Contacts and key dates
Staff
| 2008 Semester dates | |
| First semester | |
| First semester lectures begin | Monday 3 March 2008 |
| Easter vacation/intra semester break | Friday 21 March - Sunday 30 March 2008 |
| First semester lectures end | Friday 6 June 2008 |
| Study period | Saturday 7 June - Sunday 15 June 2008 |
| First semester examinations | Monday 16 June - Friday 27 June 2008 |
| Intra semester break | Saturday 28 June - Sunday 20 July 2008 |
| ..... | |
| Second semester | |
| Second semester lectures begin | Monday 21 July 2008 |
| Intra semester break | Saturday 27 September - Sunday 5 October 2008 |
| Second semester lectures end | Friday 24 October 2008 |
| Study period | Saturday 25 October - Sunday 2 November 2008 |
| Second semester end of year exams | Monday 3 November - Friday 14 November 2008 |
| ..... | |
| Trimester 3, November 2008 - February 2009 | |
| Teaching period begins | Monday 10 November 2008 |
| Christmas vacation/teaching period break | Tuesday 23 December - Sunday 4 January 2009 |
| Teaching period ends | Friday 6 February 2009 |
| Examinations begin | Thursday 12 February 2009 |
| Examinations end | Friday 20 February 2009 |
Note: Deakin is introducing a trimester system in 2009.
| 2009 Trimester dates | |
| Trimester 1, March - June | |
| Teaching period begins | Monday 9 March 2009 |
| Easter vacation/teaching period break | Friday 10 April - Sunday 19 April 2009 |
| Teaching period ends | Friday 5 June 2009 |
| Examinations begin | Monday 8 June 2009 |
| Examinations end | Friday 19 June 2009 |
| ..... | |
| Trimester 2, July - October | |
| Teaching period begins | Monday 13 July 2009 |
| Teaching period ends | Friday 2 October 2009 |
| Examinations begin | Monday 5 October 2009 |
| Examinations end | Friday 16 October |
