The following dates apply for 2013. Students should check course or Faculty handbooks for any course specific variations.
Academic Year 2013
| Orientation Week | 25 Feb -1 March |
Semester 1 | |
Weeks 1-14 | 4 March - 21 June |
Mid semester break | 15 April - 26 April |
Mid year exams | 22 June - 6 July |
Mid year break | 8 July - 26 July |
Semester 2 | |
Weeks 1-14 | 29 July - 15 November |
Mid semester break | 23 September - 4 October |
| End of year exams | 16 November - 30 November |
Critical enrolment dates
Semester 1 topics | |
Friday 15 March | Last day to enrol in new topics. This does not apply to courses where enrolment deadlines have been specified. |
Sunday 10 March | Last day to pay Semester 1 up-front student contribution amounts, tuition fees and student services and amenities fees. |
Sunday 31 March | Census date |
Last day to purge topics from student record | |
Last day to withdraw without incurring student contribution amounts, tuition fees and student services and amenities fees. | |
Friday 17 May | Last day to withdraw without failure (WN) |
Friday 21 June | Last day to withdraw (WF) |
Semester 2 topics | |
Friday 9 August | Last day to enrol in new topics. This does not apply to courses where enrolment deadlines have been specified. |
Saturday 10 August | Last day to pay Semester 2 up-front student contribution amounts, tuition fees and student services and amenities fees. |
Saturday 31 August | Census date |
Last day to purge topics from student record | |
Last day to withdraw without incurring student contribution amounts, tuition fees and student services and amenities fees. | |
Friday 11 October | Last day to withdraw without failure (WN) |
Friday 15 November | Last day to withdraw (WF) |
Non-semester topics (e.g. summer schools, intensives)
Last day to enrol | Last day of teaching or Census date, whichever date is earlier |
Census date | The day after 20% of combined teaching and assessment period has elapsed, unless this day falls on a weekend, in which case the Census date will be the following Monday. |
Last day to withdraw without failure | 2/3 through the teaching period for the topic or the Census date, whichever date is later |
Last day to withdraw | Last day of teaching or last day to withdraw without failure, whichever date is later |

