2012 Academic year dateline
| Week of session | Start date | Key session dates |
|---|---|---|
| V | 26 Dec 2011 | |
| 1 January - New Year's Day | ||
| V | 2 Jan | 2 January - New Year's Day, Public Holiday |
| 2 January - Short Summer Session commences | ||
| 2 January - 1st Research (R1) Session commences | ||
| 2 January - 1st Half Year (1H) Session commences | ||
| V | 9 Jan | 9 January - Quarter 1 session (Q1)^ commences |
| V | 9 Jan | 13 January - Census Long Summer+ Session |
| V | 16 Jan | 20 January - Census date for Short Summer Session |
| V | 23 Jan | 26 January - Australia Day, Public Holiday |
| 29 January - Census date for Q1^ Session | ||
| V | 30 Jan | 5 February - UWSC Term 3° finishes |
| V | 6 Feb | |
| V | 13 Feb | 19 February - Short Summer Session finishes |
| 19 February - Long Summer Session+ finishes | ||
| V | 20 Feb | 26 February - Inter session break finishes |
| 1 | 27 Feb | 27 February - Autumn Session commences |
| 27 February - UWSC Term 1 (T1)° Session commences | ||
| 2 | 5 Mar | 5 March - Research Session (R1A±) commences |
| 3 | 12 Mar | |
| 4 | 19 Mar | 25 March - Q1^ Session finishes |
| 5 | 26 Mar | 31 March - Census date for Autumn Session |
| 31 March - Census date for R1 | ||
| 31 March - Census date for 1H | ||
| 31 March - Census date for UWSC T1 | ||
| 6 | 2 Apr | 2 April - Quarter 2 (Q2)^ Session commences |
| 6 April - Good Friday, Public Holiday | ||
| 7 | 9 Apr | 9 April - Easter Monday, Public Holiday |
| 14 April - Graduations commence | ||
| 8 | 16 Apr | 16 - 20 April - Intra session break |
| 21 April - Graduations finish | ||
| 22 April - Census date for Q2^ Session | ||
| 9 | 23 Apr | 25 April - Anzac Day, Public Holiday |
| 10 | 30 Apr | |
| 11 | 7 May | |
| 12 | 14 May | |
| 13 | 21 May | |
| 14 | 28 May | |
| 15 | 4 June | 4 - 8 June - Stuvac |
| 10 June - UWSC T1 Session finishes | ||
| 16 | 11 Jun | 11 June - Queen's Birthday, Public Holiday |
| 12 June - Examinations# commence | ||
| 17 June - Q2^ Session finishes | ||
| 17 | 18 Jun | Examinations# |
| 18 | 25 Jun | 25 June - Quarter 3 (Q3)^ Session commences |
| 25 June - UWSC Term 2 (T2)° Session commences | ||
| 27 June - Examinations# finish | ||
| 1 July - Autumn Session finishes | ||
| 1 July - R1A± Session finishes | ||
| 1 July - 1H Session finishes | ||
| 1 July - R1 Session finishes | ||
| 1 July - Census date for R1A± Session | ||
| V | 2 Jul | 2 July - Inter session break commences |
| 2 July - 2nd Research (R2) Session commences | ||
| 2 July - 2nd Half Year (2H) Session commences | ||
| V | 9 Jul | 15 July - Census date for Q3^ Session |
| *V | 16 Jul | |
| *V | 23 Jul | 27 July - Inter session break finishes |
| 1 | 30 Jul | 30 July - Spring Session commences |
| 30 July - Research Session R2A± commences | ||
| 31 July - Census date for T2 Session | ||
| 2 | 6 Aug | |
| 3 | 13 Aug | |
| 4 | 20 Aug | |
| 5 | 27 Aug | 31 August - Census date for Spring Session |
| 31 August - Census date for R2 Session | ||
| 31 August - Census date for 2H Session | ||
| 6 | 3 Sept | 9 September - Q3^ Session finishes |
| 7 | 10 Sept | |
| 8 | 17 Sept | 17 September - Quarter 4 (Q4)^ Session commences |
| 9 | 24 Sept | 24 - 28 September - Intra session break |
| 24 September - Graduations commence | ||
| 28 September - Graduations finish | ||
| 10 | 1 Oct | 1 October - Labour Day, Public Holiday |
| 7 October - T2 Session finishes | ||
| 7 October - Census date for Q4^ Session | ||
| 11 | 8 Oct | 8 - 12 October - Level B and C Academic Promotions Committees meet ♦ |
| 12 | 15 Oct | 15 - 19 October - Single University Level D and E Academic Promotions Committees meet ♦ |
| 13 | 22 Oct | 22 October - UWSC Term 3° commences |
| 14 | 29 Oct | |
| 15 | 5 Nov | 5 - 9 November - Stuvac |
| 16 | 12 Nov | 12 November - Examinations# commence |
| 17 | 19 Nov | Examinations# |
| 18 | 26 Nov | Examinations# finish (to be confirmed) |
| 30 November - Census date for UWSC Term 3° | ||
| 2 December - Spring Session finishes | ||
| 2 December - Q4^ Session finishes | ||
| V | 3 Dec | 3 December - Inter session break commences |
| 3 December - Long Summer+ Session commences | ||
| *V | 10 Dec | |
| V | 17 Dec | 17 December - Graduations (selected cohorts) commence |
| 20 December - Graduations (selected cohorts) finish | ||
| V | 24 Dec | 25 December - Christmas Day, Public Holiday |
| 26 December - Boxing Day, Public Holiday | ||
| 30 December - R2 Session finishes | ||
| 30 December - R2A± Session finishes | ||
| 30 December - 2H Session finishes | ||
| 30 December - Census date for R2A session | ||
| 31 Dec | 1 January 2013 - New Year's Day, Public Holiday | |
| 11 January 2013 - Census date Long Summer+ Session | ||
| 3 February 2013 - UWSC Term 3° finishes | ||
| 17 February 2013 - 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 2012, as required.
NOTE 2 # These weeks are part of the formal examination period. Students must be available in these weeks.
NOTE 3 ^ Quarter Sessions are used by Sydney Graduate School of Management and several Schools.
NOTE 4 ° Terms 1, 2 and 3 are used for UWSCollege and for International offshore purposes.
NOTE 5 ± Research session late enrolment dates.
NOTE 6 + The format 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.
NOTE 7♦ Arrangements for former College based meetings to be finalised, following implementation of UWS Leadership and Management Changes 2012.
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.
