August 2025 |
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| 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 |
| 27 | Census date - Professional Term 1 |
February |
|
| 9 |
Due date for payment of Professional Term 2 fees |
| 23 |
Census date ACU Term 1 |
| 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 |
| 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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