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2010 Academic Year Dateline

This dateline has been approved for publication as a guideline and is subject to final ratification by 1 April 2009.
    Week beginning Week Session Details
    28 December 09 Vacation New Year's Day Public Holiday 1 January
    Census date Long Summer Session 8 January
    4 January Vacation Short Summer Session, 1st Half Year (1H) Session and 1st Research Session (R1) commence 4 January
    11 January Vacation Quarter 1 Session (Q1)^ (non-standard session for GSB) commences 11 January
    18 January Vacation Census date for Short Summer Session 22 January
    25 January Vacation Australia Day Public Holiday 26 January
    1 February Vacation Census date for Q1 5 February
    UWSC Term N (TN)° finishes 7 February
    8 February Vacation Deadline for submission of deferred and Short Summer Session results for students graduating in April 12 February
    Short Summer Session and Long Summer Session finish 14 February
    15 February Vacation Inter session break finishes 19 February
    22 February 1 Autumn Session commences
    UWSC Term 1 (T1)° commences 25 February
    1 March 2  
    8 March 3  
    15 March 4  
    22 March 5 Q1 Session finishes 28 March
    29 March 6 Census date for Autumn Session, R1, 1H and UWSC T1 31 March
    Good Friday Public Holiday 2 April
    5 April Easter Monday Public Holiday 5 April
    Quarter 2 (Q2)^ Session commences 6 April
    12 April 8  
    19 April 9 Graduations commence 19 April (to be confirmed)
    Intra session break (19 - 24 April)

    Anzac Day 25 April
    26 April 10 Anzac Day Public Holiday 26 April
    Graduations finish 30 April (to be confirmed
    Census date for Q2 30 April
    3 May 11  
    10 May 12  
    17 May 13  
    24 May 14  
    31 May 15 Stuvac (31 May - 4 June)
    UWSC T1 finishes 6 June
    7 June 16 Examinations# commence 7 June
    14 June 17 Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday 14 June
    Examinations#
    Q2 finishes 20 June
    21 June 18 Examinations#
    Examinations, Autumn Session, R1 and 1H finish 27 June
    UWSC Term 2 (T2)° commences 23 June
    28 June Vacation Inter session break commences 28 June
    Quarter 3 (Q3)^ Session, 2nd Half Year (2H) and 2nd Research (R2) Sessions commence 28 June
    5 July Vacation  
    12 July *Vacation  
    19 July *Vacation Census date for Q3 Session 23 July
    Inter session break finishes 23 July
    26 July 1 Spring Session commences 26 July
    Census date for UWSC T2 31 July
    2 August 2  
    9 August 3  
    16 August 4  
    23 August 5  
    30 August 6 Census date for Spring Session, 2H and R2 30 August
    6 September 7 Q3 Session finishes 12 September
    13 September 8  
    20 September 9 Quarter 4 (Q4)^ Session commences 20 September
    Graduations commence 20 September (to be confirmed)
    Intra session break (20 - 24 September)
    Graduations finish 24 September (to be confirmed)
    27 September 10 UWSC T2 finishes 3 October
    4 October 11 Labour Day Public Holiday 4 October
    11 October 12 Census date for Q4 Session 15 October
    18 October 13 UWSC Term N (TN)° commences
    25 October 14  
    1 November 15 Stuvac (1 – 5 November)
    8 November 16 Examinations# commence 8 November (to be confirmed)
    15 November 17 Examinations#
    22 November 18 Examinations# 
    Examinations, Spring Session finish 28 November
    29 November Vacation Inter session break commences 29 November
    Census date UWSC TN 30 November
    Q4 Session finishes 5 December
    6 December Vacation Long Summer Session commences 6 December
    13 December *Vacation  
    20 December Vacation Christmas Day Public Holiday 25 December
    Boxing Day Public Holiday 26 December
    2H and R2 Sessions finish 26 December
    27 December Vacation New Year’s Day Public Holiday 1 January 2011
    3 January 2011 Vacation 1st Research Session (R1), 1st Half Year Session (1H) and Short Summer Session commence 3 January
    Census date for Long Summer Session 7 January
    Quarter 1 (Q1)^ Session commences 10 January
    UWSC TN finishes 6 February
    Short Summer Session and Long Summer Sessions finish 20 February

    NOTE 1 * These weeks will be used for the scheduled deferred examinations. Precise dates will be confirmed in 2009, as required.

    NOTE 2 # These weeks are part of the formal examination period. Students must be available in these weeks.

    NOTE 3 ^ Quarter 1 is a non standard session for Graduate School of Business. Other “Quarter” sessions are also used by the Graduate School of Business.

    NOTE 4 ° Terms 1, 2 and N are used for UWSCollege and for International offshore purposes.

    The above dates are for sessions appropriate for the majority of students. Students enrolled in programs with special sessions, such as teacher education and medicine programs, and offshore and international students will need to consult their school regarding any special purpose dates.