Dates for Australian campuses
- Census dates - unit discontinuation dates for all teaching periods
- Principal dates archive
- Important dates home page
Exceptions
Summer and winter semester
The dates for summer and winter semester vary from unit to unit. For teaching and penalty dates, select the faculty offering the unit on the summer and winter units page.
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science
Teaching periods for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Other campuses and locations
For overseas dates, see Malaysia and South Africa.
| January | |
|---|---|
| 03 Tue | University reopens |
| 09 Mon | Coursework scholarship applications (late): open for 2017 |
| 11 Wed | Enrolments: begin for VTAC (round one - postgraduate) students |
| 11 Wed | Fee statement: available for semester one (S1-01) on the Web Enrolment System (WES) |
| 12 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for SA-HELP incurred in 2016 |
| 15 Sun | Census date for teaching period: summer A - semester 1 (SS-S1-01). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 15 Sun | Graduation: applications close for June in China |
| 15 Sun | Census date for teaching period: summer semester B (SSB-01). Penalty and teaching dates vary. To check the dates for your unit, see exceptions |
| 17 Tue | Enrolments: end for VTAC (round one - postgraduate) students |
| 18 Wed | Enrolments: begin for VTAC (round one - undergraduate) students |
| 19 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for: summer semester A (SSA-02)/2016 |
| 20 Fri | Enrolments: begin for VTAC (round two - postgraduate) students |
| 20 Fri | Census date for teaching period: Monash online 1 (MO-TP1-01). Last day to discontinue |
| 25 Wed | Enrolments: end for VTAC (round two - postgraduate) students |
| 26 Thu | Public holiday: Australia Day (University closed) |
| 26 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for SA-HELP incurred for units in 2016 |
| 30 Mon | Enrolments: end for VTAC (round one - undergraduate) students |
| 30 Mon | Exams (deferred and supplementary): begin for semester two (S2-01) 2016 |
| 30 Mon | Allocate+ preference entry: closes 5pm for semester one (S1-01) |
| 31 Tue | Graduation: applications extended for May in Australia and April in Malaysia. |
| February | |
| 02 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for summer semester A (SSA-02) 2016 |
| 02 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for summer A-semester 1 (SS-S1-01), summer semester B (SSB-01) and Monash online 1 (MO-TP1-01) |
| 03 Fri | Exams (deferred and supplementary): end for semester two (S2-01) 2016 |
| 06 Mon | Exams: begin for summer semester A (SSA-02) 2016 and summer semester B (SSB-01) 2017 |
| 06 Mon | Allocate+ adjustment: opens 10am for semester one (S1-01) |
| 07 Tue | Enrolments: begin for VTAC (round two - undergraduate) students |
| 09 Thu | Exams: end for summer semester A (SSA-02) 2016 and summer semester B (SSB-01) 2017 |
| 10 Fri | Enrolments: end for VTAC (round two - undergraduate) students |
| 13 Mon | Enrolments: begin for international students |
| 15 Wed | Census date for teaching period: term 1 (T1-57) and trimester 1 (T1-58). Last day to discontinue units in these teaching periods without incurring fees |
| 16 Thu | Allocate+ adjustment: temporarily closes from 5pm for semester one (S1-01) |
| 16 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for summer A-semester 1 (SS-S1-01), summer semester B (SSB-01) and Monash online 1 (MO-TP1-01) |
| 16 Thu | Enrolments: end for international students |
| 17 Fri | Fees due: for semester one (S1-01) |
| 17 Fri | Results: released (deferred and supplementary exams) for semester two (S2-01) 2016 |
| 17 Fri | Coursework scholarship applications (late): close for 2017 |
| 20 Mon | Orientation Week: begins (dates and times vary for each campus) |
| 21 Tue | Allocate+ adjustment: re-opens 10am for semester one (S1-01) |
| 24 Fri | Orientation Week: ends |
| 24 Fri | Last day to add off-campus semester one (S1-01) or full-year (FY-01) units |
| 27 Mon | Results: released for summer semester A (SSA-02) 2016 and summer semester B (SSB-01) 2017 |
| 27 Mon | Semester one (S1-01) and full-year (FY-01) begins |
| March | |
| 02 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for term 1 (T1-57) and trimester 1 (T1-58) |
| 08 Wed | Census date for teaching period: MBA1 (MBA-TP1-01). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 10 Fri | Last day to add on-campus semester one (S1-01) or full-year (FY-01) units |
| 13 Mon | Allocate+ adjustment: closes 5pm for semester one (S1-01) Education, Information Technology and Science students |
| 14 Tue | Allocate+ adjustment: closes 5pm for semester one (S1-01) Art, Design & Architecture and Business & Economics students |
| 16 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for term 1 (T1-57) and trimester 1 (T1-58) |
| 17 Fri | Census date for teaching period: Monash online 2 (MO-TP2-01). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 20 Mon | Allocate+ adjustment: closes 5pm for semester one (S1-01) Arts, Engineering, Medicine Nursing & Health Sciences and Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences students |
| 22 Wed | Census date for teaching period: MBA2 (MBA-TP2-01). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 24 Fri | Allocate+ adjustment: closes 5pm for semester one (S1-01) Law students |
| 30 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for MBA-1 (MBA-TP1-01), MBA-2 (MBA-TP2-01) and Monash online 2 (MO-TP2-01) |
| 31 Fri | Last day to discontinue semester one (S1-01) and full-year (FY-01) units without 'withdrawn' showing on academic record |
| 31 Fri | Census date for teaching period: semester one (S1-01), semester one (extended) (S1-32), semester 2 (northern) (S2-60) and trimester A (TRI-A-29). Last day to discontinue units in these teaching periods without incurring fees |
| April | |
| 02 Sun | Daylight saving ends: Turn clocks back one hour |
| 13 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for MBA-1 (MBA-TP1-01), MBA-2 (MBA-TP2-01) and Monash online 2 (MO-TP2-01) |
| 14 Fri | Public holiday: Good Friday (University closed) |
| 14 Fri | Mid-semester break: begins |
| 17 Mon | Public holiday: Easter Monday (University closed) |
| 18 Tue | Public holiday: Easter Tuesday (University closed) |
| 20 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for semester one (S1-01), semester one extended (S1-32), semester two northern (S2-60), trimester A (TRI-A-29) |
| 21 Fri | Mid-semester break: ends |
| 24 Mon | Exam timetable published: for semester one (S1-01) in the Web Enrolment System (WES) |
| 25 Tue | Public holiday: Anzac Day (University closed) |
| 30 Sun | Census date for teaching period: full-year (FY-01), full-year (extended) (FY-32) and term 2 (T2-57). Last day to discontinue units in these teaching periods without incurring fees |
| May | |
| 01 Mon | Last day to discontinue semester one (S1-01) units with 'withdrawn' showing on academic record. Units discontinued after this date will show as a 'withdrawn fail' |
| 04 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for semester one (S1-01), semester 1 extended (S1-32), semester 2 northern (S2-60), trimester A (TRI-A-29) |
| 15 Mon | Allocate+ preference entry: opens at 10am for semester two |
| 15 Mon | Graduation ceremony: Clayton campus for Business & Economics students |
| 16 Tue | Graduation ceremony: Clayton campus for Business & Economics students |
| 17 Wed | Graduation ceremony: Clayton campus for Science and Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences students |
| 18 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for full-year (FY-01), full-year (extended) (FY-32), and term 2 (T2-57) |
| 18 Thu | Graduation: ceremony on Clayton campus for Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences students |
| 19 Fri | Census date for teaching period: Monash online 3 (MO-TP3-01). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 19 Fri | Graduation ceremony: Clayton campus - contingency |
| 22 Mon | Coursework scholarship applications: open for mid-year 2017 |
| 22 Mon | Graduation ceremony: Clayton campus for Arts students |
| 23 Tue | Graduation ceremony: Clayton campus for Education students |
| 24 Wed | Fee statement: available for semester two (S2-01) on the Web Enrolment System (WES) and sent to Monash student email account |
| 24 Wed | Graduation ceremony: Clayton campus for Art Design & Architecture, Engineering and Information Technology students |
| 25 Thu | Graduation ceremony: Clayton campus for Law and Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences students |
| 26 Fri | Semester one (S1-01) ends. Last day to discontinue semester one (S1-01) units with 'withdrawn fail' showing on academic record. Units cannot be discontinued after this date |
| 29 Mon | Swot Vac: begins |
| 31 Wed | Graduate research scholarships: close for Round 2/2017 (domestic and international) |
| June | |
| 01 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on Web Enrolment System (WES) for Monash online 3 (MO-TP3-01) |
| 01 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for full-year (FY-01), full-year (extended) (FY-32), and term 2 (T2-57) |
| 01 Thu | Graduate research scholarships: open for Round 3/2017 (international students) |
| 01 Thu | Graduate research scholarships: open for Round 4/2017 (domestic students) |
| 02 Fri | Swot Vac: ends |
| 05 Mon | Exams: begin for semester one (S1-01) |
| 15 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for Monash online 3 (MO-TP3-01) |
| 20 Tue | Allocate+ preference entry: closes at 10am |
| 22 Thu | Census date for teaching period: MBA3 (MBA-TP3-01). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 23 Fri | Exams: end for semester one (S1-01) |
| 24 Sat | Graduation ceremony: Suzhou, China - all faculties |
| 27 Tue | Allocate+ entry and adjustment: opens at 10am |
| 30 Fri | Census date for teaching period: trimester 2 (T2-58). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching periods without incurring fees |
| 30 Fri | Census date for teaching period: winter (WS-01). Penalty and teaching dates vary. To check the dates for your unit, see exceptions |
| July | |
| 07 Fri | Coursework scholarship applications: close for mid-year 2017 |
| 10 Mon | Results: released for semester one (S1-01) |
| 10 Mon | New enrolments: begin for domestic and international students |
| 11 Tue | Graduation: applications close for July in Australia (Australia Awards students only) |
| 13 Thu | New enrolments: end for domestic and international students |
| 13 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for MBA-3 (MBA-TP3-01), trimester 2 (T2-58) and winter (WS-01) |
| 14 Fri | Fees due: for semester two (S2-01) |
| 14 Fri | Allocate+ temporarily closes at 10am |
| 14 Fri | Census date for teaching period: Monash online 4 (MO-TP4-01). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 17 Mon | Mid-year Orientation Week: begins (dates and times vary for each campus) |
| 18 Tue | Allocate+ adjustment: re-opens at 10am |
| 20 Thu | Graduation: ceremony on Clayton campus for Australia Awards students |
| 21 Fri | Mid-year Orientation Week: ends |
| 21 Fri | Last day to add off-campus semester two (S2-01) units |
| 24 Mon | Semester two (S2-01) begins |
| 26 Wed | Exam timetable published: (deferred and supplementary) for summer semester A (SSA-02) 2016, summer semester B (SSB-01) 2017 and semester one (S1-01) in the Web Enrolment System (WES) |
| 27 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for MBA-3 (MBA-TP3-01), trimester 2 (T2-58) and winter (WS-01) |
| 31 Mon | Last day to discontinue full-year (FY-01) units with 'withdrawn' showing on academic record. Units discontinued after this date will show as a 'fail' |
| 31 Mon | Census date for teaching period: trimester B (TRI-B-29). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 31 Mon | Graduation: applications close for October in Australia and November in Malaysia |
| August | |
| 01 Tue | Coursework scholarship applications: open for 2018 (round one) |
| 03 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for MO-4 (MO-TP4-01) |
| 04 Fri | Last day to add on-campus semester two (S2-01) units |
| 07 Mon | Exams (deferred and supplementary): begin for summer semester A (SSA-02) 2016, summer semester B (SSB-01) 2017 and semester one (S1-01) |
| 07 Mon | Allocate+ adjustment: closes at 5pm for Education students |
| 07 Mon | Allocate+ adjustment: closes at 5pm for Information Technology students |
| 07 Mon | Allocate+ adjustment: closes at 5pm for Science students |
| 08 Tue | Allocate+ adjustment: closes at 5pm for Art, Design and Architecture students |
| 08 Tue | Allocate+ adjustment: closes at 5pm for Business and Economics students |
| 08 Tue | Allocate+ adjustment: closes at 5pm for Law students |
| 11 Fri | Exams (deferred and supplementary): end for summer semester A (SSA-02) 2016, summer semester B (SSB-01) 2017 and semester one (S1-01) |
| 12 Sat | Census date for teaching period: MBA4 (MBA-TP4-01). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 14 Mon | Allocate+ adjustment: closes at 5pm for all remaining students |
| 17 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for Monash online 4 (MO-TP4-01) |
| 21 Mon | Last day to discontinue semester two (S2-01) units without 'withdrawn' showing on academic record |
| 23 Wed | Results (deferred and supplementary exams): released for summer semester A (SSA-02) 2016, summer semester B (SSB-01) 2017 and semester one (S1-01) |
| 24 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for MBA-4 (MBA-TP4-01) and trimester B (TRI-B-29) |
| 31 Thu | Census date for teaching period: semester two (S2-01), semester two - (extended) (S2-32) and term 3 (T3-57). Last day to discontinue units in these teaching periods without incurring fees |
| 31 Thu | Graduation: applications close for December in Australia (all international students; Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences students |
| 31 Thu | Graduate research scholarships: close for Round 3/2017 (international students) |
| September | |
| 01 Fri | Graduate Research scholarships: open for Round 1/2018 (international students) |
| 07 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for MBA-4 (MBA-TP4-01) |
| 08 Fri | Census date for teaching period: Monash online 5 (MO-TP5-01). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 18 Mon | Exam timetable published: for semester two (S2-01) in the Web Enrolment System (WES) |
| 21 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for Monash online 5 (MO-TP5-01), semester two (S2-01), semester two (extended) (S2-32) and term 3 (T3-57) |
| 25 Mon | Mid-semester break: begins |
| 25 Mon | Last day to discontinue semester two (S2-01) units with 'withdrawn' showing on academic record. Units discontinued after this date will show as a 'withdrawn fail' |
| 29 Fri | Census date for teaching period: MBA5 (MBA-TP5-01). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 29 Fri | Mid-semester break: ends |
| 29 Fri | Public holiday: Grand Final Friday |
| 30 Sat | Census date for teaching period: start semester two-finish semester one (S2-S1-02), start semester two-finish summer A (S2-SS-02) and trimester 3 (T3-58). Last day to discontinue units in these teaching periods without incurring fees |
| October | |
| 01 Sun | Daylight saving starts: Turn clocks forward one hour |
| 05 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for Monash online 5 (MO-TP5-01), semester two (S2-01), semester two-extended (S2-32) and term 3 (T3-57) |
| 09 Mon | Re-enrolment (timely): begins for 2018 |
| 19 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for MBA-5 (MBA-TP5-01), start semester two-finish semester one (S2-S1-02), start semester two-finish summer A (S2-SS-02) and trimester 3 (T3-58) |
| 20 Fri | Semester two (S2-01) and full year (FY-01) ends. Last day to discontinue units in these teaching periods with 'withdrawn fail' showing on academic record. Units cannot be discontinued after this date |
| 23 Mon | Swot Vac: begins |
| 23 Mon | Graduation: ceremonies begin at Clayton campus |
| 27 Fri | Swot Vac: ends |
| 27 Fri | Graduation: ceremonies end at Clayton campus |
| 30 Mon | Exams: begin for semester two (S2-01) |
| 31 Tue | Graduate research scholarships: close for Round 4/2017 (domestic students) |
| 31 Tue | Census date for teaching period: term 4 (T4-57) and semester 1 (northern) (S1-60). Last day to discontinue units in these teaching periods without incurring fees |
| 31 Tue | Coursework scholarship applications: close for 2018 (round one) |
| November | |
| 01 Wed | Graduate research scholarships: open for Round 2/2018 (domestic students) |
| 02 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for MBA-5 (MBA-TP5-01), start semester two-finish semester one (S2-S1-02), start semester two-finish summer A (S2-SS-02) and trimester 3 (T3-58) |
| 03 Fri | Census date for teaching period: Monash online 6 (MO-TP6-01). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 13 Mon | University class timetable: for semester one 2018 available |
| 17 Fri | Exams: end for semester two (S2-01) |
| 23 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for semester 1 (northern) (S1-60) and term 4 (T4-57) |
| 23 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for Monash online 6 (MO-TP6-01), semester 1 (northern) (S1-60) and term 4 (T4-57) |
| 24 Fri | Re-enrolment (timely): ends for 2018 |
| 25 Sat | Re-enrolment (late): begins for 2018. A late fee applies |
| December | |
| 04 Mon | Results: released for semester two (S2-01) |
| 04 Mon | Census date for teaching period: trimester C (TRI-C-29). Last day to discontinue units in this teaching period without incurring fees |
| 07 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for Monash online 6 (MO-TP6-01), semester 1 (northern) (S1-60) and term 4 (T4-57) |
| 08 Fri | Re-enrolment (late): ends for 2018 |
| 08 Fri | Exam timetable published: for summer semester A (SSA-02) 2017 and summer semester B (SSB-01) 2018 in the Web Enrolment System (WES) |
| 12 Tue | Graduation: ceremonies begin at Clayton campus |
| 14 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): available on the Web Enrolment System (WES) for trimester C (TRI-C-29) |
| 15 Fri | Graduation: ceremonies end at Clayton campus |
| 18 Mon | Exam timetable published: (deferred and supplementary) for semester two (S2-01) 2017 in the Web Enrolment System (WES) |
| 21 Thu | University closed (reopens 2 Jan 2018) |
| 25 Mon | Public holiday: Christmas Day (University closed) |
| 26 Tue | Public holiday: Boxing Day (University closed) |
| 28 Thu | Commonwealth Assistance Notice (CAN): last day to lodge dispute for trimester C (TRI-C-29) |
| 31 Sun | Census date for teaching period: summer A (SSA-02). Penalty and teaching dates vary. To check the dates for your unit, see the summer and winter page |
| 31 Sun | SA-HELP incurred date |