2011 Academic year dateline

Week of session Start date Key session dates
V 27 Dec
2010
1 January - New Year's Day
V 3 Jan 3 January - New Year's Day Public Holiday
3 January - Short Summer Session commences
3 January - 1st Half Year (1H) Session commences
3 January - 1st Research Session (R1) commences
7 January - Census date Long Summer Session 
V 10 Jan 10 January - Quarter 1 Session (Q1)^ commences
V 17 Jan 21 January - Census date for Short Summer Session
V 24 Jan 26 January -  Australia Day Public Holiday
V 31 Jan 4 February - Census date for Q1 Session
6 February - UWSC Term N finishes
V 7 Feb 13 February - Short Summer Session finishes
13 February - Long Summer Session finishes
V 14 Feb  
V 21 Feb 27 February - Inter session break finishes
1 28 Feb 28 February - Autumn Session commences
28 February - UWSC Term 1 (T1)° commences
2 7 Mar 7 March - Research Session R1A± commences
3 14 Mar  
4 21 Mar 27 March - Q1 Session finishes
5 28 Mar 31 March - Census date for Autumn Session
31 March - Census date for R1 Session
31 March - Census date for 1H Session
31 March - Census date for T1 Session
6 4 Apr 4 April - Quarter 2 (Q2)^ Session commences 
7 11 Apr 16 April - Graduations commence
8 18 Apr 18 - 25 April - Intra session break
21 April - Graduations finish
22 April - Good Friday
23 April - Easter Saturday
9 25 Apr 25 April - Anzac Day and Easter Monday public holiday
26 April - Substituted public holiday for Easter Monday
29 April - Census date for Q2 Session
10 2 May  
11 9 May  
12 16 May  
13 23 May  
14 30 May  
15 6 June 6 - 12 June - Stuvac
12 June - UWSC T1 Session finishes
16 13 Jun 13 June - *Queen's Birthday public holiday
14 June - Examinations# commence
19 June - Q2 Session finishes
17 20 Jun  Examinations#
26 June - R1 Session finishes
26 June - R1A Session finishes
26 June - 1H Session finishes
26 June - Census date for R1A Session
18 27 Jun Examinations#
27 June - UWSC Term 2 (T2)° Session commences
27 June - Quarter 3 (Q3)^ Session commences
27 June - 2nd Half Year (2H) Session commences
27 June - 2nd Research (R2) Session commences
28 June - Examinations# finish (to be confirmed)
3 July - Autumn Session finishes
V 4 Jul Inter session break commences
V 11 Jul  12-16 July - Autumn Deferred Exams
*V 18 Jul 22 July - Census date for Q3 Session
*V 25 Jul 25 July - Research Session (R2A±) commences 
31 July - Inter session break finishes
31 July - Census date for T2 Session
1 1 Aug 1 August - Spring Session commences
2 8 Aug  
3 15 Aug  
4 22 Aug  
5 29 Aug 31 August - Census date for Spring Session
31 August - Census date for R2 Session
31 August - Census date for 2H Session
6 5 Sept 11 September - Q3 Session finishes
7 12 Sept  
8 19 Sept 19 September - Quarter 4 (Q4)^ Session commences
9 26 Sept 26 - 30 September - Intra session break
27 September - Graduations commence 
29 September - Graduations finish 
10 3 Oct 3 October - *Labour Day public holiday
4 - 7 October - College based level B and C Academic Promotions Committees meet
9 October - UWSC T2 Session finishes
11 10 Oct 14 October - Census date for Q4 Session
10 - 14 October - Single university level D and E Academic Promotions Committees meet
12 17 Oct  
13 24 Oct 24 October - UWSC Term N (TN)° Session commences
14 31 Oct  
15 7 Nov 7 - 11 November - Stuvac
16 14 Nov 14 November - Examinations# commence
17 21 Nov Examinations#
26 November - Examinations# finish
18 28 Nov
30 November - Census date for TN Session
4 December - Q4 Session finishes
4 December - Spring Session finishes
V 5 Dec 5 December - Inter session break commences 
5 December - Long Summer Session commences
*V 12 Dec  13-16 December - Spring Deferred Exams
V 19 Dec 20 December - Graduations commence
21 December - Graduations finish
25 December - R2 Session finishes
25 December - R2A Session finishes
25 December - 2H Session finishes
25 December - Census date for R2A Session
25 December - Christmas Day
V 26 Dec 26 December - Christmas Day public holiday
26 December - Boxing Day
27 December - Boxing Day public holiday
V 2 Jan 2012 12 February 2012 - TN Session finishes 
13 January 2012 - Census date Long Summer Session
19 February 2012 - Long Summer Session finishes

V     Vacation week

NOTE 1 * These weeks will be used for the scheduled deferred examinations. Precise dates will be confirmed in 2011, as required.

NOTE 2 # These weeks are part of the formal examination period. Students must be available in these weeks.

NOTE 3 ^Quarter 1 is a non standard session for Graduate School of Business. Other Quarter sessions are also used by the Graduate School of Business.

NOTE 4 ° Terms 1, 2 and N are used for UWSCollege and for International offshore purposes.

NOTE 5 ± Research Session late enrolment dates.

NOTE 6 + The formats of Long Summer Session is currently under review. Commencement, census and finishing dates for Long Summer Session will be advised at this location as soon as possible. In the meantime the commencement date given above is indicative only.

The above dates are for sessions appropriate for the majority of students. Students who are enrolled in programs with special sessions, such as teacher education and medicine programs, and students who are offshore and international students will need to consult their school regarding any special purpose dates.