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Important dates 2009

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2009 | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC

2010 | JAN | FEB

January 2009
Friday 2 University opens for 2009
Monday 12 Last day to withdraw from trimester 3 studies units with a ‘Withdrawn Late’ (WL) grade listed on academic record
  Last day for semester 2 cross-institutional students to provide their results to Deakin
Monday 12 to Friday 23 Show Cause hearings
Tuesday 13 to Friday 30 Show Cause outcome notices are dispatched to students
Thursday 15 Last day for processing trimester 3 requests to change Examination Centre without penalty fee
Friday 23 Last day for Show Cause hearings
Monday 26 Australia Day (University closed)
Tuesday 27 to
Thursday 29
Enrolment for new undergraduate on-campus students
Thursday 29 Last day for processing trimester 3 requests to change Examination Centre with penalty fee
Friday 30 Closing date for application to graduate in April conferral ceremonies
 

Last day for Show Cause outcome notices to be dispatched to students

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February 2009
Friday 6 Trimester 3 studies teaching period ends
  Last day to withdraw from trimester 3 on-campus and off-campus units with a 'Withdrawn Fail' (WN) grade listed on academic record
  Last day to appeal to Academic Appeals Committee against exclusions/restrictions imposed by the Faculty Academic Progress and Discipline Committee
Sunday 8 Last day for non-Deakin students to apply for cross-institutional and non-award off-campus units in faculties for trimester 1
  Last day for new international fee paying students to withdraw from trimester 1 units and receive a 90% refund
Monday 9 Last day for Deakin students to apply to faculty to undertake cross-institutional studies in trimester 1
Wednesday 11 Trimester 3 lectures end
Thursday 12 Enrolment for second-round offers for new undergraduate on-campus students
  Start of examination period for trimester 3 studies and Supplementary and Special examinations from semester 2, 2008
Monday 16
to Friday 20
Academic Appeals Committee Hearings
Tuesday 17 to Friday 27 Notices of appeal outcomes dispatched to students
Notices of appeal outcomes dispatched to Faculty Academic Progress and Discipline Committee/Academic Progress Subcommittees
  Notice of appeal outcomes for international students dispatched to Deakin International
Friday 20 End of examination period for trimester 3
Sunday 22 Last day for variations adding trimester 1 off-campus units to enrolment
  Last day for non-Deakin students to apply for cross-institutional and now-award on-campus units for trimester 1
Tuesday 24 to Friday 27 Orientation and enrolment days for new international students (undergraduate and postgraduate)

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March 2009
Monday 2 to Friday 6 Week Zero - Orientation for commencing students. Details provided at enrolment.
Friday 6 Assessment results for trimester 3 released on StudentConnect and via SMS to a nominated mobile phone
Monday 9 Trimester 1 lectures begin
  Labour Day (University remains open)
Thursday 12 Trimester 1 fee invoices due date

Sunday 22

Last day for continuing international fee paying students to withdraw from trimester 1 units and receive a 100% refund
Monday 23 Last day to add trimester 1 on-campus units to enrolment, subject to availability of places
Tuesday 31 Trimester 1 Census date
  Last day for all international fee paying students to withdraw from trimester 1 and receive a 50% refund
  Last day to withdraw from trimester 1 units or to intermit or discontinue course without HECS-HELP/FEE-HELP liability and without reference on academic record
  Last day for HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP students to make full or partial up-front payments for trimester 1
  Last day for domestic tuition fee-paying students to apply for FEE-HELP or pay fees up-front for trimester 1
  Last day for Commonwealth supported students to submit eCAF (electronic Commonwealth Assistance Form) and/or provide their tax file number (TFN)
  Last day for international students to pay 1st instalment of at least 50% of their trimester 1 course tuition fees

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April 2009
Wednesday 1 New and continuing international fee paying students no refund if withdrawing from the unit(s) after census date for trimester 1
Monday 6 Last day for trimester 3 cross-institutional students to provide their results to Deakin
Friday 10 to Sunday 19 Easter vacation/intra-trimester break
Monday 27 Trimester 1 2009 Examination Timetable, and Trimester 3 2008 Supplementary and Special Examination Timetable released on StudentConnect
Tuesday 28 Commonwealth Assistance Notices (CANs) become available for HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP students on StudentConnect
Thursday 30 Last day for international students to pay balance of their trimester 1 course tuition fees

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May 2009
Monday 11 Last day to withdraw from trimester 1 units with ‘Withdrawn Late’ (WL) grade listed on academic record
Last day for processing trimester 1 requests to change Examination Centre without penalty fee
Monday 25 Last day for processing trimester 1 requests to change Examination Centre with penalty fee
Friday 30 Closing date, international student off-campus coursework applications

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June 2009
Friday 5 Trimester 1 lectures end
  Last day to withdraw from trimester 1 units with 'Withdrawn Fail' (WN) grade listed on academic record
Monday 8 Queen’s Birthday (University remains open)
  Start of examination period for trimester 1 2009, and Supplementary and Special examinations for trimester 3, 2008
Sunday 14 Last day for Deakin students to apply to Faculty to undertake cross-institutional studies in trimester 2
  Last day for new international fee paying students to withdraw from trimester 2 units and receive a 90% refund
Friday 19 End of examination period
  Last day for trimester 1 cross-institutional students to provide their results to Deakin
Saturday 20 to
Sunday 12 July

Inter-trimester break

Sunday 28 Last day for variations adding trimester 2 off-campus units to enrolment
 

Last day for non-Deakin students to apply for cross-institutional and non-award on-campus units in faculties for trimester 2

  Last day for non-Deakin students to apply for cross-institutional and non-award off-campus units in faculties from trimester 2
Tuesday 30 Closing date for mid-year scholarships for domestic higher degree by research candidates

Tuesday 30 to
Friday 3 July

Orientation and enrolment days for new international students (undergraduate and postgraduate)

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July 2009
Thursday 9 Assessment results for trimester 1 released on StudentConnect and via SMS to a nominated mobile phone
Sunday 12 Trimester 2 fee invoices due date
Monday 13 Trimester 2 lectures begin
Wednesday 15 Trimester 1 Supplementary and Special Examination Timetable released on StudentConnect
Sunday 26 Last day for continuing international fee paying students to withdraw from trimester 2 units and receive a 100% refund
Monday 27

Last day for variations adding trimester 2 on-campus units to enrolment

Friday 31 Trimester 2 Census Date
  Last day for all international fee paying students to withdraw from trimester 2 and receive a 50% refund
  Last day to withdraw from trimester 2 units without HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP liability and without reference on academic record
  Last day for HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP students to make full or partial up-front payments for trimester 2
  Last day for tuition fee-paying students to apply for FEE-HELP or pay fees upfront for trimester 2
  Last day for Commonwealth supported students to submit eCAF (electronic Commonwealth Assistance Form) and/or provide their tax file numbers (TFN)
  Last day for international students to pay 1st instalment of at least 50% of their trimester 2 tuition fees
 

Closing date for application to graduate in October conferral ceremonies

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August 2009
Saturday 1 New and continuing international fee paying students no refund if withdrawing from the units(s) after census date for trimester 2
Monday 3 Start of Supplementary and Special Examination period for trimester 1
Friday 7 End of Supplementary and Special Examination period for trimester 1
Monday 24 Trimester 2 Examination Timetable released on StudentConnect
Friday 28 Commonwealth Assistance Notices (CANs) become available for HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP students on StudentConnect
Sunday 30

Last day for international students to pay balance of their trimester 2 course tuition fees

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September 2009
September Annual review of progress for higher degree by research candidates
Tuesday 1 Re-enrolment information to become available for students from this date including the opening date for online re-enrolment and online trimester 3 enrolment
Monday 7 Last day for processing requests to change trimester 2 Examination Centre without penalty fee
Monday 14 Last day to withdraw from trimester 2 units with 'Withdrawn Late' (WL) grade listed on academic record
Monday 21 Last day for processing requests to change trimester 2 Examination Centre with penalty fee
Wednesday 30

Closing date, Deakin University International Research Scholarships and International Postgraduate Research Scholarships for higher degree by research candidates

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October 2009
Friday 2 Trimester 2 lectures end
  Last day to withdraw from trimester 2 units with 'Withdrawn Fail' (WN) grade listed on academic record
Monday 5 Start of examination period for trimester 2
Friday 16 End of examination period
Friday 30 Closing date for application to graduate in December ceremonies (on-campus international students only)
Saturday 31

Closing date, Australian Postgraduate Awards and Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarships for higher degree by research candidates

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November 2009
Tuesday 3 Melbourne Cup Day (University remains open)
Thursday 5 Assessment results for trimester 2 units released on StudentConnect and via SMS to a nominated mobile phone
Monday 9 Trimester 3 lectures begin
Thursday 12 Trimester 3 fee invoices due
Thursday 27 Closing date, international student off-campus coursework applications
Monday 30 Trimester 3 Census date
  Last day for international students to pay 1st instalment of at least 50% of their trimester 3 course tuition fees
  Last day for all international fee paying students to withdraw from trimester 3 and receive a 50% refund

  

Applications for course transfers for trimester 1, 2010 close

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December 2009
Tuesday 1 New and continuing international fee paying students no refund if withdrawing from the unit(s) after census date for trimester 3
Wednesday 16 Trimester 3 Examination Timetable, and Trimester 2 Supplementary and Special Examination Timetable released on StudentConnect
Wednesday 30

Last day for international students to pay balance of their trimester 3 course tuition fees

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January 2010
Thursday 14 Last day for processing trimester 3 requests to change Examination Centre without penalty fee
Thursday 28 Last day for processing trimester 3 requests to change Examination Centre with penalty fee
Friday 29

Closing date for application to graduate in April conferral ceremonies

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February 2010
Thursday 11 Start of Examination period for trimester 3, and Supplementary and Special Examination period for trimester 2
Friday 19

End of Examination period

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