The Reformed Theological College is an affiliate college of the Australian University of Theology (AUT).
The Australian University of Theology Limited is a higher education provider as defined by the Higher Education Support Act (2003). Like universities, it has Australian Government approval to accredit courses in the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) field of Religious Studies (091703).
The AUT operates through independent colleges, such as the RTC. There are seventeen independent colleges that make up the AUT consortium. These affiliated colleges are approved by the AUT Board of Directors to deliver courses on its behalf.
The AUT courses, and the units of study of that make up these courses, are the intellectual property of the AUT. Copyright and ownership of these courses and units is vested in the AUT.
Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) approvals to deliver AUT courses to international students are held by the AUT Ltd.
