Census Dates - 2008
A census date is the date at which an enrolment is considered to be final.
If you are in a Commonwealth supported place by each census date you must either pay your student contribution in full or have provided your tax file number to us. If you fail to do these things, the University is obliged by law to cancel your enrolment.
If you are seeking Commonwealth assistance (i.e. HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP or OS-HELP) by each relevant census date you must submit a signed Request for Commonwealth Assistance form containing your tax file number. (Only one such form needs to be submitted for each course).
If you are a student, regardless of whether you are commonwealth supported or not, any withdrawal you make after the study period census date will incur an academic penalty (for example, a fail grade) and a financial penalty (for example, no refund of your student contribution or tuition fees).
2007 Census dates
2006 Census dates
| Study Period | Census Date |
|---|---|
| Semesters | |
| Semester 1 | March 31, 2008 |
| Semester 1A | March 15, 2008 |
| Semester 1S | March 31, 2008 |
| Semester 2 | August 31, 2008 |
| Semester 2A | October 15, 2008 |
| Semester 2S | August 1, 2008 |
| Research Terms | |
| Research Term 1 | March 31, 2008 |
| Research Term 2 | August 31, 2008 |
| Trimesters | |
| Trimester 1 | February 15, 2008 |
| Trimester 1A | April 15, 2008 |
| Trimester 2 | June 15, 2008 |
| Trimester 2A | August 31, 2008 |
| Trimester 3 | October 1, 2008 |
| Trimester 3A | January 1, 2009 |
| Quarters | |
| Quarter 1 | February 1 , 2008 |
| Quarter 2 | May 1, 2008 |
| Quarter 3 | August 1, 2008 |
| Quarter 4 | November 1, 2008 |
| Short Study Periods | |
| Study Period 1 | January 15, 2008 |
| Study Period 2 | February 15, 2008 |
| Study Period 3 | March 15, 2008 |
| Study Period 4 | April 15, 2008 |
| Study Period 5 | May 15, 2008 |
| Study Period 6 | June 15, 2008 |
| Study Period 7 | July 15, 2008 |
| Study Period 8 | August 15, 2008 |
| Study Period 9 | September 15, 2008 |
| Study Period 10 | October 15, 2008 |
| Study Period 11 | November 15, 2008 |
| Study Period 12 | December 15, 2008 |
| Special Study Period 1 | March 31, 2008 |
| Special Study Period 2 | June 15, 2008 |
| Special Study Period 3 | September 15, 2008 |
| Special Study Period 4 | January 15, 2009 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Summer School | January 4, 2008 |
| Sydney Summer Semester | December 1, 2008 |
| OUA | |
| OUA Session 1 | March 23, 2008 |
| OUA Session 2 | August 10, 2008 |
| OUA Study Period 1 | March 23, 2008 |
| OUA Study Period 2 | June 22, 2008 |
| OUA Study Period 3 | September 21, 2008 |
| OUA Study Period 4 | December 21, 2008 |
Census Dates for Research Students
Census dates for a student undertaking a Masters or Doctoral thesis are set by the following rules. For most students this means the census dates for their thesis in 2008 will be 31 March for the first half-year and 31 August for the second half-year.
- The standard census date for study in the half-year period that extends from 1 January to 30 June will be the standard Semester 1 census date
- The standard census date for study in the half-year period that extends from 1 July to 31 December will be the standard Semester 2 census date
- In the student's first half year of study, the census date will be the later of
- the earliest date which is at least 20% of the time between the date the student commences study in the thesis and the end of the half-year period; and
- the standard census date for the half year period.
- For all other half-years of study, the student's census date will be the standard census date for study in that half-year period.
