Principal Dates 2025


August 2024

1 August 2024 - 1 March 2025 Semester 1 2025 Scholarship application round

December 2024

2 Due date for payment Summer Term fees

January 2025

6 Census date - Summer Term
13

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

28 Census date - Professional Term 1

February

10

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

17 Census date ACU Term 1
24 Census date - Professional Term 2
24 - 28

Orientation Week

March Semester 1: 3 March - 29 June

1 Semester 1 2025 Scholarship application round closes
3 Semester 1 classes commence
10 Census date - Research Term A
16 Final date for addition of Semester 1 unit without Late Addition of Unit fee
17

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
Census date - Professional Term 3

April

2 - 4 Graduation - Sydney 
10 Graduation - Canberra
14 Due date for payment Research Term B fees
16 - 17 Graduation - Brisbane
21 Due date for payment of Professional Term 4 fees

May

1 Graduation - Ballarat
5 Due date for payment of ACU Term 2 fees
Census date - Professional Term 4
5 - 7 Graduation - Melbourne
12 Census date ACU Term 2
31  Graduation - Canberra

June

1 Semester 1 classes end
1 June - 31 July  Semester 2 2025 Scholarship application round
2 - 8

Study week

2 Due date for payment of Winter Term fees
9 Semester 1 central exams start
Census date - Research Term B
22

Semester 1 central exams end

23 Due date for payment of Professional Term 5 fees
30 Census date - Winter Term
Winter recess starts

July

7 - 13 Universities Australia vacation week
7 Census date - Professional Term 5
14 Due date for payment of Research Term C fees
28 July - 1 August Orientation Week Semester 2
28  Due date for payment of ACU Term 3
Due date for payment of Professional Term 6 fees
31  Semester 2 2025 Scholarship application round closes

August Semester 2: 4 August - 30 November

3 Winter recess ends
4 Semester 2 classes commence
Census date ACU Term 3
11 Census date - Professional Term 6
17 Final date for addition of Semester 2 units without Late Addition of Unit fee 
18 Due date for payment of Semester 2 fees

September

1 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
8 Census date - Research Term C
15

Census date - Professional Term 7

29 September - 5 October Universities Australia vacation week

October

6 Due date for payment of Professional Term 8 fees
13 Due date for payment of Research Term D fees
20 Due date for payment of ACU Term 4 fees
Census date - Professional Term 8
TBC Graduation - Sydney
TBC Graduation - Melbourne
27 Census date - ACU Term 4 

November

2 Semester 2 classes end
3 - 9 Study week
10 Semester 2 central exams start
23 Semester 2 central exams end

December

1 Summer recess starts
8 Census date - Research Term D

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