Our courses are offered in two structures:
- Postgraduate courses are delivered via the 8-Week Block model.
- Diploma and undergraduate programs are delivered via the Block Model.
All programs at VU Sydney run in semester-based delivery.
Important terminology
When checking your course dates, please note that the administrative census date or last day to add units is the deadline for adding units each study period.
The census date is your last day to withdraw from your course or unit(s) without financial penalties.
If you miss census date but withdraw before the deadline for withdrawing without academic penalty (listed as WD deadline on this page) you will avoid the academic penalty (fail), but you will remain liable for the fees.
If you withdraw after the WD deadline you will fail the unit and also be liable for the fees. This is called withdraw with academic penalty (listed as WN fail on this page).
Undergraduate & Higher Education diploma programs
Please check your course dates here. Undergraduate and Higher Education diploma programs follow four-week block dates.
4-Week Block Model study & breaks 2024
Results will be displayed in MyVU at 12pm AEST (noon) on the dates listed here.
Summer Block, 2024
- Teaching: 15 January—9 February 2024
- Last day to add units: 17 January 2024
- Census: 22 January 2024
- WD deadline: 29 January 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 7 February 2024
- Results published: 12 February 2024
Study break: 12—16 February 2024
Semester 1 Block 1, 2024
- Teaching: 19 February—15 March 2024
- Last day to add units: 21 February 2024
- Census: 26 February 2024
- WD deadline: 4 March 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 13 March 2024
- Results published: 18 March 2024
Semester 1 Block 2, 2024
- Teaching: 18 March—19 April 2024
- Last day to add units: 20 March 2024
- Census: 25 March 2024
- WD deadline: 3 April 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 17 April 2024
- Results published: 22 April 2024
Easter break: 29 March—4 April 2024
Study break: 22—26 April 2024
Semester 1 Block 3, 2024
- Teaching: 29 April—24 May 2024
- Last day to add units: 1 May 2024
- Census: 6 May 2024
- WD deadline: 13 May 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 22 May 2024
- Results published: 27 May 2024
Semester 1 Block 4, 2024
- Teaching: 27 May—21 June 2024
- Last day to add units: 29 May 2024
- Census: 3 June 2024
- WD deadline: 11 June 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 19 June 2024
- Results published: 24 June 2024
Study break: 24—28 June 2024
Winter Block 1, 2024
- Teaching: 1—26 July 2024
- Last day to add units: 3 July 2024
- Census: 8 July 2024
- WD deadline: 15 July 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 24 July 2024
- Results published: 29 July 2024
Semester 2 Block 1, 2024
- Teaching: 29 July—23 August 2024
- Last day to add units: 31 July 2024
- Census: 5 August 2024
- WD deadline: 12 August 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 21 August 2024
- Results published: 26 August 2024
Semester 2 Block 2, 2024
- Teaching: 26 August—20 September 2024
- Last day to add units: 28 August 2024
- Census: 2 September 2024
- WD deadline: 9 September 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 18 September 2024
- Results published: 23 September 2024
Study break: 23—27 September 2024
Semester 2 Block 3, 2024
- Teaching: 30 September—25 October 2024
- Last day to add units: 2 October 2024
- Census: 7 October 2024
- WD deadline: 14 October 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 23 October 2024
- Results published: 28 October 2024
Semester 2 Block 4, 2024
- Teaching: 28 October—22 November 2024
- Last day to add units: 30 October 2024
- Census: 4 November 2024
- WD deadline: 11 November 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 20 November 2024
- Results published: 25 November 2024
Postgraduate programs
Please check your course dates here and note that:
- all postgraduate programs are delivered via the VU 8-week Block Model
- the 8-week Block Model is delivered via semester delivery
8-Week Block study & breaks 2024
Results will be displayed in MyVU at 12pm AEST (noon) on the dates listed here.
Block 5, 2023/2024
- Teaching: 27 November 2023—9 February 2024
- Last day to add units: 1 December 2023
- Study break: 18 December 2023—5 January 2024
- Census: 18 December 2023
- WD deadline: 17 January 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 7 February 2024
- Results published: 12 February 2024
Block 1, 2024
- Teaching: 19 February—19 April 2024
- Last day to add units: 23 February 2024
- Census: 4 March 2024
- WD deadline: 18 March 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 17 April 2024
- Results published: 22 April 2024
Study break: 22—26 April 2024
Block 2, 2024
- Teaching: 29 April—21 June 2024
- Last day to add units: 3 May 2024
- Census: 13 May 2024
- WD deadline: 27 May 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 19 June 2024
- Results published: 24 June 2024
Study break: 24 June—26 July 2024
Block 3, 2024
- Teaching: 29 July—20 September 2024
- Last day to add units: 2 August 2024
- Census: 12 August 2024
- WD deadline: 26 August 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 18 September 2024
- Results published: 23 September 2024
Study break: 23–27 September 2024
Block 4, 2024
- Teaching: 30 September—22 November 2024
- Last day to add units: 4 October 2024
- Census: 14 October 2024
- WD deadline: 28 October 2024
- WN-Fail deadline: 20 November 2024
- Results published: 25 November 2024
Block 5, 2024/2025
- Teaching: 25 November 2024—7 February 2025
- Last day to add units: 29 November 2024
- Study break: 23 December 2024—10 January 2025
- Census: 16 December 2024
- WD deadline: 13 January 2025
- WN-Fail deadline: 5 February 2025
- Results published: 10 February 2025
Public holidays & University closures
Note: If a class is cancelled due to a public holiday, an alternative mode of delivery for the content planned for those days will be communicated to you by your Course Coordinator on student email and VU Collaborate.
- New Year's Day – Monday 1 January 2024
- Australia Day – Friday 26 January 2024
- Good Friday – Friday 29 March 2024
- Easter Saturday – Saturday 30 March 2024
- Easter Sunday – Sunday 31 March 2024
- Easter Monday – Monday 1 April 2024
- Anzac Day – Thursday 25 April 2024
- King's Birthday – Monday 10 June 2024
- Labour Day – Monday 7 October 2024
- Christmas Day – Wednesday 25 December 2024
- Boxing Day – Thursday 26 December 2024
