Students
2019 Academic year dateline
This dateline, approved by the University's Executive, is subject to change.
| Week of Session | Start Date (Monday) | Key Session Dates |
| 17 | 19 November 2018 | 25 November - English Language 09 Session Ends |
| 25 November - English Language 10 Session Ends | ||
| 25 November# - Spring Exams End | ||
| 25 November - Spring Session Ends | ||
| Summer (S) | 26 November 2018 | 26 November - Summer A 2018/2019 Session Starts |
| 26 November - Inter-Session Break Starts | ||
| 26 November - English Language 11 Session Starts | ||
| 30 November - Census Date for The College Term 3 (T3°) | ||
| 2 December - Q4^ Ends | ||
| S | 3 December 2018 | 7 December - English Language SPR Session Ends |
| S | 10 December 2018 | 16 December - WSU Online Trimester 3 Ends |
| S | 17 December 2018 | 18 December - Graduation Ceremonies Start |
| 19 December - Graduation Ceremonies End | ||
| 23 December - 2H Session Ends | ||
| 23 December - R2 Session Ends | ||
| 23 December - R2A Session Ends | ||
| Vacation (V) | 24 December 2018 | 24 December - Summer 2018/2019 Intra-Session Break Starts |
| 25 December - Census Date for R2A | ||
| 25 December - Christmas Day | Public Holiday | ||
| 26 December - Boxing Day | Public Holiday | ||
| 1 January - New Year's Day | Public Holiday | ||
| S | 31 December 2018 | 2 January - R1 Session Starts |
| 6 January - Summer 2018/2019 Intra-Session Break Ends | ||
| S | 7 January 2019 | 7 January - 1H Session Starts |
| 7 January - Quarter 1 (Q1^) Sstarts | ||
| 7 January - Summer B 2018/2019 Session Starts | ||
| 7 January - English Language 01 Session Starts | ||
| S | 14 January 2019 | 16 January - Census Date for Summer A and B 2018/2019 |
| S | 21 January 2019 | |
| S | 28 January 2019 | 28 January- Public Holiday in Lieu of 26/01 (Saturday) |
| 31 January - Census Date for Q1^ | ||
| 3 February - The College Term (T3°) Ends | ||
| S | 4 February 2019 | 7 February - 10 February - Stuvac for Summer A and B 2018/2019 |
| 10 February - English Language 11 Session Ends | ||
| 10 February - Sydney City Campus S3 Ends | ||
| S# | 11 February 2019 | 11 February - English Language 02 Session Starts |
| 11-17 February# - Summer A and B 2018/2019 Exams | ||
| 17 February - Summer A and B 2018/2019 Session Ends | ||
| 17 February - English Language 01 Session Ends | ||
| V | 18 February 2019 | |
| V | 25 February 2019 | 25 February - WSU Online Trimester 1 Starts |
| 2 March - Summer Deferred Exams | ||
| 3 March - Inter-Session Break Ends | ||
| 1 | 4 March 2019 | 4 March - Autumn Session Starts |
| 4 March - The College Term 1 (T1°) Starts | ||
| 4 March - Research (R1A)± Session Starts | ||
| 9 March - Summer Deferred Exams | ||
| 2# | 11 March 2019 | 11 March - Sydney City Campus S1 Starts |
| 16 March# - Q1 Exams Start | ||
| 3# | 18 March 2019 | 18 March - English Language AUT Session Starts |
| 23 March# - Q1 Exams End | ||
| 24 March - Q1^ Ends | ||
| 4 | 25 March 2019 | 31 March - Census Date for Autumn |
| 31 March - Census Date for 1H | ||
| 31 March - Census Date for The College Term 1 | ||
| 31 March - Census Date for R1 | ||
| 31 March - Census Date for S1 | ||
| 5 | 1 April 2019 | 1 April - Quarter 2 (Q2^) starts |
| 6 | 8 April 2019 | |
| 7 | 15 April 2019 | 19 April - Good Friday | Public Holiday |
| 21 April - English Language 02 Session Ends | ||
| 8 | 22 April 2019 | 22 April - Easter Monday | Public Holiday |
| 23 April - English Language 04 Session Starts | ||
| 24 April - Census date for Q2^ | ||
| 25 April - Anzac Day | Public Holiday | ||
| 27 April - Graduation Ceremonies Start | ||
| 9 | 29 April 2019 | 29 April - 5 May- Intra-Session Break for Autumn Session |
| 3 May - Graduation Ceremonies Finish | ||
| 10 | 6 May 2019 | |
| 11 | 13 May 2019 | 13 May - English Language 05 Session Starts |
| 19 May - WSU Online Trimester 1 Ends | ||
| 12 | 20 May 2019 | |
| 13 | 27 May 2019 | |
| 14# | 3 June 2019 | 3 June - English Language 06 Session Starts |
| 8 June# - Q2 Exams Start | ||
| 9 June - English Language AUT Session Ends | ||
| 9 June - The College T1 Ends | ||
| 15# | 10 June 2019 | 10 June - 16 June - Stuvac |
| 10 June - WSU Online Trimester 2 Starts | ||
| 10 June - Queen's Birthday | Public Holiday | ||
| 15 June# - Q2 Exams End | ||
| 16 June - Q2^ Session Ends | ||
| 16# | 17 June 2019 | 17 June - 30 June# - Autumn/1H Session Exams |
| 17 June - Sydney City Campus S1 Ends | ||
| 23 June - 1H Session Ends | ||
| 23 June - R1A Session Ends | ||
| 23 June - R1 Session Ends | ||
| 17# | 24 June 2019 | 24 June - 30 June# - Autumn/1H Session Exams Continue |
| 24 June - 2H Session Starts | ||
| 24 June - Quarter 3 (Q3^) Starts | ||
| 24 June - 2nd Research (R2) Session Starts | ||
| 26 June - Census Date for R1A | ||
| 30 June - Autumn Session Ends | ||
| 30 June - English Language 04 Session Ends | ||
| V | 1 July 2019 | 1 July - Inter-Session Break Starts |
| 1 July - The College Term 2 (T2°) Starts | ||
| V | 8 July 2019 | 8 July - English Language 07 Session Starts |
| 8 July - Sydney City Campus S2 Starts | ||
| 14 July - English Language 06 Session Ends | ||
| V* | 15 July 2019 | 17 July - Census Date for Q3^ |
| 21 July - Inter-Session Break Ends | ||
| 1 | 22 July 2019 | 22 July - Spring Session Starts |
| 22 July - Research (R2A)± Session Starts | ||
| 2 | 29 July 2019 | 31 July - Census Date for The College Term 2 (T2°) |
| 31 July - Census Date for Sydney City Campus S2 | ||
| 3 | 5 August 2019 | |
| 4 | 12 August 2019 | |
| 5 | 19 August 2019 | |
| 6# | 26 August 2019 | 31 August - Census Date for Spring |
| 31 August - Census Date for 2H | ||
| 31 August - Census Date for R2 | ||
| 31 August# - Q3 Exams Start | ||
| 1 September - WSU Online Trimester 2 Ends | ||
| 7# | 2 September 2019 | 7 September# - Q3 Exams End |
| 8 September - Q3^ Ends | ||
| 8 | 9 September 2019 | 14 September - Graduation Ceremonies Start |
| 15 September - English Language 07 Session Ends | ||
| 9 | 16 September 2019 | 16 September - Quarter 4 (Q4^) Starts |
| 16 September - English Language 09 Session Starts | ||
| 16 - 22 September - Intra-Session Break for Spring Session | ||
| 16 September - English Language SPR Session Starts | ||
| 20 September - Graduation Ceremonies Finish | ||
| 10 | 23 September 2019 | 23 September - WSU Online Trimester 3 Starts |
| 11 | 30 September 2019 | |
| 12 | 7 October 2019 | 7 October - Labour Day | Public Holiday |
| 9 October - Census Date for Q4^ | ||
| 13 October - The College T2° Ends | ||
| 13 | 14 October 2019 | 14 October - English Language 10 Session Starts |
| 14 October - Sydney City Campus S2 Ends | ||
| 14 | 21 October 2019 | |
| 15 | 28 October 2019 | 28 October - 3 November - Stuvac |
| 28 October - The College Term 3 (T3°) Starts | ||
| 16# | 4 November 2019 | 4 November# - 17 November Spring/2H Session Exams |
| 4 November - Sydney City Campus S3 Starts | ||
| 17# | 11 November 2019 | 11 November# - 17 November Spring/2H Session Exams Continue |
| 17 November - Spring/2H Exams Finish | ||
| 17 November - Spring Session Ends | ||
| V# | 18 November 2019 | 18 November - Inter Session Break Starts |
| 23 November# - Q4 Exams Start | ||
| 24 November - English Language 09 Session Ends | ||
| 24 November - English Language 10 Session Ends | ||
| S# | 25 November 2019 | 25 November - Summer A 2019/2020 Session Starts |
| 25 November - English Language 11 Session Starts | ||
| 30 November - Census Date for The College T3° | ||
| 30 November - Census Date for Sydney City Campus S3 | ||
| 30 November# - Q4 Exams End | ||
| 1 December - Q4^ Ends | ||
| S* | 2 December 2019 | 8 December - English Language SPR Session Ends |
| S* | 9 December 2019 | 15 December - WSU Online Trimester 3 Ends |
| S | 16 December 2019 | 17 December - Graduation Ceremonies Start |
| 18 December - Graduation Ceremonies Finish | ||
| 22 December - 2H Session Ends | ||
| 22 December - R2A Session Ends | ||
| 22 December - R2 Session Ends | ||
| V | 23 December 2019 | 23 December - Summer 2019/2020 Mid-Session Break Starts |
| 25 December - Christmas Day | Public Holiday | ||
| 25 December - Census date for R2A | ||
| 26 December - Boxing Day | Public Holiday | ||
| V | 30 December 2019 | 1 January - New Year's Day | Public Holiday |
| 2 January - Research 1 Session Starts | ||
| 5 January - Summer 2019/2020 Mid-Session Break Ends | ||
| S | 6 January 2020 | 6 January - 1st Half (1H) and First Research (R1) Sessions Start |
| 6 January - Summer B 2019/2020 Session Starts | ||
| S | 13 January 2020 | 13 January - Quarter 1^ (Q1) Session Starts |
| 15 January - Census Date for Summer A and B 2019/2020 | ||
| S | 20 January 2020 | |
| S | 27 January 2020 | 27 January - Public Holiday in Lieu of 26/01 (Sunday) |
| 2 February - The College Term 3 (T3°) Ends | ||
| S | 3 February 2020 | 3 February - The College Term 3 (T3°) Exams Start |
| 5 February - Census Date for Quarter 1^ | ||
| 6 February - 7 February - Stuvac for Summer A and B 2019/2020 | ||
| 9 February - The College Term 3 (T3°) Exams End | ||
| S# | 10 February 2020 | 10 February# - Summer A and B 2019/2020 Exams Start |
| 10 February# - Sydney City Campus Session 3 Exams Start | ||
| 16 February# - Summer A and B 2019/2020 Exams End | ||
| 16 February# - Sydney City Campus Session 3 Exams End | ||
| 16 February - Summer A and B 2019/2020 Session Ends | ||
| 16 February - Sydney City Campus Session 3 Ends |
NOTE 1 * These weeks will be used for the scheduled deferred examinations. Precise dates will be confirmed in 2019, 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, Sydney City Campus and several Schools.
NOTE 4 ° Terms 1, 2 and 3 are used for Western Sydney University, The College (The College) and for International offshore purposes.
NOTE 5 ± Research Session late enrolment dates.
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.
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