Principal Dates 2021

November 2020

30 Due date for payment Summer Term fees

January 2021

4 Census date - Summer Term
11

Due Date for payment of Professional Term 1 Fees

Due date for payment of Research Term A Fees

February

1 Census date - Professional Term 1
8 Due date for payment Professional Term 2 Fees
22-26 Orientation Week

March Semester 1: 1 March - 27 June 2021

1

Semester 1 lectures start

8

Census date - Research Term A

Census date - Professional Term 2

14 Final date for addition or substitution of Semester 1 unit without financial penalty
15

Due date for payment of Semester 1 Fees

Due date for payment of Professional Term 3 Fees

TBC Graduation - Canberra
31

Census date - Semester 1

Final date to withdraw from a Semester 1 unit without financial or academic penalty

April

TBC Graduation - Ballarat
12

Census date - Professional Term 3

Due date for payment Research Term B Fees

19 Due date for payment of Professional Term 4 Fees
5 - 11 Universities Australia vacation week
TBC Graduation - Melbourne

May

TBC Graduation - Brisbane
17 Census date - Professional Term 4
TBC Graduation - Sydney
30 Semester 1 lectures end
31 Due date for payment of Winter Term Fees
31 May - 6 June Study week

June

7 Semester 1 central exams start

Census date - Research B Term

20 Semester 1 central exams end
21

Due date for payment of Professional Term 5 Fees

28

Census date - Winter Term

Winter recess starts

July (Semester 2: 26 July - 21 November)

12 Due date for payment Research Term C fees
19 Census date - Professional Term 5
19-23 Orientation Week
25 Winter recess ends
26

Semester 2 Lectures commence

Due date for payment of Professional Term 6 Fees

August

8 Final date for addition or substitution of Semester 2 units without financial penalty
9 Due date for payment of Semester 2 fees
23 Census date - Professional Term 6
30

Due date for payment of Professional Term 7 fees

31

Census date - Semester 2

Final date to withdraw from a course or units in Semester 2 without financial penalty or academic penalty

September

6 Census date - Research Term C
27- 3 (Oct) 

Universities Australia vacation week 

27

Census date - Professional Term 7

October

TBC Spring Graduation - Melbourne
5 Due date for payment of Professional Term 8 fees
12 Due date for payment of Research Term D fees
TBC Spring Graduation - Sydney
24 Semester 2 lectures end
25 - 31 Study week

November

1

Semester 2 central exams start

Census date - Professional Term 8

14 Semester 2 central exams end
22 Summer recess starts

December

6 Census date - Research Term D

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