2014 Academic year dateline

This dateline, approved by the University's Executive, is subject to change.


2014 Academic year dateline
Week of session Start date Key session dates
V 30 Dec 2013 1 January - New Year's Day, public holiday»
5 January - Census date for Summer 2 Session
V 6 Jan 6 January - Summer 3 Session commences
6 January - 1st Research (R1) Session commences
6 January - 1st Half Year (1H) Session commences
V 13 Jan 13 January - Quarter 1^ (Q1) commences
19 January - Census date for Summer 3 Session
V 20 Jan 26 January - Australia Day
V 27 Jan 27 January - Australia Day, public holiday»
28 January - SSAF for Summer 1, 2 and 3 due
2 February - Census date for Q1^
2 February - The College Term 3° (T3) finishes
V 3 Feb 5 February - Summer 2 Session and Summer 3 Session classes finish
V 10 Feb 10 February - Summer 2 Session and Summer 3 Session Examinations commence
15 February - Summer 2 Session and Summer 3 Session Examinations finish
16 February - Summer 2 Session and Summer 3 Session finish
V 17 Feb 23 February - Inter session break finishes
1 24 Feb 24 February - Autumn Session commences
24 February - The College Term 1° (T1) commences
2 3 Mar 3 March - Research Session R1A± commences
3 10 Mar
4 17 Mar
5 24 Mar 30 March - Q1^ finishes
6 31 Mar 31 March - Census date for Autumn Session
31 March - Census date for R1 Session
31 March - Census date for 1H Session
31 March - Census date for The College T1°
7 7 Apr 7 April - Quarter 2^ (Q2) commences
12 April - Graduations commence
8 14 Apr 14 - 17 April - Intra session break
17 April - Graduations finish
18 April - Good Friday, public holiday»
9 21 Apr 21 April - Easter Monday, public holiday»
25 April - Anzac Day, public holiday»
27 April - Census date for Q2^
10 28 Apr
11 5 May
12 12 May 15 May - SSAF1 and SSAFT1 due
13 19 May
14 26 May
15 2 Jun 2 - 6 June - Stuvac
2 - The College T1° Examinations commence
6 - The College T1° Examinations finish
8 June - The College T1° finishes
9 June - The College term break commences
16 9 Jun 9 June - Queen's Birthday, public holiday»
10 June - Autumn Session Examinations# commence
17 16 Jun Autumn Session Examinations# continue
22 June - Q2^ finishes
22 June - The College term break finishes
18 23 Jun 23 June - The College Term 2° (T2) commences
28 June - Autumn Session Examinations# finish
29 June - Autumn Session finishes


29 June - 1H Session finishes
V 30 Jun 30 June - Inter session break commences
30 June - Quarter 3^ (Q3) commences
30 June - 2nd Research (R2) Session commences
30 June - 2nd Half Year (2H) Session commences
6 July - Census date for R1A± Session
6 July - R1 Session finishes
6 July - R1A± Session finishes
V 7 Jul
V* 14 Jul 20 July - Census date for Q3^
V* 21 Jul 27 July - Inter session break finishes
1 28 Jul 28 July - Spring Session commences
28 July - Research R2A± Session commences
31 July - Census date for The College T2°
2 4 Aug
3 11 Aug
4 18 Aug
5 25 Aug 31 August - Census date for Spring Session
31 August - Census date for R2 Session
31 August - Census date for 2H Session
6 1 Sep
7 8 Sep 14 September - Q3^ Session finishes
8 15 Sep
9 22 Sep 22 - 26 September - Intra Session break
22 September - The College T2° Examinations commence
22 September - Quarter 4^ (Q4) commences
23 September - Graduations commence
25 September - Graduations finish
26 September - The College T2° Examinations finish
28 September - The College T2° finishes
29 September - The College term break commences
10 29 Sep
11 6 Oct 6 October - Labour Day, public holiday»
12 October - Census date for Q4^
12 October - The College term break finishes
12 13 Oct 13 October - The College Term 3° (T3) commences
16 October - SSAF2 due
13 20 Oct
14 27 Oct
15 3 Nov 3 - 7 November - Stuvac
16 10 Nov 10 November - Spring Session Examinations# commence
17 17 Nov Spring Session Examinations# continue
18 24 Nov 29 November - Spring Session Examinations# finish
30 November - Census date for The College T3°
30 November - Spring Session finishes
V 1 Dec 1 December - Inter Session break commences
4 December - SSAFT2 due
7 December - Q4^ finishes
V* 8 Dec 10 December - Summer A commences
V 15 Dec 17 December - Graduations commence (selected cohorts)
18 December - Graduations finish (selected cohorts)
V 22 Dec 22 December - Summer A Intra session break commences
25 December - Christmas Day, public holiday»
26 December - Boxing Day, public holiday»
28 December - R2 Session finishes
28 December - 2H Session finishes
28 December - Census date for R2A± Session
28 December - R2A± Session finishes
V 29 Dec 1 January 2015 - New Year's Day, public holiday»
4 January 2015 - Summer A Intra session break finishes
5 January 2015 - Summer B commences
5 January 2015 - 1st Research (R1) Session commences
5 January 2015 - 1st Half Year (1H) Session commences
8 January 2015 - Census date for Summer A  
12 January 2015 - Census date for Summer B 
12 January 2015 - Quarter 1 (Q1)^ Session commences
19 January 2015 - The College T3° Examinations commence
23 January 2015 - The College T3° Examinations finish
25 January 2015 - The College T3° finishes
26 January 2015 - Australia Day, public holiday»
1 February 2015 - Census date for Q1^ Session 
4 February 2015 - Summer A classes end
4 February 2015 - Summer B classes end
5 - 8 February 2015 - Summer A and B stuvac
9 - 14 February 2015 - Summer A and B Examinations#
15 February 2015 - Summer A and B end
22 February - Inter Session break finishes

V Vacation week

NOTE 1 * These weeks will be used for the scheduled deferred examinations. Precise dates will be confirmed in 2014, as required.

NOTE 2 # These weeks are part of the formal examination period. Students must be available in these weeks.

NOTE 3 ^ Quarters are the teaching sessions used by Sydney Graduate School of Management and several Schools.

NOTE 4 ° Terms 1, 2 and 3 are used for The College at Western Sydney University (The College) and for International offshore purposes.

NOTE 5 ± Research Session late enrolment dates.

NOTE 6 » Public Holidays to be confirmed once gazetted.

The above dates are for sessions appropriate for the majority of students. Students who are enrolled in programs with special sessions, such as teacher education and medicine programs, and students who are offshore and international students, will need to consult their school regarding any special purpose dates.