Calendars

2020 Academic Calendar - VET
2020 Academic Calendar - Higher Education
2020 Academic Calendar - Early Childhood
2020 Academic Calendar - Music

Higher Education Standard Academic Calendar 2020 (Degrees only)

Degree courses operate on a standard HE Semester model.
(The Music degrees operate on a slightly different schedule to that below due to the inclusion of an extra music activities/collaboration week, and the Early Childhood
degrees operate on a separate block schedule. Refer to separate course specific schedules for those degrees).

HE Summer Semester
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays
-	up to Fri 20 Dec (2019)	Enrolments	-
Mon 23 Dec (2019)	Fri 3 Jan (2020)	Non-teaching	2 weeks	Xmas & New Year period
Mon 6 Jan	Fri 7 Feb	Classes	5 weeks	Sat 25 Jan - Chinese New Year (not a public hol.) Mon 27 Jan - Australia Day hol.
Mon 10 Feb	Fri 14 Feb	Assessments	1 week
HE Semester 1
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays
-	up to Fri 14 Feb	Enrolments	-	Sat 25 Jan -Chinese New Year Mon 27 Jan - Australia Day hol.
Mon 10 Feb	Fri 14 Feb	Orientation Week	1 week
Mon 17 Feb	Fri 3 Apr	Classes	7 weeks	Mon 9 Mar - Labour Day
Mon 6 Apr	Mon 13 Apr	Mid-semester Teaching Related Duties Period	1 week	Fri 10 Apr - Good Friday Mon 13 Apr - Easter Monday
Tues 14 Apr	Fri 15 May (12 week sem); or Fri 22 May (13 week sem)	Classes	5 weeks or 6 weeks	Sat 25 Apr - ANZAC Day
Mon 18 May (12 week sem); or Mon 25 May (13 week sem)	Fri 29 May	SWOT VAC	2 weeks or 1 week
Mon 1 Jun	Fri 12 Jun	Exams/Assessments	2 weeks	Mon 8 Jun - Queen's Birthday
Mon 15 Jun	Fri 10 Jul Jun	Teaching Related Duties Results collation, moderation, meetings & progression interviews, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	4 weeks
HE Semester 2
Mon 13 Jul	Fri 24 Jul	Teaching Related Duties Progression interviews, resits, results & re-enrol	2 weeks
Mon 27 Jul	Thurs 24 Sep	Classes	9 weeks
Fri 25 Sep	Fri 2 Oct	Mid-semester Teaching Related Duties period	1 week	Fri 25 Sep - Pre-Grand Final Day hol. (TBC)
Mon 5 Oct	Fri 23 Oct (12 week sem); or Fri 30 Oct (13 week sem)	Classes	3 weeks or 4 weeks
Mon 26 Oct (12 week sem); or Mon 2 Nov (13 week sem)	Fri 6 Nov	SWOT VAC	2 weeks or 1 week	Tues 3 Nov - Melbourne Cup Day
Mon 9 Nov	Fri 20 Nov	Exams/Assessments	2 weeks
Mon 23 Nov	Fri 18 Dec	Teaching Related Duties Results collation, moderation, meetings & progression interviews, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	4 weeks
Mon 21 Dec	Fri 1 Jan (2021)	Non-Teaching	2 weeks	Fri 25 Dec - Xmas Day Mon 28 Dec - Boxing Day Holiday Fri 1 Jan (2021) - New Year's Day

Note - This is the standard academic calendar for Higher Education/degree level courses, (Early Childhood and Music degrees excepted), however some subjects may vary delivery around these dates, particularly where make-up classes are necessary, due to public holidays or other impacting circumstances.

2020 Census Dates (HE Only)

Teaching period	Description	Census Date
1	HE Semester 1	Fri 20 Mar
2	HE Semester 2	Fri 21 Aug
3	HE Semester 3 (Full-year units only)	Fri 17 Apr
4	HE Summer semester	Fri 17 Jan

Academic Calendar 2020 (TAFE/VET courses only)

Summer Term
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays
Mon 23 Dec (2019)	Fri 3 Jan (2020)	Non-Teaching	2 weeks	Wed 25 Dec - Xmas Day Thurs 26 Dec - Boxing Day Wed 1 Jan - New Year's Day
Mon 6 Jan	Fri 31 Jan	Classes	4 weeks	Sat 25 Jan - Chinese New Year (not a public hol.) Mon 27 Jan - Australia Day Hol.
Semester 1
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays
Mon 6 Jan	Fri 24 Jan (VCE) or Fri 31 Jan or Fri 7 Feb (some courses)	Enrolments, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development.	4 - 6 weeks	Sat 25 Jan - Chinese New Year (not a public hol.) Mon 27 Jan - Australia Day Hol.
Tues 28 Jan - (VCE) or Mon 3 Feb (VET)	Fri 27 Mar	Classes	8 weeks (depending on start)	Mon 9 Mar - Labour Day
Mon 30 Mar	Mon 13 Apr	Results collation, moderation, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	2 weeks	Fri 10 Apr - Good Friday Mon 13 Apr - Easter Monday
Tues 14 Apr	Fri 26 Jun	Classes	11 weeks	Sat 25 Apr - ANZAC Day Mon 8 Jun - Queen's Birthday
Mon 29 Jun	Fri 10 Jul	Results collation, moderation, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	2 weeks
Semester 2
Mon 22 Jun	Fri 10 Jul	Results, Enrolments & re-enrolments	3 weeks
Mon 13 Jul	Fri 18 Sep	Classes	10 weeks
Mon 21 Sep	Fri 2 Oct	Results collation, moderation, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	2 weeks	Fri 25 Sep - Pre-Grand Final Day hol. (TBC)
Mon 5 Oct	Fri 27 Nov or Fri 4 Dec	Classes	8 weeks	Tues 3 Nov - Melbourne Cup Day
Mon 30 Nov	Fri 18 Dec	Results collation, moderation, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	2 weeks-3 weeks (depending on start)
Mon 21 Dec	Fri 1 Jan (2021)	Non-teaching	2 weeks	Fri 25 Dec - Xmas Day Mon 28 Dec - Boxing Day Holiday Fri 1 Jan (2021) - New Year's Day

Please Note:

• This is the standard academic calendar for VET level courses, however some courses may vary delivery around these dates.
• Some courses may still run classes in non-teaching weeks.
• In December classes are usually scheduled to finish in late November/early  December to allow for sufficient assessment time, results collation, moderation, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development.
• Please check with relevant teaching faculty for specific course dates.

2020 Standard Census Dates for TAFE/VET Diploma/Advanced Diploma Courses only

Study period	Description	Census Date
1	Semester 1	Fri 20 Mar
2	Semester 2	Fri 21 Aug
3	Semester 3 (Full-year units)	Fri 24 Apr
4	Summer school	Wed 15 Jan
T1	Term 1 only	Fri 28 Feb
T2	Term 2 only	Fri 1 May
T3	Term 3 only	Fri 7 Aug
T4	Term 4 only	Fri 23 Oct

Note:

• The above census dates are for delivery across standard study periods. For units with non-standard delivery periods, alternate census dates may apply.
• Please refer to separate academic calendars for Higher Education/Degree course census dates.

Higher Education Academic Calendar 2020 (Early Childhood Degrees Only)

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (HE)

The Bachelor of Early Childhood Education operates on an 8 consecutive blocks per year basis (4 consecutive blocks per semester).

Semester 1
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays	Census Date
Block 1 Sat 1 Feb	Fri 27 Mar	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks		Fri 14 Feb
Block 2 Sat 29 Feb	Fri 1 May	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks	Mon 9 Mar - Labour Day	Fri 13 Mar
Sat 28 Mar	Mon 13 Apr	Teaching Related Duties Period Results collation, moderation, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	2 weeks	Fri 10 Apr - Good Friday Mon 13 Apr - Easter Monday
Block 3 Sat 18 Apr	Fri 12 Jun	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks	Sat 25 Apr - ANZAC Day Mon 8 Jun - Queen's Birthday	Fri 1 May
Block 4  Sat 16 May	Fri 10 Jul	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks	Mon 8 Jun - Queen's Birthday	Fri 29 May
Mon 15 Jun	Fri 17 Jul	Mid-year Teaching Related Duties Period Results collation, moderation, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	4 weeks
Semester 2
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays	Census Dates
Block 5 Sat 18 Jul	Fri 11 Sep	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks		Fri 31 Jul
Block 6 Sat 15 Aug	Fri 23 Oct	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks		Fri 28 Aug
Block 7 (part 1) Sat 12 Sep	-	Classes	1 week		Mon 5 Oct
Sat 19 Sep	Sun 4 Oct	Teaching Related Duties Period Results collation, moderation, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	2 weeks	Fri 25 Sep - Pre-Grand Final Day (TBC)
Block 7 (part 2)	Fri 20 Nov	Classes Assessments	3 weeks  4 weeks
Block 8 Sat 24 Oct	Fri 18 Dec	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks	Tues 3 Nov - Melbourne Cup Day	Fri 6 Nov
Sun 22 Nov	Fri 18 Dec	End-Year processing Results collation, moderation, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	-
Mon 21 Dec	Fri 1 Jan (2021)	End-Year Non-Teaching	-	-	Fri 25 Dec - Xmas Day Mon 28 Dec - Boxing Day Holiday Fri 1 Jan - New Year's Day

Higher Education Academic Calendar 2020 (Music Degrees only)

The Music degree courses operate on a Higher Education semester model with an extra activities week included each semester.

This calendar applies to:

Bachelor of Applied Business in Music Industry	Graduate Diploma in International Music Business
Bachelor of Applied Music - Audio Production	Graduate Diploma of Music (Contemporary Practice)
Bachelor of Applied Music - Composition	Master of International Music Business
Bachelor of Applied Music - Performance	Master of Music (Contemporary Practice)
Bachelor of Sound Production

HE Summer Semester
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays
-	up to Fri 20 Dec (2019)	Enrolments	-
Mon 23 Dec (2010)	Fri 3 Jan (2020)	Non-teaching	2 weeks	Xmas & New Year period
Mon 6 Jan	Fri 7 Feb	Classes	5 weeks	Sat 25 Jan - Chinese New Year (not a public hol.) Mon 27 Jan - Australia Day hol.
Mon 10 Feb	Fri 14 Feb	Assessments	1 week
HE Semester 1
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays
-	up to Fri 14 Feb	Enrolments	-	Sat 25 Jan - Chinese New Year (not a public hol.) Mon 27 Jan - Australia Day hol.
Mon 10 Feb	Fri 14 Feb	Orientation Week	1 week
Mon 17 Feb	Fri 3 Apr	Classes	7 weeks	Mon 9 Mar - Labour Day
Mon 6 Apr	Thur 9 Apr	Activites Week	1 week	Music Collaboration Week Fri 10 Apr - Good Friday
Mon 13 Apr	Fri 17 Apr	Mid-Semester Teaching Related Duties Period	1 week	Mon 13 Apr - Easter Monday
Tues 20 Apr	Fri 22 May (12 week sem); or Fri 29 May (13 week sem)	Classes	5 weeks or 6 weeks	Sat 25 Apr - ANZAC Day
Mon 25 May (12 week sem)	Fri 29 May	Make-up classes	1 week
Mon 1 Jun	Fri 5 Jun	SWOT VAC	1 week
Tues 9 Jun	Fri 19 Jun	Exams/Assessments	2 weeks	Mon 8 Jun - Queen's Birthday
Mon 22 Jun	Fri 10 Jul	Teaching Related Duties Results collation, moderation, meetings & progression interviews, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	3 weeks
HE Semester 2
Mon 13 Jul	Fri 24 Jul	Teaching Related Duties Progression interviews, resits, results & re-enrol	2 weeks
Mon 20 Jul	Fri 24 Jul	Orientation Week (mid-year commencements only)	1 week
Mon 27 Jul	Fri 18 Sep	Classes	8 weeks
Mon 21 Sep	Thurs 24 Sep	Activities Week	1 week	Music Collaboration Week Fri 25 Sep - Pre-Grand Final Day hol. (TBC)
Mon 28 Sep	Fri 2 Oct	Mid-Semester Teaching Related Duties Period	1 week
Mon 5 Oct	Fri 30 Oct (12 week sem); or Fri 6 Nov (13 week sem)	Classes	4 weeks or 5 weeks	Tues 3 Nov - Melbourne Cup Day
Mon 2 Nov (12 week sem)	Fri 6 Nov	Make-up classes	1 week	Tues 3 Nov - Melbourne Cup Day
Mon 9 Nov	Fri 13 Nov	SWOT VAC	1 week
Mon 16 Nov	Fri 27 Nov	Exams/Assessments	2 weeks
Mon 30 Nov	Fri 18 Dec	Teaching Related Duties Results collation, moderation, meetings & progression interviews, compliance activities, planning & curriculum development	3 weeks
Mon 21 Dec	Fri 1 Jan (2021)	Non-Teaching	2 weeks	Fri 25 Dec - Xmas Day Mon 28 Dec - Boxing Day Holiday Fri 1 Jan - New Year's Day

Note - some subjects may vary delivery around these dates, particularly where make-up classes are necessary, due to public holidays or other impacting
circumstances.

2020 Census Dates (HE Only)

Teaching period	Description	Census Date
1	HE Semester 1	Fri 20 Mar
2	HE Semester 2	Fri 21 Aug
3	HE Semester 3 (Full-year units)	Fri 17 Apr
4	HE Summer semester	Fri 17 Jan