the expenditure of in excess of $5.6 million of direct funding in 2023 to support a range of student support services and engagement opportunities.
It is important that the democratically elected student leaders at UNSW are able to determine where SSAF expenditure is channelled. As a member of the SSAF management committee I (...) will continue to have students' voices heard so that we can genuinely influence better outcomes for students.
Find out more about the SSAF
You can learn more about the details of SSAF supported programs and services through the SSAF Management Committee and Governance and read the full allocation report for each year.
Have questions about how, what or when to pay? Check out our SSAF FAQs.
Making the most of your student experience
In 2024, SSAF continued to fund major UNSW student support services such as:
- Mental Health and Wellbeing support
- International Student Support
- Food Hub
- Clubs
- The Village Green
- UNSW Sport
- Employability
- Physical Infrastructure Projects
- Orientation and Transition
- Student Support
- First Year Festival
- UNSW Culture
- Water Safety
Key funding areas
2024 updates
Following the appointment of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education & Student Experience (DVCESE), Professor Sarah Maddison in 2023, responsibility and chairing of the SSAF Management Committee has now been transferred to the DVCESE office with a revised Term of Reference. This includes providing a detailed overview of the allocation of SSAF funds, governance over processes, facilitating committee recommendations and fostering increased student consultation. With the committee membership to be compromised of 11 voting members:
Six democratically elected student representatives:
- Chair, Arc Board
- President, Student Representative Council (SRC)
- President, Postgraduate Council (PGC)
- Student Elected Representative, Arc Board
- Student Elected Representative, Arc Board
- Student Elected Representative, Canberra
Five staff:
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education & Student Experience
- Pro Vice-Chancellor, Student Success
- Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
- Director, Graduate Research School
- Deputy Rector, UNSW Canberra
The committee will meet twice a year. The first meeting, held in July, discussed the results of the broader student community consultation via a survey conducted in April, before UNSW’s annual financial planning begins in mid-September. The second meeting, in November, will confirm the allocation of SSAF funds for the following year.
