Important Dates 2025
| 2025 | |
| Dec 2 – Dec 31 (2024) | New Students — Applications are welcome for admission into all courses of study (commencing in Semester 1, 2025). Also welcome during Jan 20-31.Enquiries for Cross-Institutional Study are welcome. |
| Dec 20 (2024) | Release of Results (for Semester 2, 2024) |
| Dec 23 (2024) – Jan 3 (2025) | Continuing Students — Enrolment Period (for 2025) |
| Dec 25 – Dec 26 | NSW Public Holidays (Christmas & Boxing Day) — College Closed |
| Jan 1 | NSW Public Holiday (New Year’s Day) — College Closed |
| Jan 2 – Jan 17 | College Office Open Limited Hours (phone messages and email correspondence may be monitored periodically) |
| Jan 6 | Epiphany — College Closed |
| Jan 19 | Feast Day of Saint Makarios of Egypt (Patronal Feast of our Archbishop and College Dean) |
| Jan 20 – Jan 31 | New Students — Applications are welcome for admission into all courses of study (commencing in Semester 1, 2025).Enquiries for Cross-Institutional Study are welcome. |
| Jan 27 | NSW Public Holiday (Australia Day) — College Closed |
| Dates | 2025, Semester 1 |
|---|---|
| Feb 26 | Doxology for the Commencement of the Academic Year (12:00pm) |
| Feb 26 – Feb 28 | On-Campus 3-Day Orientation Program (compulsory for all new students) |
| Feb 28 | Doxology for Graduating Students of St Andrew’s and of the Byzantine Music School of Australia (Sydney campus) (6:30pm) |
| Mar 3 – Apr 11 | Semester Start Date / Teaching Weeks 1-6 |
| Mar 3 | Beginning of Great Lent (Clean Monday) |
| Mar 10 | Last Day to Add a Unit or to Swap Units (via email to Registrar by 12:00pm Sydney time) |
| Mar 21 | Last day to change FEE HELP billing option |
| Mar 25 | Annunciation of the Theotokos — College Closed / No Lectures |
| Mar 31 | CENSUS DATE – Last day to withdraw from unit(s) without paying for them or incurring a FEE HELP debt |
| Apr 12 | Mid-Semester Recess Begins |
| Apr 13 | Palm Sunday |
| Apr 14 – Apr 21 | Holy Week (incl. Renewal Monday) — College Office Closed |
| Apr 20 | Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha |
| Apr 22 – Apr 27 | Renewal Week — College Office Open Limited Hours (phone messages and email correspondence may be monitored periodically) |
| Apr 22 | Last day to withdraw from unit(s) without academic penalty |
| Apr 25 | NSW Public Holiday (ANZAC Day) — College Closed |
| Apr 27 | Mid-Semester Recess Ends |
| Apr 28 – Jun 6 | Teaching Weeks 7-12 |
| Jun 6 | Semester End Date |
| Jun 9 | NSW Public Holiday (King’s Birthday) — College Closed |
| Jun 9 – Jun 11 | Study Recess (3 days) |
| Jun 12 – Jun 20 | Examination Period |
| Jun 23 – July 11 | Mid-Year Intake for Semester 2, 2025 (no new students)Enrolment enquiries are welcome from (a) Students returning from a leave of absence, (b) prospective Cross-Institutional Students and (c) Audit StudentsContinuing Students — Enrolment Period (for Semester 2, 2025)Enquiries for Cross-Institutional Study are welcome. |
| Jun 28 | Sydney College of Divinity Graduation Ceremony (11:00am, Great Hall, University of Sydney) |
| Jul 11 | Release of Results (for Semester 1, 2025) |
| Dates | 2025, Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Jul 21 – Aug 14 | Semester Start Date / Teaching Weeks 1-4 |
| Jul 28 | Last Day to Add a Unit or to Swap Units (via email to Registrar by 12:00pm Sydney time) |
| Aug 8 | Last day to change FEE HELP billing option |
| Aug 15 | Dormition of the Theotokos — College Closed / No Lectures |
| Aug 18 | CENSUS DATE – Last day to withdraw from unit(s) without paying for them or incurring a FEE HELP debt |
| Aug 18 – Aug 22 | Non-Teaching Week |
| Aug 22 – Aug 23 | Fifth Theology Symposium (Celebrating the 1700th Anniversary since the Council of Nicaea) |
| Aug 25 – Sep 26 | Teaching Weeks 5-9 |
| Sep 10 | Last day to withdraw from unit(s) without academic penalty |
| Sep 27 – Oct 12 | Mid-Semester Recess |
| Oct 6 | NSW Public Holiday (Labour Day) — College Closed |
| Oct 13 – Oct 31 | Teaching Weeks 10-12 |
| Oct 31 | Semester End Date |
| Nov 3 – Nov 5 | Study Recess (3 days) |
| Nov 6 – Nov 14 | Examination Period |
| Dec 1 – Dec 31 | New Students — Applications are welcome for admission into all courses of study (commencing in Semester 1, 2026). Also welcome during Jan 20-29.Enquiries for Cross-Institutional Study are welcome. |
| Dec 12 | Release of Results (for Semester 2, 2025) |
| Dec 15 – Dec 31 | Continuing Students — Enrolment Period (for 2026) |
| Dec 25 – Dec 26 | NSW Public Holidays (Christmas & Boxing Day) — College Closed |
| Jan 1 (2026) | NSW Public Holiday (New Year’s Day) — College Closed |
| Jan 2 – Jan 16 (2026) | College Office Open Limited Hours (phone messages and email correspondence may be monitored periodically) |
| Jan 6 (2026) | Epiphany — College Closed |
| Jan 19 (2026) | Feast Day of Saint Makarios of Egypt (Patronal Feast of our Archbishop and College Dean) — College Closed |
| Jan 20 – Jan 29 (2026) | New Students — Applications are welcome for admission into all courses of study (commencing in Semester 1, 2026).Enquiries for Cross-Institutional Study are welcome. |
Whilst every effort is made to avoid changes to these published dates, St Andrew’s reserves the right to amend its calendar without notice at any time.
