2025 Foundation Studies important dates

2025 key academic dates and deadlines for Foundation Studies students at RMIT

Date Event or deadline
25 November 2024 Enrolment opens
24 January 2025 Orientation
28 January Semester 1 classes begin
28 January – 6 June Teaching period
3 February  Last day to enrol or vary courses
21 February  Semester 1 census date - this is the deadline for key actions such as dropping a course or cancelling your enrolment without financial penalty. Courses discontinued on or before the census date will not appear on your academic transcript.
10 March  Labour Day public holiday (Monday)
18 April  Good Friday public holiday
18 April - 25 April Mid-semester break (Friday to Friday, includes Easter) 
21 April  Easter Monday public holiday 
22 April  Easter Tuesday RMIT holiday 
25 April  Anzac Day public holiday (Friday)
28 April  Classes resume (Monday) 
2-6 June Assessment period
6 June  Semester 1 classes end
9 June King’s Birthday public holiday (Monday)
9 June – 11 July Semester break
10-13 June Deferred/supplementary assessment week
20 June Results release

Date  Event or deadline
10 June  Enrolment opens
11 July Orientation
14 July Semester 2 class begins
14 July – 21 November Teaching period
21 July  Last day to enrol or vary courses
8 August  Semester 2 census date - this is the deadline for key actions such as dropping a course or cancelling your enrolment without financial penalty. Courses discontinued on or before the census date will not appear on your academic transcript.
15-19 September Mid-semester break
22 September  Classes resume
26 September  AFL Grand Final public holiday (Friday)
4 November   Melbourne Cup Day public holiday (Tuesday)
17-21 November Assessment period
21 November Semester 2 classes end
24-28 November Deferred/supplementary assessment week
24 November 2025 – 23 January 2026 Semester break
5 December Results release
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