Principal Dates 2023

August 2022

1 August 2022 - 1 March 2023 Semester 1 2023 Scholarship application round

November 2022

28 Due date for payment Summer Term fees

January 2023

2 Census date - Summer Term
9

Due Date for payment of Professional Term 1 Fees
Due date for payment of Research Term A Fees

30 Census date- Professional Term 1

February Semester 1: 27 February - 25 June 2023

6

Due date for payment Professional Term 2 Fees
Due date for payment of ACU Online Term 1

20 Census date ACU online term 1
20-24 Orientation Week
27

Semester 1 lectures start

March 2023

1 Semester 1 2023 Scholarship application round closes
6

Census date - Research Term A
Census date - Professional Term 2

12 Final date for addition or substitution of Semester 1 unit without financial penalty
13 Due date for payment of Semester 1 Fees
14  Due date for payment of Semester 1 Fees
Due date for payment of Professional Term 3 Fees
31 

Census date - Semester 1
Final date to withdraw from a Semester 1 unit without financial or academic penalty
Graduation - Ballarat

April 2023

 10

Census date – Professional Term 3

11

Due date for payment Research Term B Fees

13 Graduation Canberra
15 April - 31 May Semester 1 2023 Scholarship payments
10 - 16 Universities Australia vacation week
17 Due date for payment of Professional Term 4 Fees
19-20  Graduation - Brisbane

May 2023

1 Due date for payment of ACU Online Term 1 fees
 3-5 Graduation - Melbourne
15

Census date - Professional Term 4
Census date ACU Online Term 2

16-18 Graduation - Sydney
28 Semester 1 lectures end
29 May - 4 June Study week

June 2023

1 June - 31 July  Semester 2 2023 Scholarship application round
5

Due date for payment of Winter Term Fees
Semester 1 central exams start
Census date - Research B Term

18 Semester 1 central exams end
19

Due date for payment of Professional Term 5 Fees

26

Census date - Winter Term
Winter recess starts

July Semester 2: 31 July - 26 November 2023

3-9 Universities Australia vacation week
10 Due date for payment Research Term C fees
17 Census date - Professional Term 5
24-30 Orientation Week Semester 2
23 Winter recess ends
30

Semester 2 Lectures commence
Due date for payment of Professional Term 6 Fees
Due date for payment of ACU Online Term 3

31  Semester 2 2023 Scholarship application round closes

August 2023

7 Census date ACU Online Term 3
13 Final date for addition or substitution of Semester 2 units without financial penalty
14 Due date for payment of Semester 2 fees
21 Census date - Professional Term 6
28 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 or academic penalty

September 2023

4 Census date - Research Term C
15 September - 15 October Semester 2 Scholarship payments
25

Census date - Professional Term 7

25 September - 1 October Universities Australia vacation week

October 2023

TBC Spring Graduation - Melbourne
2 Due date for payment of Professional Term 8 fees
9 Due date for payment of Research Term D fees
16 Due date for payment of ACU Online Term 4 fees
TBC Spring Graduation - Sydney
22 Semester 2 lectures end
23 - 29 Study week
30

Census date - Professional Term 8
Census date – ACU Online Term 4

November 2023

6 Semester 2 central exams start
12 Semester 2 central exams end
20 Summer recess starts

December 2023

4 Census date - Research Term D

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