The academic calendar includes important study dates such as:
- census dates
- semester start and end dates
- examination periods
- graduation ceremonies.
Find out about VU’s important dates, what they mean, and what you need to complete by each deadline.
The academic calendar includes important study dates such as:
Find out about VU’s important dates, what they mean, and what you need to complete by each deadline.
The census date is an important deadline each study period. It’s your last day to finalise the following:
See HE census dates and VET/TAFE census dates.
If you withdraw from the course or unit after the census date, you’ll face one of these financial penalties:
Penalties also apply for the following delays and amendments:
If you have to discontinue from your course or unit(s) after the census date due to exceptional circumstances, you may be eligible for a refund of fees or have your HELP debt remitted.
The ‘administrative census date’ is the deadline for adding units each study period (last day to add units).
If you miss the census date, there is a deadline for withdrawing without academic penalty.
When you withdraw by that date, you avoid the academic penalty (fail), but you will remain liable for the fees/or HELP loan.
The discontinued unit will appear on the academic transcript with a WD (Withdrawn) grade.
This date is labelled as 'WD deadline' on this page.
Find out more about withdrawing from your units.
If you withdraw after the deadline for avoiding academic penalty, you’ll be deemed to have failed the unit.
In these circumstances, the following apply:
This date is labelled as 'WN-fail deadline' on this page.
Find out more about withdrawing from your units.
Once the deadline for withdrawing with an academic penalty has passed, you can no longer withdraw from your unit of study.
Results will be displayed in MyVU at 12pm AEST (noon) on the dates listed here.
Study break: 15-19 February 2021
Study break: 26-30 April 2021
Study break: 26 June 2021-2 July 2021
Study break: 27 September 2021-1 October 2021
Results will be displayed in MyVU at 12pm AEST (noon) on the dates listed here.
Results will be displayed in MyVU at 12pm AEST (noon) on the dates listed here.
Study break: 26-30 April 2021
Study break: 26 June 2021-1 August 2021
Study break: 27 September 2021-1 October 2021
Melbourne results will be displayed in MyVU at 12pm AEST (noon) on the dates listed here.
Sydney results will be displayed in MyVU at 6am AEST.
Results will be displayed in MyVU at 12pm AEST (noon), on the dates listed here.
Results will be displayed in MyVU at 12pm AEST (noon), on the dates listed here.
The 8-week block is only for specified postgraduate courses.
If you are a first time user of MyVU, your password will be set to the default - "Temp" (uppercase T) followed by your date of birth in the format Tempddmmyyyy. For example: 12 May 1983 is written as Temp12051983.
If you have lost or forgotten your password, you can use the MyVU Password Reset feature to reset it.
Contact us if you have any problems.
This section includes course study dates, break periods, census and results dates for TAFE courses.
TAFE course delivery and term dates may vary significantly between areas.
Refer to your TAFE course timetable for your course's details (available after enrolment or from VU International if you're an international student). Results will be displayed in MyVU at 12pm AEST (noon) on the results dates outlined in your timetable.
Certificate level courses do not have census dates because these fees cannot be deferred. You will receive a Statement of Account (SOA) with a payment due date.
Public and University holidays in 2021:
*VU holiday
For other dates not listed on this page, please view the following webpages: