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Important dates

Semester 1 (S1)
March
Monday 06Teaching starts
Friday 17Final date to enrol
Monday 27Census date
April
Monday 10Semester Break: 10 to 16
June
Friday 02Teaching ends
Monday 05Revision: 5 to 6
Wednesday 7Exams: 7 to 16
Friday 30Grade release
July 
Monday 24Alternate exams: 24 to 27
Semester 2 (S2)
July
Monday 10Teaching starts
Friday 21Final date to enrol
Monday 31Census date
August 
Monday 14Semester Break: 14 to 20
October
Friday 6

Teaching ends

Monday 9Revision: 9 to 10
Wednesday 11Exams: 11 to 20

November

Friday 3Grade release
Monday 27Alternate exams: 27 Nov to 01 Dec
Summer Semester (SS)

November

Monday 6

Teaching starts

Friday 17Final date to enrol
Monday 27Census date
December
Monday 25Semester Break: 25 to 07 Jan 2024
February 2024
Friday 9Teaching ends
Monday 12Exams: 12 to 16
March 2024
Friday 01Grade release
Monday 25Alternate exams: 25 to 28

Be prepared for the holiday season

The University will be closed for business from Monday 18 December 2023 and will reopen on Thursday 4 January 2024.

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Student Central Holiday Operating Hours*

Our Student Central team in Casuarina, Waterfront and Sydney will remain open and be available to provide face to face, phone and email support during the following hours.

DateTime
Monday 18 December -
Thursday 21 December
8am - 4pm
Friday 22 December8am - 3pm
Monday 25 December -
Friday 29 December
CLOSED
Monday 1 January 
 
CLOSED
Tuesday 2 January - 
Wednesday 3 January 2024
CLOSED (Sydney campus TBC)
Thursday 4 January 20248am - 4pm

* Casuarina, Waterfront and Sydney Campus

Contact us

1800 061 963

Casuarina campus

Level 1, Building Orange 1, Darwin

Waterfront Darwin campus

Level 1, 21 Kitchener Drive, Darwin

Sydney campus

Level 10, 815 George Street, Haymarket, Sydney

Higher Education Intensives

(6-week intensive delivery teaching periods)

HE Intensive 1

January

Monday 9Teaching starts
Friday 20Final date to enrol
Monday 23Census date

February

Friday 17

Teaching ends

March
Friday 03Grade release
HE Intensive 2

March

Monday 06Teaching starts
Friday 10Final date to enrol
Tuesday 14Census date

April

Friday 14Teaching ends
Friday 28Grade release
HE Intensive 3

May

Monday 01Teaching starts
Friday 05Final date to enrol
Tuesday 09Census date

June

Friday 9Teaching ends
Friday 23Grade release
HE Intensive 4

June

Monday 26Teaching starts
Friday 30Final date to enrol
July
Tuesday 04Census date

August

Friday 04Teaching ends
Friday 18Grade release
HE Intensive 5

August

Monday 21Teaching starts
Friday 25Final date to enrol
Tuesday 29Census date

September

Friday 29Teaching ends
October
Friday 13Grade release
HE Intensive 6

October

Monday 16Teaching starts
Friday 20Final date to enrol
Tuesday 24Census date

November

Friday 24Teaching ends
December
Friday 08Grade release

Higher Degree by Research (HDR)

(Periods of enrolment for Masters by Research and PhD candidates)

Research Period 1 (R1)

January

Sunday 01Enrolment period starts

March

Friday 31Census date

June

Friday 30Enrolment period ends
Research Period 2 (R2)

July

Saturday 01Enrolment period starts

August

Thursday 31Census date

December

Sunday 31Enrolment period ends

CDU TAFE

CDU TAFE dates

CDU TAFE Teaching periods start at the beginning of each quarter of the year. Term Periods do not relate to TAFE enrolment terms, but are used in the scheduling of TAFE courses.

*Please note that the term periods below do not reflect the start and finish dates for your TAFE course. You should contact the relevant TAFE Enrolment team to determine the course commencement dates.*

Term period

Start

Finish

Term 1

01 Jan 2023

31 Mar 2023

Term 2

01 Apr 2023

30 Jun 2023

Term 3

01 Jul 2023

30 Sep 2023

Term 4

01 Oct 2023

31 Dec 2023

  • Units to be Withdrawn (Financial penalty will apply to withdrawals lodged after the relevant date, which is 14 days after the commencement of the unit).

VET Student Loans

Students who are enrolled in a Diploma, Advanced Diploma, TAFE Graduate Certificate or a TAFE Graduate Diploma can apply for a VET Student Loan.

Term period

Final date to enrol

Census date*

VFH - T1

23 Feb 2023

11 Mar 2023

VFH - T2

26 Apr 2023

11 May 2023

VFH - T3

26 Jul 2023

11 Aug 2023

VFH - T4

25 Oct 2023

11 Nov 2023

* CDU TAFE census date is the last day for a student to apply for a VET Student Loan. It is also the last day for students to withdraw their enrolment without incurring a debt for the course or part of the course.

Upcoming dates

Higher Education 2024 enrolments open Tuesday 21 November 2023

Semester 1 (S1) 2024

March

Monday 04Teaching starts
Friday 15Final date to enrol
Monday 25Census date

April

Monday 8Semester Break: 8 to 12

May

Friday 31Teaching ends
June
Monday 3Revision: 3 - 4
Wednesday 5Exams: 5 to 14
Friday 28Grade release
July 
Monday 15 Alternate exams: 15 to 19
Semester 2 (S2) 2024
July
Monday 22Teaching starts
August 
Friday 2Final date to enrol
Monday 12Census date
Monday 26Semester Break: 26 to 30
October
Friday 18

Teaching ends

Monday 21Revision: 21 to 23
Wednesday 24Exams: 24 Oct to 1 Nov

November

Friday 15Grade release
December
Monday 9Alternate exams: 9 to 13
Summer semester (SS) 2024

November

Monday 18

Teaching starts

Friday 29Final date to enrol
December
Friday 6Census date
Monday 23Semester Break: 23 to 3 Jan 2025
February 2025
Friday 7Teaching ends
Monday 10Exams: 10 to 14
Friday 28Grade release
March 2025
 Monday 24Alternate exams: 24 to 28
Higher Education intensive dates 2024
 
 Intensive 1Intensive 2Intensive 3Intensive 4Intensive 5Intensive 6
Teaching commences08 Jan 202404 Mar 202429 Apr 202424 Jun 202419 Aug 202414 Oct 2024
Final date to enrol12 Jan 202408 Mar 202403 May 202428 Jun 202423 Aug 202418 Oct 2024
Census16 Jan 202412 Mar 202407 May 202402 Jul 202427 Aug 202422 Oct 2024
Teaching ends16 Feb 202412 Apr 202407 Jun 202402 Aug 202427 Sep 202422 Nov 2024
Grade release01 Mar 202426 Apr 202421 Jun 202416 Aug 202411 Oct 202406 Dec 2024
CDU TAFE dates 2024

2024 TAFE applications open on 1 December 2023.

2024 TAFE enrolments open on 10 December 2023.

CDU TAFE Teaching periods start at the beginning of each quarter of the year. Term Periods do not relate to TAFE enrolment terms, but are used in the scheduling of TAFE courses

Teaching periodStartCensusFinish
Term 101 Jan 202411 Mar 202431 Mar 2024
Term 201 Apr 202411 May 202430 Jun 2024
Term 301 Jul 202411 Aug 202430 Sep 2024
Term 401 Oct 202411 Nov 202431 Dec 2024

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*Please note that the term periods below do not reflect the start and finish dates for your TAFE course. You should contact the relevant TAFE Enrolment team to determine the course commencement dates.*

VET Student Loans

Students who are enrolled in a Diploma, Advanced Diploma, TAFE Graduate Certificate or a TAFE Graduate Diploma can apply for a VET Student Loan.

Term periodFinal date to enrolCensus date*
VFH - T123 Feb 202411 Mar 2024
VFH - T226 Apr 202411 May 2024
VFH - T326 Jul 202411 Aug 2024
VFH - T425 Oct 202411 Nov 2024

* CDU TAFE census date is the last day for a student to apply for a VET Student Loan. It is also the last day for students to withdraw their enrolment without incurring a debt for the course or part of the course.

2025
Higher Education semester dates
 Semester 1Semester 2Summer Semester
Teaching commences3 Mar 202521 Jul 202517 Nov 2025
Semester break7 to 11 Apr 202525 to 29 Aug 202522 Dec to 2 Jan 2026
Teaching ends30 May 202517 Oct 20256 Feb 2026
Revision2 to 4 Jun 202520 to 22 Oct 2025NA
Exam period4 to 13 Jun 202523 to 31 Oct 20259 to 13 Feb 2026
Grade release27 Jun 202514 Nov 202527 Feb 2026
 
Higher Education intensive dates
 Intensive 1Intensive 2Intensive 3Intensive 4Intensive 5Intensive 6
Teaching commences06 Jan 202503 Mar 202528 Apr 202523 Jun 202518 Aug 202513 Oct 2025
Census14 Jan 202503 Apr 202506 May 202501 Jul 202526 Aug 202521 Oct 2025
Teaching ends14 Feb 202511 Apr 202506 Jun 202501 Aug 202526 Sep 202521 Nov 2025
Grade release28 Feb 202524 Apr 202520 Jun 202515 Aug 202510 Oct 202505 Dec 2025
 
CDU TAFE dates
Teaching periodStartCensusFinish
Term 101 Jan 202511 Mar 202531 Mar 2025
Term 201 Apr 202511 May 202530 Jun 2025
Term 301 Jul 202511 Aug 202530 Sep 2025
Term 401 Oct 202511 Nov 202531 Dec 2025

Archived dates - 2022

Higher Education semester dates
 Semester 1Semester 2Summer Semester
Teaching commences7 Mar 202222 Aug 202221 Nov 2022
Final date to enrol18 Mar 20222 Sep 20222 Dec 2022
Census date

28 Mar 2022

12 Sep 20229 Dec 2022
Semester break18 to 22 Apr 20223 to 7 Oct 202226 to 30 Dec 2022
Teaching ends3 Jun 202218 Nov 202217 Feb 2023
Revision6 to 10 Jun 202221 to 25 Nov 2022NA
Exam period14 to 22 Jun 202224 Nov to 2 Dec 2022NA
Grade release1 Jul 202213 Dec 20223 Mar 2023
Special (alternate) exam period18 to 24 Jul 202223 to 29 Jan 2023NA
 HE Intensive 1HE Intensive 2HE Intensive 3
Teaching commences10 Jan 20227 Mar 20222 May 2022
Final date to enrol14 Jan 202211 Mar 20226 May 2022
Census date 

17 Jan 2022

14 Mar 20229 May 2022
Teaching ends18 Feb 202215 Apr 202210 Jun 2022
Grade release4 Mar 202229 Apr 202224 Jun 2022
 HE Intensive 4HE Intensive 5HE Intensive 6
Teaching commences27 Jun 202222 Aug 202217 Oct 2022
Final date to enrol1 Jul 202226 Aug 202221 Oct 2022
Census date4 Jul 202229 Aug 202224 Oct 2022
Teaching ends5 Aug 202230 Sep 202225 Nov 2022
Grade release19 Aug 202214 Oct 20229 Dec 2022
VET dates

2022 Enrolment opens on 1 December 2021.

VET Teaching periods start at the beginning of each quarter of the year.

Teaching periodStartCensus *Finish
Teaching Period 1 (TP1)01 Jan 202211 Mar 202231 Mar 2022
Teaching Period 2 (TP2)01 Apr 202211 May 202230 Jun 2022
Teaching Period 3 (TP3)01 Jul 202211 Aug 202230 Sep 2022
Teaching Period 4 (TP4)01 Oct 202211 Nov 202231 Dec 2022

* VET census date is the last day for a student to apply for a VET Student Loan. It is also the last day for students to withdraw their enrolment without incurring a debt for the course or part of the course.  

Archived dates - 2021

Higher Education semester dates
 Semester 1Semester 2Semester 3
Teaching commences1 Mar 20219 Aug 20218 Nov 2021
Final date to enrol12 Mar 202120 Aug 202118 Nov 2021
Census dates

22 Mar 2021

30 Aug 202129 Nov 2021
Semester break5 to 9 Apr 202120 to 24 Sep 202120 to 31 Dec 2021
Teaching ends28 May 20215 Nov 202111 Feb 2022
Revision31 May to 4 Jun 20218 to 12 Nov 2021NA
Exam period7 to 18 Jun 202115 to 26 Nov 2021NA
Grade release6 Jul 202114 Dec 202115 Mar 2022
 Study period 2Study period 3Study period 4
Teaching commences31 May 202130 Aug 20218 Nov 2021
Final date to enrol10 Jun 20212 Sep 202111 Nov 2021
Census date 

14 Jun 2021

6 Sep 202115 Nov 2021
Teaching ends6 Aug 20218 Oct 202117 Dec 2021
Result release date17 Aug 202119 Oct 20214 Jan 2022
VET dates

2021 Enrolment opens on 1 December 2020.

VET Teaching periods start at the beginning of each quarter of the year.

Teaching period

Start

Census *

Finish

Teaching Period 1 (TP1)

01 Jan 2021

11 Mar 2021

31 Mar 2021

Teaching Period 2 (TP2)

01 Apr 2021

11 May 2021

30 Jun 2021

Teaching Period 3 (TP3)

01 Jul 2021

11 Aug 2021

30 Sep 2021

Teaching Period 4 (TP4)

01 Oct 2021

11 Nov 2021

31 Dec 2021

* VET census date is the last day for a student to apply for a VET Student Loan. It is also the last day for students to withdraw their enrolment without incurring a debt for the course or part of the course. 

Archived dates - 2020

Higher Education semester dates
 Semester 1Semester 2Semester 3 ***Summer Semester
Teaching commences2 Mar 202020 Jul 202031 Aug 20209 Nov 2020
Final date to enrol*13 Mar 202031 Jul 202011 Sep 202020 Nov 2020
Census dates

31 Mar 2020

extended to 7 April 2020

14 Aug 202018 Sep 20204 Dec 2020
Easter break10 - 13 Apr 2020NANANA
Semester break13 - 17 Apr 202031 Aug - 4 Sep 2020NA18 Dec 2020 - 4 Jan 2021****
Teaching ends**29 May 202016 Oct 202020 Nov 202012 Feb 2021
Revision1 - 5 Jun 202019 - 23 Oct 2020NA15 - 19 Feb 2021
Exam period8 - 19 Jun 202026 Oct - 6 Nov 2020NA22 - 26 Feb 2021
Grade release7 Jul 202024 Nov 20208 Dec 20209 Mar 2021
Special exam period31 Aug - 4 Sep 202022 - 26 Feb 2021NA5 - 11 April 2021
Special exam grade release22 Sep 20209 Mar 2021NATBA
 Study period 1Study period 2Study period 3Study period 4
Teaching commences2 Mar 20201 Jun 202031 Aug 202030 Nov 2020
Final date to enrol*23 Feb 202024 May 202023 Aug 202022 Nov 2020
Census date 

31 Mar 2020

extended to 7 April 2020

22 Jun 202021 Sep 202021 Dec 2020
Teaching ends29 May 202030 Aug 202029 Nov 202028 Feb 2021
Grade release delivered by CDU7 Jul 202015 Sep 202015 Dec 202009 Mar 2021
Grade release delivered by Open Universities Australia (OUA)From 7 July 2020From 15 Sep 2020From 15 Dec 2020From 09 Mar 2021

*Commencing International students must be enrolled no later than the Friday of the Orientation program preceding their first semester.

*Commencing students in Bachelor of Midwifery and Bachelor of Clinical Sciences must adhere to enrolment closing dates stipulated in the Offer Letter.

** Teaching end date for units with a centrally organised end of semester examination. Some units are offered in intensive mode and may start after 1 Sep and complete any time before 31 Dec 2020.

*** Semester 3 open for Domestic students only.

**** This Semester Break coincides with the CDU End of Year Closedown 2020 - 2021.

For grade release dates please note:

  • HE and VET grades are available online to all HE and VET students via My Student Info (unless students have a financial encumbrance).
  • HE grades are released to students from 9:00am CST for each grade release date.
  • VET grades are released to students as soon as they are endorsed by the VET Team. Release dates indicate when end of semester results are posted to students.
  • OUA grades do not become available until nine weeks after the end of each study period.
  • Special examination grades are to be released by the stated dates above however may be made available earlier if endorsed by the relevant Faculty.
Higher Education admissions dates
Admission CentreImportant Dates
NT, SA, VIC, TAS, ACT and WA apply via the South Australia Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC)

Applications for Semesters 1 and 2 2020, are open now.

For information on closing dates and offer rounds please see SATAC Undergraduate Key Dates or SATAC Postgraduate Key Dates

NSW residents apply via the University Admissions Centre (UAC)

Applications for Semester 1 are open now.

For information on closing dates and offer rounds, please see UAC Key Dates

2020 Courses with Early Closing Dates:

Master of Psychology (Clinical) – 31 October 2019
Bachelor of Clinical Sciences – 2 December 2019
Bachelor of Midwifery – 2 December 2019

Direct Applications

TEP and PTS

Semester 1
Semester 2

 

Open now until 25 February 2020
To be advised

MyNextCourse

Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer Semester

 

Open now until 4 March 2020
Opens 5 March 2020, closes 22 July 2020
Opens 23 July 2020, closes 11 November 2020

Special Tertiary Admissions Test – STAT Sittings
Please note: STAT places are limited - first to apply and pay early will be scheduled in the sittings below
 Semester 1Semester 2Summer Semester

STAT - Casuarina campus

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26 Nov 2019

8 Jan 2020

TBA

TBA

STAT - Alice Springs campus

26 Nov 2019

15 Jan 2020

TBA

TBA

VET dates

2020 enrolments open on 9 December 2019

Teaching Period Dates – start dates at each quarter of the year

Teaching period

Start

Census *

Finish

Teaching Period 1 (TP1)

01 Jan 2020

11 Mar 2020

31 Mar 2020

Teaching Period 2 (TP2)

01 Apr 2020

11 May 2020

30 Jun 2020

Teaching Period 3 (TP3)

01 July 2020

11 Aug 2020

30 Sep 2020

Teaching Period 4 (TP4)

01 Oct 2020

11 Nov 2020

31 Dec 2020

  • Units to be Withdrawn (Financial penalty will apply to withdrawals lodged after the relevant date, which is 14 days after the commencement of the unit).

* VET census date is the last day for a student to submit their request for VET Student Loans assistance form to defer their fees to Tax or to make upfront payment of fees. It is also the last day for students to withdraw from their units without incurring fees or a HELP debt.

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