2009 Important dates for current students

Teaching Period 1

Friday 9 January	Last date for submission of Application to Change Course form for Study Period 1
Monday 19 January	Supplementary/deferred examinations begin
Friday 23 January	Study Period 3 subjects#
Friday 30 January	Supplementary/deferred examinations end
Monday 9 February	Publication of supplementary/deferred results
Monday 16 February	Orientation Week begins
Monday 23 February	Study Period 1 begins*
Friday 27 February	Last date for students to enrol through eStudent Last date for all students to add or substitute Study Period 1 subjects without approval of subject coordinator*
Friday 20 March	Study Period 4 subjects#
Saturday 21 March	Graduation Ceremonies — Cairns — all Faculties (Cairns Convention Centre)
Monday 23 March	Publication of Study Period 3 results for all Faculties*
Friday 27 March	Census Date - Study Period 1 subjects# Graduation Ceremony — Townsville — Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences; (Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre)
Saturday 28 March	Graduation Ceremonies — Townsville — Faculties of Law, Business and the Creative Arts; Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences; and Science, Engineering and Information Technology (Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre)
Friday 17 April	Last date for all students to withdraw without academic penalty from Study Period 1 subjects*
Monday 20 April	Lecture recess begins
Friday 24 April	Lecture recess ends
Monday 27 April	Study Period 1 resumes
Friday 8 May	Study Period 5 subjects#
Monday 18 May	Publication of Study Period 4 results for all Faculties*
Friday 29 May	Study Period 1 teaching ends*
Monday 1 June	Study vacation begins
Friday 5 June	Study vacation ends
Saturday 6 June	Examinations begin
Friday 12 June	Last date for submission of Application to Change Course form for Study Period 2
Friday 19 June	Examinations end
Monday 22 June	Vacation begins
Friday 26 June	Census Date Study Period 6 subjects#
Monday 29 June	Townsville Show Holiday (public holiday Townsville campus)
Monday 6 July	Publication of Study Period 1 and Study Period 5 results for all Faculties*

Teaching Period 2

Friday 10 July	Census Date Study Period 7 subjects#
Friday 17 July	Cairns Show Holiday (public holiday Cairns campus)
Monday 20 July	Orientation Week begins for students who started studies mid-year
Friday 24 July	Vacation ends
Monday 27 July	Study Period 2 begins*
Friday 31 July	Last date for students to enrol through eStudent Last date for all students to add or substitute Study Period 2 subjects without approval of subject coordinator*
1,2,8,9 August	Supplementary/deferred examinations
Monday 17 August	Publication of Study Period 6 and Study Period 7 results for all Faculties*
Friday 21 August	Census Date Study Period 8#
Friday 28 August	Census Date Study Period 2#
Friday 18 September	Last date for all students to withdraw without academic penalty from Study Period 2 subjects*
Monday 28 September	Lecture recess begins
Friday 2 October	Lecture recess ends
Monday 5 October	Study Period 2 resumes
Friday 9 October Census Date	Study Period 9 subjects#
Monday 19 October	Publication of Study Period 8 results for all Faculties*
Friday 30 October Study	Study Period 2 teaching ends*
Monday 2 November	Study vacation begins
Friday 6 November	Study vacation ends
Saturday 7 November	Examinations begin
Friday 20 November	Examinations end
Monday 7 December	Publication of results for Study Period 2 and Study Period 9 for all Faculties*
Friday 11 December	Census Date Study Period 10 subjects#
Friday 18 December	Census Date Study Period 11 subjects#
Monday 25 January 2010	2010 Publication of Study Period 10 results for all Faculties*
Monday 8 March 2010	Publication of Study Period 11 results for all Faculties*

*Please click here for more information on study periods regarding:

start and end dates
census dates
dates for withdrawal without academic penalty
the last date by which students can add or substitute subjects without prior approval of the subject coordinator, and
dates for release of subject results.

^#The census date for a study period is the last date for all students (domestic and international) to withdraw from subjects in which they are enrolled in that study period without incurring student contribution, tuition fee or international student fee liability or, for Commonwealth supported students, without consuming Student Learning Entitlement.