Principal Dates 2026


August 2025

1 Aug 2025 - 1 Mar 2026 Semester 1 2026 Scholarship application round

December 2025

1 Due date for payment Summer Term fees

January 2026

5 Census date - Summer Term
12

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

27 Census date - Professional Term 1

February

9

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

23

Census date ACU Term 1
Census date - Professional Term 2

23 Feb -1 Mar

Orientation Week

March Semester 1: 2 March - 28 June

1 Semester 1 2026 Scholarship application round closes
2 Semester 1 classes commence
9 Census date - Research Term A
15 Final date for addition of Semester 1 unit without Late Addition of Unit fee
16

Due date for payment of Semester 1 fees
Due date for payment of professional Term 3 fees

30 Census date - Semester 1
Final date to withdraw from a Semester 1 unit without financial or academic penalty
Census date - Professional Term 3

April

13 Due date for payment Research Term B fees
13 - 16 (TBC) Graduation - Sydney
20 Due date for payment of Professional Term 4 fees
24 (TBC) Graduation - Ballarat

May

4 Due date for payment of ACU Term 2 fees
Census date - Professional Term 4
5 - 6 (TBC) Graduation - Brisbane
12-14 (TBC) Graduation - Melbourne
18 Census date ACU Term 2
19 (TBC) Graduation - Canberra
31 Semester 1 classes end

June

1 Due date for payment of Winter Term fees
1 Jun - 7 Jun

Study week

1 Jun - 31 Jul Semester 2 2026 Scholarship application round
8 Semester 1 central exams start
Census date - Research Term B
21

Semester 1 central exams end

22 Due date for payment of Professional Term 5 fees
29 Census date - Winter Term
Winter recess starts

July

6 -12 Universities Australia vacation week
6 Census date - Professional Term 5
13 Due date for payment of Research Term C fees
27 Jul - 2 Aug Orientation Week Semester 2
27 Due date for payment of ACU Term 3
Due date for payment of Professional Term 6 fees
31 Semester 2 2026 Scholarship application round closes

August Semester 2: 3 August - 29 November

1 Aug 2026 - 1 Mar 2027 Semester 1 2027 Scholarship application round
2 Winter recess ends
3 Semester 2 classes commence
10 Census date ACU Term 3
Census date - Professional Term 6
16 Final date for addition of Semester 2 units without Late Addition of Unit fee
17 Due date for payment of Semester 2 fees
31 Census date - Semester 2
Final date to withdraw from a course or units in Semester 2 without financial or academic penalty
Due date for payment of Professional Term 7 fees

September

7 Census date - Research Term C
14

Census date - Professional Term 7

28 Sep - 4 Oct Universities Australia vacation week

October

5 Due date for payment of Professional Term 8 fees
12 Due date for payment of Research Term D fees
19 Due date for payment of ACU Term 4 fees
Census date - Professional Term 8
TBC Graduation - Sydney
TBC Graduation - Melbourne

November

1 Semester 2 classes end
2 Census date - ACU Term 4
2 - 8 Study week
9 Semester 2 central exams start
22 Semester 2 central exams end
30 Summer recess starts

December

7 Census date - Research Term D

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