Summer, winter and November teaching periods
Summer and winter semesters give you the opportunity to complete units outside the standard semesters.
The teaching period is usually much shorter and more intense than in a standard semester, but the overall class hours remain the same. For example, instead of attending three hours of class per week for 12 weeks, you might have all day classes for a week. This varies between units.
Another difference is that there are no common dates for summer or winter units. Each unit has its own set of dates so the enrolment, teaching, assessment and academic and financial penalty dates vary between units.
By choosing the November intake, you can fast-forward your degree and be a semester ahead when the 2024 academic year starts. This semester runs for 12 weeks from October 2023 to January 2024.
If you’re located in Melbourne, you’ll study in face-to-face mode on campus. For those of you studying outside Melbourne, you’ll study online.
Before you enrol, take a look at the units available in the November intake (pdf, 0.18 mb).
By choosing the October intake, you were able to fast-forward your degree and be a semester ahead when the 2022 academic year started. This semester ran for 12 weeks from October 2021 to February 2022.
If you’re located in Melbourne, you studied in face-to-face mode on campus. For those of you studying outside Melbourne, you studied online.
Single units and cross-institutional study
Some faculties accept single unit and cross-institutional study applications for their summer, winter and November units.
Unit cancellations
We make every effort to ensure units run; however, if there aren't enough enrolments, we may need to cancel the unit. If this happens, we will notify you in writing before the teaching start date.
Important dates
For a summary, see dates for summer and winter.
Also available is a full list of semester dates for November.
Unit, enrolment and fee information
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