ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2017 – 2020

ACTIVITIES 2017 2018 2019 2020

Semester 1 Orientation week 13 – 17 February 12 – 16 February 11 - 15 February 10 - 14 February
Semester 1 Commences 20 February 19 February 18 February 17 February
Census date for Semester 1 subjects 15 March 14 March 13 March 11 March
Higher Education Autumn Mid Semester Break 10 – 23 April 16-27 April #
15-26 April #
10-24 April#
Semester 1

Applications for Semester 2 intake open 24 April 30 April 29 April 27 April

Higher Education Study week (1 week) 29 May – 2 June 28 May – 1 June 27– 31 May 25– 29 May
Higher Education Examination weeks (2 weeks) 5 – 16 June 4 – 15 June 3 – 14 June 1 – 12 June
Last day Semester 1 16 June 15 June 14 June 12 June
Applications for Semester 2 intake close 23 June 22 June 21 June 19 June
Higher Education Winter Holidays 19 June – 14 July 18 June – 20 July 17 June – 12 July# 22 June – 17 July#
Semester 2 Orientation week 17 – 21 July 23 – 27 July 15 – 19 July 13 – 174 July
Semester 2 Commences 24 July 30 July 22 July 20 July
Census date for Semester 2 subjects 16 August 22 August 14 August 12 August
Applications for Semester 1 intake open 21 August 27 August 19 August 24 August
Higher Education Spring Mid Semester Break 25 September – 8 October 1 - 12 October# 16 -27 September# 14 -26 September#
Semester 2

Higher Education Study week 30 October – 3 November 5 – 9 November 28 October – 1 November 26 - 30 October
Higher Education Examination weeks 6 – 17 November 12 – 23 November 4 – 15 November 2 – 13 November
Last day Semester 2 17 November 23 November 15 November 13 November
Exhibition and end-of-year activities week 20 – 24 November 26 – 30 November 18 – 22 November 16 – 20 November
Higher Education Summer Holidays 27 Nov 17 – 9 Feb 18 30 Nov 18 – 15 Feb 19 25 Nov 19 – 14 Feb 20 #
23 Nov 20 – 15 Feb 21#
Applications for Semester 1 intake – first round closes 1 December 30 November 29 November 27 November
Applications for Semester 1 intake – 2nd round closes 26 January 2018 25 January 2019 24 January 2020 22 January 2021
Summer School Classes Commence 4 December 3 December 2 December tbc
Summer School

Census Date 20 December 19 December 18 December tbc

Holiday Break 25 Dec 17 – 5 Jan 18 24 Dec 18 – 4 Jan 19 23 Dec 19 – 3 Jan 20 tbc
Last Day of Summer School 26 January 2018 25 January 2019 24 January 2020 tbc
Exam Week 29 Jan – 2 Feb 2018 27 Jan – 1 Feb 2019 27 – 31 January 2020 tbc

# 2019 – 2020 vacation dates subject to confirmation. Version: August 2017