The following schedule of teaching weeks and exam periods apply for the academic years 2020 - 2021. Students should check course handbooks for any course specific variations.
Non-semester topics have variable teaching week schedules. See the topics pages for the specific dates of non-semester topics.
Teaching week
|
2020 week commencing
|
2021 week commencing
|
|
|---|
Summer
|
|
| 1 |
06 January |
04 January |
| 2 |
13 January |
11 January |
| 3 |
20 January |
18 January |
| 4 |
27 January |
25 January |
| 5 |
03 February |
01 February |
| 6 |
10 February |
08 February
|
| 7 |
17 February |
15 February
|
Semester one
|
|
| Orientation |
24 February |
22 February |
| 1 |
02 March |
01 March |
| 2 |
09 March |
08 March
|
| 3 |
16 March |
15 March |
| 4 |
23 March |
22 March |
| 5 |
30 March |
29 March
|
| 6 |
06 April |
05 April+ |
| Mid-semester break |
13 April+ |
12 April |
| Mid-semester break |
20 April |
19 April |
| 7 |
27 April |
26 April |
| 8 |
04 May |
03 May |
| 9 |
11 May |
10 May |
| 10 |
18 May |
17 May |
| 11 |
25 May |
24 May |
| 12 |
01 June |
31 May |
| 13 |
08 June |
07 June |
| 14* |
15 June |
14 June |
| Mid-year exams |
22 June |
21 June |
| Mid-year exams |
29 June |
28 June |
| Mid-year break |
06 July |
05 July |
| Mid-year break |
13 July |
12 July |
| S1 Supplementary and deferred exams |
20 July |
19 July
|
Semester two
|
|
| 1 |
27 July |
26 July |
| 2 |
03 August |
02 August |
| 3 |
10 August |
09 August
|
| 4 |
17 August |
16 August |
| 5 |
24 August |
23 August |
| 6 |
31 August |
30 August |
| 7 |
07 September |
06 September |
| 8 |
14 September |
13 September |
| Mid-semester break |
21 September |
20 September |
| Mid-semester break |
28 September |
27 September
|
| 9 |
05 October |
04 October |
| 10 |
12 October |
11 October |
| 11 |
19 October |
18 October |
| 12 |
26 October |
25 October |
| 13* |
02 November |
01 November |
| End of year exams |
09 November |
08 November |
| End of year exams |
16 November |
15 November |
| Break |
23 November |
22 November |
| Break |
30 November |
29 November
|
| S2 Supplementary and deferred exams |
07 December |
06 December |
Notes:
+Week beginning Easter Monday
*The assessment/exam period commences on the Saturday at the end of Week 14 (semester 1) or Week 13 (semester 2) and runs until the Saturday at the end of the second exam week (thus including three successive Saturdays). The supplementary and deferred exam period commences on a Monday and runs until the following Saturday (6 days in total). Week 14 in semester 1, and Week 13 in semester 2, are optional teaching weeks for topics in which no examinations are held.
