Commonwealth Scholarships (CS) file structure

Version Details

Version: 3.0
First Year: 2012
Last Year:

Elements on the Commonwealth Scholarship (CS) file

Type of record and element name Element number Position Width Data type
Student identification code 313 1-10 10 Alphanumeric
Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number (CHESSN) 488 11-20 10 Alphanumeric
Student title 405 21-35 15 Alphanumeric
Student given name – first 403 36-50 15 Alphanumeric
Student surname 402 51-80 30 Alphanumeric
Postal address – part 1 406 81-118 38 Alphanumeric
Postal address – part 2 407 119-156 38 Alphanumeric
Postal Address – scholarship postcode 568 157-166 10 Alphanumeric
Postal Address suburb/town for the student/applicant 466 167-193 27 Alphanumeric
Postal Address – state code 467 194-196 3 Alphanumeric
Postal Address – country name 468 197-216 20 Alphanumeric
Commonwealth Scholarship (CS) type code 545 217 1 Alphanumeric
Reporting Year and Period Code 415 218-222 5 Numeric
Commonwealth Scholarship (CS) status code 526 223 1 Numeric
Commonwealth Scholarship (CS) termination reason code 538 224 1 Numeric
Scholarship Variation code 567 225 1 Numeric
Filler N.A. 226-374 149 Alphanumeric

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