Principal Dates 2027


August 2026

1 Aug 2026 - 1 Mar 2027 Semester 1 2027 Scholarship application round

November 2026

30 Due date for payment Summer Term fees

January 2027

4 Census date - Summer Term
11

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

25 Census date - Professional Term 1

February 

8

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

22

Census date ACU Term 1
Census date - Professional Term 2

22 Feb - 26 Feb

Orientation Week

March (Semester 1: 1 March - 27 June)

1

Semester 1 2027 Scholarship application round closes
Semester 1 classes commence

8 Census date - Research Term A
14 Final date for addition of Semester 1 unit without Late Addition of Unit fee
15

Due date for payment of Semester 1 fees
Due date for payment of Professional Term 3 fees

23 Graduation - Ballarat
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

1 Graduation - Canberra
7 Apr - 8 Apr Graduation - Brisbane
12 Due date for payment Research Term B fees
19 Due date for payment of Professional Term 4 fees
22 Apr - 23 Apr Graduation - Sydney

May

3 Due date for payment of ACU Term 2 fees
Census date - Professional Term 4
4 May - 6 May Graduation - Melbourne
17 Census date ACU Term 2
30 Semester 1 classes end
31 Due date for payment of Winter Term fees
31 May - 6 Jun Study week

June

1 Jun - 31 Jul Semester 2 2027 Scholarship application round
7 Semester 1 central exams start
Census date - Research Term B
20

Semester 1 central exams end

21 Due date for payment of Professional Term 5 fees
27 Semester 1 central exams end
28 Census date - Winter Term
Winter recess starts

July

5 Jul - 11 Jul Universities Australia vacation week
5 Census date - Professional Term 5
12 Due date for payment of Research Term C fees
26 Jul - 30 Jul Orientation Week Semester 2
26 Due date for payment of ACU Term 3
Due date for payment of Professional Term 6 fees
31 Semester 2 2027 Scholarship application round closes

August (Semester 2: 2 August - 28 November)

1 Aug 2027 - 1 Mar 2028 Semester 1 2028 Scholarship application round
1 Winter recess ends
2 Semester 2 classes commence
9 Census date ACU Term 3
Census date - Professional Term 6
15 Final date for addition of Semester 2 units without Late Addition of Unit fee
16 Due date for payment of Semester 2 fees
30 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

6 Census date - Research Term C
13

Census date - Professional Term 7

27 Sep - 3 Oct Universities Australia vacation week

October

4 Due date for payment of Professional Term 8 fees
11 Due date for payment of Research Term D fees
15 Oct - 16 Oct Graduation - Sydney
18 Due date for payment of ACU Term 4 fees
Census date - Professional Term 8
25 Graduation - Melbourne
31 Semester 2 classes end

November

1 Census date - ACU Term 4
1 Nov - 7 Nov Study week
8 Semester 2 central exams start
28 Semester 2 central exams end
29 Summer recess starts

December

6 Census date - Research Term D

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