Calendars

2019 Academic Calendar - VET
2019 Academic Calendar - Higher Education
2019 Academic Calendar - Early Childhood
2019 Academic Calendar - Music

Higher Education Academic Calendar 2019 (Degrees only)

Degree courses operate on a standard HE Semester model (trimesters are no longer used).
(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 14 Dec (2018)	Enrolments	-
17 Dec (2018)	4 Jan (2019)	Non-teaching	3 weeks	Xmas & New Year period
7 Jan	8 Feb	Classes	5 weeks	28 Jan - Australia Day hol.
11 Feb	15 Feb	Assessments	1 week
HE Semester 1
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays
-	up to 15 Feb	Enrolments	-	28 Jan - Australia Day hol. 5 Feb -Chinese New Year
11 Feb	15 Feb	Orientation Week	1 week
18 Feb	12 Apr	Classes	8 weeks	11 Mar - Labour Day
15 Apr	22 Apr	Mid-semester non-teaching week	1 week	19 Apr - Good Friday 22 Apr - Easter Monday
23 Apr	17 Mar or 24 May	Classes	4 weeks or 5 weeks	25 Apr - ANZAC Day
20 May or 27 May	31 May	SWOT VAC	2 weeks or 1 week
3 Jun	14 Jun	Exams/Assessments	2 weeks	10 Jun - Queen's Birthday
17 Jun	28 Jun	End-semester non-teaching	2 weeks	Results collation, resits, moderation meetings, progression interviews
1 Jul	12 Jul	Mid-year non-teaching	2 weeks
HE Semester 2
15 Jul	26 Jul	Progression interviews, resits, results & re-enrol	2 weeks
29 Jul	26 Sep	Classes	9 weeks
27 Sep	4 Oct	Mid-semester non-teaching	1 week	27 Sep - Pre-Grand Final Day hol.
7 Oct	25 Oct or 1 Nov	Classes	3 weeks or 4 weeks
28 Oct or 4 Nov	8 Nov	SWOT VAC	2 weeks or 1 week	5 Nov - Melbourne Cup Day
11 Nov	22 Nov	Exams/Assessments	2 weeks
25 Nov	6 Dec	End-semester processing	2 weeks	Results collation, resits, moderation meetings & progression interviews.
9 Dec	3 Jan (2020)	End semester non-teaching	4 weeks	25 Dec - Xmas Day 26 Dec - Boxing Day 1 Jan (2020) - 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.

2019 Census Dates (HE Only)

Teaching period	Description	Census Date
1	HE Semester 1	22 Mar
2	HE Semester 2	23 Aug
3	HE Semester 3 (Full-year units)	18 Apr
4	HE Summer semester	18 Jan

Academic Calendar 2019 (TAFE/VET courses only)

Summer Term
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays
17 Dec (2018)	4 Jan (2019)	Non-teaching	3 weeks	25 Dec - Xmas Day 26 Dec - Boxing Day 1 Jan (2019) - New Year's Day
7 Jan	1 Feb	Classes	4 weeks	28 Jan - Australia Day Hol.
Semester 1
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays
3 Jan	25 Jan (VCE) or 1 Feb or 8 Feb (some courses)	Enrolments	4 - 6 weeks	28 Jan - Australia Day hol.
29 Jan - VCE or 4 Feb (VET)	5 Apr	Classes	9 weeks	5 Feb -Chinese New Year 11 Mar - Labour Day
8 Apr	22 Apr	Non-teaching	2 weeks	19 Apr - Good Friday 22 Apr - Easter Monday
23 Apr	28 Jun	Classes	10 weeks	25 Apr - ANZAC Day 10 Jun - Queen's Birthday
1 Jul	12 Jul	Non-teaching	2 weeks
Semester 2
24 Jun	12 Jul	Results, Enrolments & re-enrolments	2 weeks
15 Jul	20 Sep	Classes	10 weeks
23 Sep	4 Oct	Non-teaching	2 weeks	27 Sep - Pre-Grand Final Day hol.
7 Oct	29 Nov or 6 Dec	Classes	8 weeks	5 Nov - Melbourne Cup Day
2 Dec	13 Dec	Non-teaching	2 weeks
16 Dec	1 Jan (2020)	Non-teaching	2 weeks	25 Dec - Xmas Day 26 Dec - Boxing Day 1 Jan (2020) - 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

2019 Standard Census Dates for TAFE/VET Diploma/Advanced Diploma Courses only

Study period	Description	Census Date
1	Semester 1	22 Mar
2	Semester 2	23 Aug
3	Semester 3 (Full-year units)	18 Apr
4	Summer school	16 Jan
T1	Term 1 only	1 Mar
T2	Term 2 only	10 May
T3	Term 3 only	9 Aug
T4	Term 4 only	25 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 census d

Academic Calendar 2019 (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 2 Feb	29 Mar	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks		15 Feb
Block 2 2 Mar	26 Apr	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks	11 Mar - Labour Day	15 Mar
Block 3 (part 1) 30 Mar	-	Classes	1 week		18 Apr
6 Apr	22 Apr	Non-teaching period	2 weeks	19 Apr - Good Friday 22 Apr - Easter Monday	(Easter & school holidays)
Block 3 (part 2)	21 Jun	Classes Assessments	3 weeks 4 weeks	25 Apr - ANZAC Day 10 Jun - Queen's Birthday	See Block 3 above
Block 4  11 May	5 Jul	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks	10 Jun - Queen's Birthday	24 May
22 Jun	19 Jul	Mid-year non-teaching period	4 weeks		(Mid-year break & school holidays)
Semester 2
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays	Census Dates
Block 5 20 Jul	13 Sep	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks		2 Aug
Block 6 17 Aug	11 Oct	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks		20 Aug
Block 7 (part 1) 14 Sep	-	Classes	1 week		4 Oct
21 Sep	6 Oct	Non-teaching period	2 weeks	27 Sep - Pre-Grand Final Day	(School holidays)
Block 7 (part 2)	22 Nov	Classes Assessments	2 weeks  4 weeks		See above
Block 8 26 Oct	20 Dec	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 4 weeks	5 Nov - Melbourne Cup Day	8 Nov
24 Nov	onwards	Non-teaching period	-		(End-year break)

Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching (HE)

The Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching operates on an 8 consecutive overlapping blocks per year basis however each subject runs over 8 weeks.

Semester 1
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays	Census Date
Block 1 2 Feb	12 Apr	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 6 weeks	11 Mar - Labour Day	20 Feb
Block 2 2 Mar	10 May	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 6 weeks	11 Mar - Labour Day 25 Apr - ANZAC Day	20 Mar
Block 3 (part 1) 30 Mar	-	Classes	1 week		18 Apr
6 Apr	22 Apr	Non-teaching period	2 weeks	19 Apr - Good Friday 22 Apr - Easter Monday	(Easter & school holidays)
Block 3 (part 2)	21 Jun	Classes Assessments	3 weeks 6 weeks		See Block 3 above
Block 4  11 May	19 Jul	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 6 weeks	10 Jun - Queen's Birthday	29 May
13 Jul	19 Jul	Mid-year non-teaching period	1 week		(Mid-year break)
Semester 2
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays	Census Dates
Block 5 20 Jul	26 Sep	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 6 weeks		7 Aug
Block 6 17 Aug	25 Oct	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 6 weeks		4 Sep
Block 7 (part 1) 14 Sep	-	Classes	1 week		2 Oct
21 Sep	4 Oct	Non-teaching period	2 weeks	27 Sep - Pre-Grand Final Day	(School holidays)
Block 7 (part 2)	6 Dec	Classes Assessments	3 weeks  6 weeks	5 Nov - Melbourne Cup Day	See above
Block 8 26 Oct	17 Jan (2020)	Classes Assessments	4 weeks 6 weeks	5 Nov - Melbourne Cup Day	13 Nov
21 Dec	3 Jan (2020)	Non-teaching period	-	25 Dec - Xmas Day 26 Dec - Boxing Day 1 Jan (2020) - New Year's Day	(End-year break)

Higher Education Academic Calendar 2019 (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 14 Dec (2018)	Enrolments	-
17 Dec (2018)	4 Jan (2019)	Non-teaching	3 weeks	Xmas & New Year period
7 Jan	8 Feb	Classes	5 weeks	28 Jan - Australia Day hol.
11 Feb	15 Feb	Assessments	1 week
HE Semester 1
From	To	Activity	No. of weeks	Public Holidays
-	up to 15 Feb	Enrolments	-	28 Jan - Australia Day hol. 5 Feb -Chinese New Year
11 Feb	15 Feb	Orientation Week	1 week
18 Feb	12 Apr	Classes	8 weeks	11 Mar - Labour Day
15 Apr	18 Apr	Activites Week	1 week	Music Collaboration Week 19 Apr - Good Friday
23 Apr	26 Apr	Mid-Semester non-teaching week	1 week	22 Apr - Easter Monday 26 Apr - ANZAC Day
29 Apr	24 Mar or 31 May	Classes	4 weeks or 5 weeks
27 May or 3 Jun	7 Jun	SWOT VAC	2 weeks or 1 week
11 Jun	21 Jun	Exams/Assessments	2 weeks	10 Jun - Queen's Birthday
24 Jun	28 Jun	End-semester non-teaching	1 week	Results collation, resits, moderation meetings, progression interviews
1 Jul	12 Jul	Mid-year non-teaching	2 weeks
HE Semester 2
15 Jul	26 Jul	Progression interviews, resits, results & re-enrol	2 weeks
29 Jul	26 Sep	Classes	9 weeks
27 Sep	4 Oct	Mid-semester non-teaching	1 week	27 Sep - Pre-Grand Final Day hol.
7 Oct	11 Oct	Activities Week	1 week	Music Collaboration Week
14 Oct	1 Nov or 8 Nov	Classes	3 weeks or 4 weeks
4 Nov or 11 Nov	15 Nov	SWOT VAC	2 weeks or 1 week	5 Nov - Melbourne Cup Day
18 Nov	29 Nov	Exams/Assessments	2 weeks
2 Dec	6 Dec	End-semester processing	1 week	Results collation, resits, moderation meetings & progression interviews.
9 Dec	3 Jan (2020)	End semester non-teaching	4 weeks	25 Dec - Xmas Day 26 Dec - Boxing Day 1 Jan (2020) - 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.

2019 Census Dates (HE Only)

Teaching period	Description	Census Date
1	HE Semester 1	22 Mar
2	HE Semester 2	23 Aug
3	HE Semester 3 (Full-year units)	18 Apr
4	HE Summer semester	18 Jan