Critical Dates 2020
The critical dates page provides a snapshot of the teaching period start and end date, census date, key enrolment dates, payment of fees, exam dates etc. The University of Adelaide offers a number of teaching periods which are outlined below.
Important information
Note: Some dates in 2020 have been adjusted in response to COVID19. To ensure students are not disadvantaged in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University has made changes to its grading system, for more information go to assessment-and-grades. For some teaching periods, this has seen the removal of the Withdraw Fail (WF) date. Access Adelaide will be updated shortly.
Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information on this webpage. However, changes to these dates may occur.
Note: When you view Course Planner as part of your enrolment preparation, critical dates specific to the course you are searching i.e. census, class schedule, will be outlined.
Conferral and Ceremonies
Examination Timetables
Results and Grades
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Semester
Semester 1 [4010] Monday 2 March
Semester 1 regular session beginsMonday 16 March
Last day to add courses onlineThursday 12 March
Payment of fees dueThursday 26 March
Census Date: Last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesFriday 12 June [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 3 July
Teaching session endsSaturday 20 June to Saturday 4 July
Exam periodMonday 20 July to Saturday 25 July
Replacement / additional assessment examsSemester 2 [4020] Monday 27 July
Semester 2 regular session beginsMonday 10 August
Last day to add courses onlineWednesday 5 August
Payment of fees dueWednesday 19 August
Census Date: Last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesFriday 30 October [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 20 November
Teaching session endsSaturday 7 to Saturday 21 November
^Examinations due to take place 19-21 November were postponed and rescheduled to 25-27 November. Authorised by the Interim Vice-Chancellor.
Semester 2 postponed primary Exam periodWednesday 9 to Tuesday 15 December
Replacement / additional assessment examsFull Year Monday 2 March
Full year part 1 begins [4010]Monday 16 March
Last day to add courses onlineTuesday 12 March
Payment of fees dueThursday 26 March
Census Date: Last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 19 August [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 3 July
Teaching session endsSaturday 20 June to Saturday 4 July
Exam periodMonday 20 to Saturday 25 July
Replacement / additional assessment examsMonday 27 July
Full year part 2 begins [4020]Monday 10 August
Last day to add courses onlineWednesday 5 August
Payment of fees dueWednesday 19 August
Last day to delete courses from a student’s recordWednesday 19 August
Census Date: Last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesFriday 30 October [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 20 November
Teaching session endsSaturday 7 to Saturday 21 November
Exam periodWednesday 9 to Tuesday 15 December
Replacement / additional assessment exams -
Term
Term 1 [4042] Tuesday 28 January 2020
Regular first term beginsThursday 30 January 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 10 February 2020
Last day to add courses onlineThursday 13 February 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 15 April 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 17 April 2020
Teaching session endsTerm 2 [4044] Monday 20 April 2020
Regular second term beginsTuesday 21 April 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 4 May 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 4 May 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 1 July 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 3 July 2020
Teaching session endsTerm 3 [4046] Monday 13 July 2020
Regular third term beginsThursday 16 July 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 27 July 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 27 July 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 23 September 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 25 September 2020
Teaching session endsTerm 4 [4048] Tuesday 6 October 2020
Regular fourth term beginsFriday 9 October 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 19 October 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 19 October 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 16 December 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 18 December 2020
Teaching session endsRemedial Term 4 [4048] Monday 7 December 2020
Remedial term beginsMonday 7 December 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 14 December 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 14 December 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 13 January 2021 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 15 January 2021
Teaching session endsEarly add Term 4 [4048] Monday 23 November 2020
Early add beginsMonday 23 November 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 23 November 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 30 November 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 16 December 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 18 December 2020
Teaching session ends -
Trimester
Trimester 1 [4033] Monday 3 February 2020
First trimester beginsThursday 6 February 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 17 February 2020
Last day to add courses onlineThursday 20 February 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 29 April 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 1 May 2020
Teaching session endsThursday 7 to Saturday 9 May 2020
Trimester 1 examsSaturday 23 May 2020
Trimester 1 replacement / additional assessment examsTrimester 2 [4036] Monday 25 May 2020
Second trimester beginsThursday 28 May
Payment of fees dueTuesday 9 June 2020
Last day to add courses onlineThursday 11 June 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 19 August 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 21 August 2020
Teaching session endsThursday 27 to Saturday 29 August 2020
Trimester 2 examsSaturday 12 September 2020
Trimester 2 replacement / additional assessment examsTrimester 3 [4039] Monday 7 September 2020
Third trimester beginsWednesday 9 September 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 21 September 2020
Last day to add courses online^Wednesday 30 September 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition fees
^Census date changed from 23 September to 30 September. Authorised by the Executive Director, Student Operations.Wednesday 25 November 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 27 November 2020
Teaching session endsThursday 3 to Saturday 5 December 2020
Trimester 3 examsWednesday 16 December 2020
Trimester 3 replacement / additional assessment exams
^R/AA Examination date changed from Saturday 19 December to Wednesday 16 December. Authorised by the Interim DVCA. -
Summer
Summer semester - regular session [4005] Monday 6 January 2020
Summer regular teaching sessions beginsMonday 6 January 2020
Payment of fees dueTuesday 14 January 2020
Last day to add courses onlineThursday 16 January 2020
Census date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesMonday 10 February 2020
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Wednesday 26 February 2020
Last day to withdraw fail (WF)Friday 28 February 2020
Teaching session endsSummer session 1 Tuesday 28 January 2020
Summer teaching session 1 beginsTuesday 28 January 2020
Payment of fees dueTuesday 28 January 2020
Last day to add courses onlineFriday 31 January 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesFriday 7 February 2020
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Wednesday 12 February 2020
Last day to withdraw fail (WF)Friday 14 February 2020
Teaching session endsSummer session 2 Monday 3 February 2020
Summer teaching session 2 beginsMonday 3 February 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 3 February 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 10 February 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesThursday 20 February 2020
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Wednesday 26 February 2020
Last day to withdraw fail (WF)Friday 28 February 2020
Teaching session endsSummer session 3 begins Monday 10 February 2020
Summer teaching session 3 beginsMonday 10 February 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 17 February 2020
Last day to add courses onlineWednesday 19 February 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesThursday 12 March 2020
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Wednesday 25 March 2020
Last day to withdraw fail (WF)Friday 27 March 2020
Teaching session endsSummer session 4 begins Monday 6 January 2020
Summer teaching session 3 beginsMonday 6 January 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 6 January 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 13 January 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesThursday 23 January 2020
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Wednesday 29 January 2020
Last day to withdraw fail (WF)Friday 31 January 2020
Teaching session endsSummer exam periods
- Primary exams for any summer course - Mon 17 Feb to Fri 21 Feb 2020.
- Replacement / additional assessment for any summer courses - Wed 4 Mar to Sat 7 Mar 2020
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Winter
Winter [4015] Monday 29 June 2020
Winter teaching session beginsMonday 29 June 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 29 June 2020
Last day to add courses onlineFriday 3 July 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 22 July 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 24 July 2020
Teaching session endsWinter session 1 Monday 6 July 2020
Winter session 1 beginsWednesday 8 July 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 13 July 2020
Last day to add courses onlineWednesday 15 July 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 19 August 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 21 August 2020
Teaching session endsWinter exam periods
- Primary exams for any winter course - Thursday 23 to Saturday 25 July 2020.
- Replacement / additional assessment for any winter courses - Saturday 8 August 2020
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Quadmester
Quadmester 1 begins [4042] Monday 13 January 2020
First Quadmester term (4042) beginsTuesday 28 January 2020
Last day to add courses onlineTuesday 21 January 2020
Payment of fees dueTuesday 28 January 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 18 March 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 20 March 2020
Teaching session endsQuadmester 2 begins [4044] Tuesday 14 April 2020
Second quadmester term (4044) beginsMonday 27 April 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 20 April 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 27 April 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 17 June 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 19 June 2020
Teaching session endsQuadmester 3 begins [4046] Monday 13 July 2020
Third Quadmester term (4046) beginsMonday 27 July 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 20 July 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 27 July 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 16 September 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 18 September 2020
Teaching session endsQuadmester 4 begins [4048] Monday 12 October 2020
Fourth Quadmester term (4048) beginsMonday 26 October 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 19 October 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 26 October 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 16 December 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 18 December 2020
Teaching session ends -
Online
Online teaching period 1 begins [4061] Monday 13 January 2020
Online teaching period 1 beginsFriday 20 December 2019
Last day to add courses onlineFriday 17 January 2020
Payment of fees dueFriday 24 January 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesMonday 10 February 2020
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Monday 24 February 2020
Last day to withdraw fail (WF)Monday 24 February 2020
Teaching session endsOnline teaching period 2 begins [4062] Tuesday 10 March 2020
Online teaching period 2 beginsFriday 21 February 2020
Last day to add courses onlineFriday 13 March 2020
Payment of fees dueFriday 20 March 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesMonday 27 April 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Monday 27 April 2020
Teaching session endsOnline teaching period 3 begins [4063] Monday 11 May 2020
Online teaching period 3 beginsFriday 24 April 2020
Last day to add courses onlineFriday 15 May 2020
Payment of fees dueFriday 22 May 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesMonday 22 June 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Monday 22 June 2020
Teaching session endsOnline teaching period 4 begins [4064] Monday 6 July 2020
Online teaching period 4 beginsFriday 19 June 2020
Last day to add courses onlineFriday 10 July 2020
Payment of fees dueFriday 17 July 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesMonday 3 August 2020
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Monday 17 August 2020
Last day to withdraw fail (WF)Monday 17 August 2020
Teaching session endsOnline teaching period 5 begins [4065] Monday 31 August 2020
Online teaching period 5 beginsFriday 14 August 2020
Last day to add courses onlineFriday 4 September 2020
Payment of fees dueFriday 11 September 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesMonday 28 September 2020
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Monday 12 October 2020
Last day to withdraw fail (WF)Monday 12 October 2020
Teaching session endsOnline teaching period 6 begins [4066] Monday 26 October 2020
Online teaching period 6 beginsFriday 9 October 2020
Last day to add courses onlineFriday 30 October 2020
Payment of fees dueFriday 6 November 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesMonday 23 November 2020
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Monday 7 December 2020
Last day to withdraw fail (WF)Monday 7 December 2020
Teaching session ends -
Melbourne Trimesters
Melbourne Campus Trimester 1 [4071] Monday 23 March 2020
Melbourne Tri 1 beginsMonday 6 April 2020
Last day to add courses onlineTuesday 31 March 2020
Payment of fees dueTuesday 14 April 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 24 June 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 26 June 2020
Teaching session endsMelbourne Campus Trimester 2 [4072] Monday 20 July 2020
Melbourne Tri 2 beginsMonday 3 August 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 27 July 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 10 August 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 21 October 2020 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 23 October 2020
Teaching session endsMelbourne Campus Trimester 3 [4073] Monday 16 November 2020
Melbourne Tri 3 beginsMonday 30 December 2020
Last day to add courses onlineMonday 23 November 2020
Payment of fees dueMonday 7 December 2020
Census Date: last day to delete courses from academic record or incurring liability for student contributions or tuition feesWednesday 24 February 2021 [C19]
Last day to withdraw without failure (WNF)Friday 26 February 2021
Teaching session ends