Principal Dates 2024

August 2023

1 August 2023 - 1 March 2024 Semester 1 2024 Scholarship application round

December 2023

3 Due date for payment Summer Term fees

January 2024

1 Census date - Summer Term
8

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

29 Census date- Professional Term 1

February Semester 1: 26 February - 23 June

5

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

12 Census date ACU online term 1
19-25 Orientation Week
26

Semester 1 lectures start

March

1 Semester 1 2024 Scholarship application round closes
4

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

11 Final date for addition or substitution of Semester 1 unit without financial penalty
11  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

April

1-7 Universities Australia vacation week
8 Census date – Professional Term 3
Due date for payment Research Term B Fees
12 Graduation Ballarat
15 - 17 Graduation Melbourne
15 May - 31 May Semester 1 2024 Scholarship payments
15 Due date for payment of Professional Term 4 Fees
30 April - 1 May Graduation - Brisbane

May

1 Due date for payment of ACU Online Term 2 fees
6 Census date ACU Term 2
13

Census date - Professional Term 4

14 - 16 Graduation - Sydney
26 Semester 1 classes end
27 Due date for payment of Winter Term Fees
31  Graduation Canberra
27 May - 2 June  Study Week

June

1 June - 31 July  Semester 2 2024 Scholarship application round
3

Semester 1 central exams start
Census date - Research B Term

16 Semester 1 central exams end
17

Due date for payment of Professional Term 5 Fees

24

Census date - Winter Term
Winter recess starts

July Semester 2: 29 July - 24 November

8 - 14 Universities Australia vacation week
8 Due date for payment Research Term C fees
15 Census date - Professional Term 5
22 - 28 Orientation Week Semester 2
22 Due date for payment of ACU Term 3
28  Winter recess ends
29

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

31  Semester 2 2024 Scholarship application round closes

August

11 Final date for addition or substitution of Semester 2 units without financial penalty
12 Due date for payment of Semester 2 fees
19 Census date - Professional Term 6
26 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

2 Census date - Research Term C
15 September - 15 October Semester 2 Scholarship payments
23

Census date - Professional Term 7

25 September - 1 October Universities Australia vacation week
30  Due date for payment of Professional Term 8 fees 

October

7 Due date for payment of Research Term D fees
14 Due date for payment of ACU Term 4 fees
15 Graduation - Sydney
21  Graduation -Melbourne
27 Semester 2 classes end
28 - 3 November Study week
21  Census date – ACU Term 4 
28

Census date - Professional Term 8

November

4 Semester 2 central exams start
17 Semester 2 central exams end
25 Summer recess starts

December 2023

2 Census date - Research Term D

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