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UniSA Online utilises the same Study Periods (terms) as the rest of the University and courses begin at the same time and are 10 weeks in length. This page contains key teaching, enrolment, census, payment and withdraw dates for each study period. For future years please visit the regular academic calendars. 


First Semester

Study period one

Core teaching and assessment period 8/01/2018 to 25/03/2018

Key dates

Enrol by date 19 Jan 2018
Due date for payment 19 Jan 2018
Census date 26 Jan 2018
Final date for Withdraw Without Fail (W) 9 Feb 2018
Final date for Withdraw Fail (WF) 23 Feb 2018
Exam Period 15 - 17 Mar 2018
Secondary assessment exam period 12 - 14 Apr 2018
Official results release date 7 Apr 2018
Official results release date (Secondary assessment results) 21 Apr 2018

Study period three

Core teaching and assessment period 2/04/2018 to 17/06/2018

Key dates

Enrol by date 13 Apr 2018
Due date for payment 13 Apr 2018
Census date 20 Apr 2018
Final date for Withdraw Without Fail (W) 4 May 2018
Final date for Withdraw Fail (WF) 18 May 2018
Exam Period 7 - 9 Jun 2018
 Secondary assessment exam period 5 - 7 Jul 2018
Official results release date 30 Jun 2018
Official results release date (Secondary assessment results) 14 Jul 2018

Second Semester

Study period four

Core teaching and assessment period 25/06/2018 to 02/09/2018

Key dates

Enrol by date 6 Jul 2018
Due date for payment 6 Jul 2018
Census date 13 Jul 2018
Final date for Withdraw Without Fail (W) 27 Jul 2018
Final date for Withdraw Fail (WF) 10 Aug 2018
Exam Period 30 Aug – 1 Sep 2018
 Secondary assessment exam period  27 - 29 Sep 2018
Official results release date 22 Sep 2018
Official results release date (Secondary assessment results) 6 Oct 2018

Study period six

Core teaching and assessment period 17/09/2018 to 25/11/2018

Key dates

Enrol by date 28 Sep 2018
Due date for payment 28 Sep 2018
Census date 5 Oct 2018
Final date for Withdraw Without Fail (W) 19 Oct 2018
Final date for Withdraw Fail (WF) 2 Nov 2018
Exam Period 22 - 24 Nov 2018
 Secondary assessment exam period 7 - 11 Jan 2019
Official results release date 15 Dec 2018
Official results release date (Secondary assessment results) 19 Jan 2019