UNSW Canberra Key Dates

Here you will find important dates for UNSW Canberra students, including semester start and end dates, enrolment deadlines, public holiday compensation, examination and result dates.

Key Semester Dates

Summer

Event	2021	2022
Semester Commences	Mon 23 Nov 2020	Mon 22 Nov 2021
First date to course enrol and class register	Mon 19 Oct 2020	Mon 18 Oct 2021
Drop course enrolment if failed to class register	Mon 23 Nov 2020	Tue 16 Nov 2021
Last day to add Summer courses via myUNSW (enrolment deadline) (Any approved enrolments after this date will incur a late enrolment fee)	Sun 29 Nov 2020	Sun 28 Nov 2021
Payment due date	Sun 29 Nov 2020	Sun 28 Nov 2021
Summer On-Campus Sessions Commence		Mon 6 Dec 2021
Summer On-Campus Sessions End		Thu 16 Dec 2021
Last day to drop courses without financial penalty (Census date)	Tue 5 Jan	Tue 4 Jan
Last day to drop courses without academic penalty (NF deadline)	Tue 5 Jan	Tue 4 Jan
Last day to drop courses without academic failure (AW deadline)	Fri 29 Jan	Fri 28 Jan
Semester ends	Sat 30 Jan	Sat 29 Jan
Results release (end of grading period)	Mon 15 Feb	Mon 14 Feb

Semester 1

Event	2021	2022
First date to course enrol	Mon 19 Oct 2020	Mon 18 Oct 2021
First date to class register	Mon 19 Oct 2020	Mon 18 Oct 2021
Applications for S1 postgraduate study close	Sun 7 Feb	Sun 6 Feb
Drop course enrolment if failed to class register	Tue 16 Feb	Tue 15 Feb
Non-Defence Orientation Day	Wed 17 Feb	Wed 16 Feb
Acceptance deadline	Sun 21 Feb	Sun 20 Feb
Semester 1 Commences	Mon 22 Feb	Mon 21 Feb
Last day to add S1 courses via myUNSW (enrolment deadline) (Any approved enrolments after this date will incur a late enrolment fee)	Sun 28 Feb	Sun 27 Feb
Payment due date	Sun 28 Feb	Sun 27 Feb
Last day to drop S1 courses without financial penalty (Census date)	Sun 21 Mar	Sun 20 Mar
Mid Semester Break	Sat 3 - Sun 18 Apr	Sat 2 - Sun 17 Apr
Provisional examination timetable released for S1	Fri 7 May	Fri 6 May
Final examination timetable released	Fri 28 May	Fri 27 May
Last day to drop S1 courses without academic penalty (NF deadline)	Sun 25 Apr	Sun 24 Apr
Last day to drop S1 courses without academic failure (AW deadline)	Fri 11 Jun	Fri 10 Jun
Last day of teaching (UG only)	Fri 11 Jun	Fri 10 Jun
S1 study recess	Sat 12 - Fri 18 Jun	Sat 11 - Fri 17 Jun
S1 examinations (UG only)	Sat 19 - Sat 26 Jun	Sat 18 - Sat 25 Jun
Semester 1 ends	Sat 26 Jun	Sat 25 Jun
Results release (end of grading period)	Fri 9 Jul	Fri 8 Jul
UNSW Conferral of Degrees Ceremony (Sep)	TBC	TBC

Semester 2

Event	2021	2022
First date to course enrol	Mon 19 Oct 2020	Mon 18 Oct 2021
First date to class register	Mon 17 May	Mon 16 May
Applications for S2 postgraduate study close	Sun 27 Jun	Sun 26 Jun
Acceptance deadline	Sun 11 Jul	Sun 10 Jul
Drop course enrolment if failed to class register	Tue 6 Jul	Tue 5 Jul
Semester 2 Commences	Mon 12 Jul	Mon 11 Jul
Last day to add S2 courses via myUNSW (enrolment deadline) (Any approved enrolments after this date will incur a late enrolment fee)	Sun 18 Jul	Sun 17 Jul
Payment due date	Sun 18 Jul	Sun 17 Jul
Last day to drop S2 courses without financial penalty (Census date)	Sun 8 Aug	Sun 7 Aug
ADFA Open Day	TBC	TBC
Last day to drop S2 courses without academic penalty (NF deadline)	Sun 29 Aug	Sun 28 Aug
Mid Semester Break	Sat 28 Aug - Sun 12 Sep	Sat 27 Aug - Sun 11 Sep
Provisional examination timetable released for S2	Fri 17 Sep	Fri 16 Sep
Final examination timetable released	Fri 8 Oct	Fri 7 Oct
Last day to drop S2 courses without academic failure (AW deadline)	Fri 22 Oct	Fri 21 Oct
Last day of teaching (UG only)	Fri 22 Oct	Fri 21 Oct
S2 study recess	Sat 23 - Fri 29 Oct	Sat 22 - Fri 28 Oct
S2 examinations (UG only)	Sat 30 Oct - Sat 6 Nov	Sat 29 Oct - Sat 5 Nov
Semester 2 ends	Sat 6 Nov	Sat 5 Nov
Results release (end of grading period)	Thu 25 Nov	Thu 24 Nov
UNSW Conferral of Degrees Ceremony	Wed 8 Dec	Wed 7 Dec
ADFA Graduation Parade Day	Thu 9 Dec	Thu 8 Dec

Compensation and Military Training Dates

Compensation and Military Training Days were introduced to spread the impact of public holidays across teaching periods for undergraduate students, given the majority of holidays fall on a Monday. The table below shows each public holiday or military training day that falls within semester 1 and 2. Each event has a corresponding compensation day.

Classes scheduled on the event day will have their class moved to the compensation day noted for that week. Consequently, classes originally scheduled on the compensation day will be lost.

Example: You have classes that fall on the Canberra Day public holiday (i.e. 8 March 2021). You will simply lose that day of teaching as the compensation day falls on 8 March. If you have classes that fall on Reconciliation Day, instead of losing that day of teaching, your timetable for the Monday will be moved to Tuesday 1 June. Classes originally scheduled for Tuesday 1 June will be lost that week.

Military Training Days are non-teaching days. Trainee Officers have military commitments on these days whilst non-military students will have a class free day.

2021

Compensation/Military Days S1 2021

Event	Date	Compensation day
Canberra Day	Mon 8 Mar	Monday lost
Military Training Day	Thu 1 Apr	Thursday lost
Good Friday	Fri 2 Apr	Friday lost
Easter Monday	Mon 5 Apr	No compensation (Mid Semester break)
Military Training Day	Thu 22 Apr	Thursday lost
Military Training Day	Fri 23 Apr	Friday lost
ANZAC Day Holiday	Mon 26 Apr	Monday lost
Military Training Day	Fri 28 May	Compensation Day: Friday 28 May classes to be delivered on Wednesday 26 May. Wednesday 26 May lost.
Reconciliation Day	Mon 31 May	Compensation Day: Monday 31 May classes to be delivered on Tuesday 1 June. Tuesday 1 June lost.
Queen's Birthday	Mon 14 Jun	No compensation (Study week)

Compensation/Military Days S2 2021

Event	Date	Compensation day
Military Training Day	Wed 18 Aug	Wednesday lost
Labour Day	Mon 4 Oct	Monday lost
Military Training Day	Thu 14 Oct	Thursday lost
Military Training Day	Fri 15 Oct	Friday lost