A teaching period indicates when courses and their related classes are taught and timetabled within terms / semesters.
UNSW courses are offered in defined teaching periods of varying lengths and usually within the main terms/semesters. See Academic Calendar for specific dates.
Each teaching period has associated payment and census dates, and enrolment deadlines. You can check the teaching period of your courses in your myUNSW Class Timetable or Enrolment Basket. For a list of subjects in each teaching period, visit the Class Timetable.
Teaching period names
Listed here are Teaching Period names and where they fall in the academic year.
T and U prefixes
Main Kensington/Paddington programs.
Here you can find an explanation of abbreviations (such as T1A). Check the Academic Calendar for specific dates.
Summer Term
Commences on first working day of the calendar year
U1: 5 weeks over January and February
Term 1
T1: Mid-February to mid-May (10 weeks)
T1A: First 5 weeks of T1
T1B: Last 5 weeks of T1
T1C: 4 weeks from end of T1
Term 2
T2: June to August (10 weeks)
T2A: First 5 weeks of T2
T2B: Last 5 weeks of T2
T2C: 4 weeks from end of T2
Term 3
T3: Mid-September to mid-December (10 weeks)
T3A: First 5 weeks of T3
T3B: Last 5 weeks of T3
T3C: 4 weeks from end of T3
A prefixes
PLuS Alliance at Arizona State University
See also Key dates for PluS Alliance.
Summer Term
ASA: January to February
ASC: January to May
Term 1
ASB: March to April
Term 2
AUA: May to June
AUB: July to August
AUC: May to July
AFA: August to October
Term 3
AFB: October to December
AFC: August to December
G Prefixes
UNSW Diploma
See also Key dates for UNSW Diploma.
GD1: January to May
GD2: May to August
GD3: August to December
M prefixes
Medicine Undergraduate
See also Academic Calendar and Key dates for Medicine
Medicine I, II
M1A: February to April
M1B: April to June
M2A: July to August
M3A: September to November
Medicine III - Coursework
MS1: January to February
M1A: February to May
MT2: May to August
M3A: September to November
Medicine IV - ILP
M1A: February to May
MT2: May to August
M3A: September to September
T3B: October to November
Medicine V, VI
MS1: January to March
M1A: March to May
M1B: May to June
M2A: July to August
M3A: September to October
T3B: October to November
EM and MG prefixes
AGSM MBA Programs
EM1: January to April
EM2: April to June
EM3: July to September
EM4: September to December
MG1: Mid-February to May
MG2: June to August
MG3: September to December
Z prefixes
UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Check Academic Calendar for specific dates.
Semester 1
Z1: March to mid-June
Semester 2
Z2: late July to October
Hexamesters
Hexamester Calendar Programs
The below Hexamester teaching periods only apply to students studying these programs.
Check the Hexamester Academic Calendar for specific dates. All terms are six weeks in duration.
Hexamester 1: January to February
Hexamester 2: March to April
Hexamester 3: May to June
Hexamester 4: July to August
Hexamester 5: August to October
Hexamester 6: October to December