2021 research important dates

2021 key academic dates and deadlines for Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students.

You are required to enrol into both coursework and research courses during your candidature. Census dates for coursework are based on the class start and end date and are not published here. You can find your coursework census dates listed in Enrolment Online.

Month	Week beginning	Week number	Key dates/events
December 2020	21		25 December 2020 - 3 January 2021 University closedown
	28		1 January New Year's Day public holiday (Friday)
January 2021	4		4 January RMIT University reopens (Monday)
	11
	18
	25		26 January Australia Day (Tuesday)
February	1		1 February Research quarter 1 begins
	8
	15
	22
March	1	1
	8	2	8 March Labour Day public holiday (Monday)
	15	3	19 March Last day to apply to graduate
	22	4
	29	5	31 March Research Quarter 1 census date 2 April Good Friday public holiday
April	5		5 April Easter Monday public holiday 6 April Easter Tuesday RMIT holiday 8 April Coursework classes resume (Thursday)
	12	6
	19	7	25 April Anzac Day (Sunday)
	26	8	30 April Research Quarter 1 ends 1 May Research Quarter 2 begins
May	3	9
	10	10	14 May Graduation Ceremony
	17	11
	24	12
	31	13
June	7	14
	14	15	14 June Queen's Birthday public holiday
	21	16
	28		30 June Research quarter 2 census date
July	5
	12
	19	1
	26	2	31 July Research quarter 2 ends 1 August Research quarter 3 begins
August	2	3
	9	4
	16	5
	23	6
	30
September	6	7
	13	8
	20	9	24 September Friday before AFL Grand Final public holiday (TBC)
	27	10	30 September Research quarter 3 census date
October	4	11
	11	12
	18	13
	25		29 October Last day to apply to graduate and confirm attendance at the 2021 Melbourne Graduation Ceremony 31 October Research quarter 3 ends
November	1		1 November Research quarter 4 begins 2 November Melbourne Cup Day public holiday (Tuesday)
	8
	15
	22
	29
December	6
	13		13 December Last day to submit before Christmas shutdown 14 and/or 15 December Melbourne Graduation Ceremony (TBC)
	20		25 December - 3 January 2022 RMIT closed 25 December Christmas Day (Saturday) 26 December Boxing Day (Sunday)
	27		27 December Christmas Day scheduled holiday (Monday) 28 December Boxing Day scheduled holiday (Tuesday) 31 December Research quarter 4 census date 1 January 2022 New Year’s Day (Saturday)
January 2022	3		3 January 2022 New Year’s Day Scheduled public holiday (Monday) 4 January RMIT University re-opens (Tuesday)
	31		31 January Research quarter 4 ends