2013 Academic year dateline
| Week of session | Start date | Key session dates |
|---|---|---|
| V | 31 Dec 2012 | |
| 1 January - New Year's Day, public holiday | ||
| V | 7 Jan | 7 January - Short Summer Session commences |
| 7 January - 1st Research (R1) Session commences | ||
| 7 January - 1st Half Year (1H) Session commences | ||
| 11 January - Census date for Long Summer+ Session | ||
| V | 14 Jan | 14 January - Quarter 1 (Q1)^ Session commences |
| V | 21 Jan | 25 January - Census date for Short Summer session |
| 26 January - Australia Day | ||
| V | 28 Jan | 28 January - Australia Day, public holiday» |
| 3 February - Census date for Q1^ Session | ||
| 3 February - UWSC Term 3 (T3)° Session finishes | ||
| V | 4 Feb | |
| 3 | 11 Feb | 17 February - Short Summer Session and Long Summer+ Session finish |
| V | 18 Feb | 24 February - Inter session break finishes |
| 1 | 25 Feb | 25 February - Autumn Session commences |
| 25 February - UWSC Term 1 (T1)° Session commences | ||
| 2 | 4 Mar | 4 March - Research Session R1A± commences |
| 3 | 11 Mar | |
| 4 | 18 Mar | |
| 5 | 25 Mar | 29 March - Good Friday, public holiday |
| 31 March - Easter Sunday, public holiday | ||
| 31 March - Q1^ Session finishes | ||
| 31 March - Census date for Autumn Session | ||
| 31 March - Census date for 1H Session | ||
| 31 March - Census date for UWSC T1° Session | ||
| 31 March - Census date for R1 Session | ||
| 6 | 1 Apr | 1 April - Easter Monday, public holiday |
| 7 | 8 Apr | 8 April - Quarter 2 (Q2)^ Session commences |
| 13 April - Graduations commence | ||
| 8 | 15 Apr | 15 - 21 April - Intra session break |
| 19 April - Graduations finish | ||
| 9 | 22 Apr | 25 April - Anzac Day, public holiday |
| 28 April - Census date for Q2^ Session | ||
| 10 | 29 Apr | |
| 11 | 6 May | |
| 12 | 13 May | |
| 13 | 20 May | |
| 14 | 27 May | |
| 15 | 3 Jun | 3 - 7 June - Stuvac |
| 9 June - UWSC T1° Session finishes | ||
| 16 | 10 Jun | 10 June - Queen's Birthday, public holiday |
| 11 June - Examinations# commence | ||
| 17 | 17 Jun | Examinations# |
| 23 June - Q2^ Session finishes | ||
| 18 | 24 Jun | 24 June - UWSC Term 2 (T2)° Session commences |
| 30 June - Examinations finish# (to be confirmed) | ||
| 30 June - Autumn Session finishes | ||
| V | 1 Jul | 1 July - Inter session break commences |
| 1 July - Quarter 3 (Q3)^ Session commences | ||
| 1 July - 2nd Research (R2) Session commences | ||
| 1 July - 2nd Half Year (2H) Session commences | ||
| 7 July - Census date for R1A± Session | ||
| 7 July - R1 Session finishes | ||
| 7 July - R1A± Session finishes | ||
| 7 July - 1H Session finishes | ||
| V | 8 Jul | |
| V* | 15 Jul | 21 July - Census date for Q3^ Session |
| V* | 22 Jul | 28 July - Inter session break finishes |
| 1 | 29 Jul | 29 July - Spring Session commences |
| 29 July - Research R2A± Session commences | ||
| 31 July - Census date for UWSC T2° Session | ||
| 2 | 5 Aug | |
| 3 | 12 Aug | |
| 4 | 19 Aug | |
| 5 | 26 Aug | 31 August - Census date for R2 Session |
| 31 August - Census date for 2H Session | ||
| 31 August - Census date for Spring Session | ||
| 6 | 2 Sep | |
| 7 | 9 Sep | 15 September - Q3^ Session finishes |
| 8 | 16 Sep | |
| 9 | 23 Sep | 23 - 27 September - Intra Session break |
| 23 September - Quarter 4 (Q4)^ Session commences | ||
| 23 September - Graduations commence | ||
| 27 September - Graduations finish | ||
| 10 | 30 Sep | 1 - 4 October - Level B and C Academic Promotions Committee meet~ |
| 6 October - UWSC T2° Session finishes | ||
| 11 | 7 Oct | 7 October - Labour Day, public holiday |
| 13 October - Census date for Q4^ Session | ||
| 12 | 14 Oct | |
| 14 - 18 October - Single University Level D and E Academic Promotions Committees meet~ | ||
| 13 | 21 Oct | 21 October - UWSC T3° Session commences |
| 14 | 28 Oct | |
| 15 | 4 Nov | 4 - 8 November Stuvac |
| 16 | 11 Nov | 11 November - Examinations# commence |
| 17 | 18 Nov | Examinations# |
| 18 | 25 Nov | 30 November - Census date for UWSC T3° Session |
| 1 December - Examinations# finish (to be confirmed) | ||
| 1 December - Spring Session finishes | ||
| V | 2 Dec | 2 December - Inter Session break commences |
| 2 December - Summer 1 Session commences | ||
| 2 December - Summer 2 Session commences | ||
| 8 December - Q4^ Session finishes | ||
| V* | 9 Dec | 15 December - Census date for Summer 1 Session |
| V | 16 Dec | 16 December - Graduations commence (selected cohorts) |
| 20 December - Summer 1 Session finishes | ||
| 20 December - Graduations finish (selected cohorts) | ||
| V | 23 Dec | 25 December - Christmas Day, public holiday |
| 26 December - Boxing Day, public holiday | ||
| 29 December - R2 Session finishes | ||
| 29 December - R2A± Session finishes | ||
| 29 December - 2H Session finishes | ||
| 29 December - Census date for R2A± Session | ||
| V | 30 Dec | 1 January 2014 - New Years Day, public holiday» |
| 5 January 2014 - Census date for Summer 2 Session | ||
| 2 February 2014 - UWSC T3° Session finishes | ||
| 16 February 2014 - Summer 2 Session finishes (includes exam period) | ||
V Vacation week
NOTE 1 * These weeks will be used for the scheduled deferred examinations. Precise dates will be confirmed in 2013, 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 » Public Holidays to be confirmed once gazetted.
NOTE 8 ~ 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.
