2026 key academic dates and deadlines for students studying through RMIT Online.
Standard postgraduate and undergraduate program important dates
Dates apply to the following programs:
Bachelor
- Bachelor of Business
Graduate Certificate
- Graduate Certificate in Customer Success Management
- Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security Governance & Risk Management
- Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security
- Graduate Certificate in Digital Communications Strategy
- Graduate Certificate in Digital Product Design
- Graduate Certificate in Digital Transformation
- Graduate Certificate in Product Management
- Graduate Certificate in Service Design
- Graduate Certificate in User Experience Design
Graduate Diploma
- Graduate Diploma in Digital Product Design
- Graduate Diploma in Psychology
Teaching period dates
| Teaching period | Start and end dates |
|---|---|
| TP1 | 12 January - 27 March |
| TP2 | 13 April - 26 June |
| TP3 | 6 July - 18 September |
| TP4 | 28 September - 11 December |
Please note
If you are graduating and want to attend the Melbourne Graduation Ceremony in December, you need to complete all required courses by the end of Teaching Period 3. Please consider this when planning your enrolment. Refer to Melbourne Graduation Ceremony for the ceremony key dates and deadlines.
Important dates
| RMIT Online January - June 2026 | RMIT Online July - December 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event or deadline | Teaching period 1 | Teaching period 2 | Teaching period 3 | Teaching period 4 |
| Last day to apply | 8 December 2025 | 30 March | 22 June | 14 September |
| Last day to accept | 2 January | 2 April | 25 June | 17 September |
| Canvas opens | 5 January | 8 April | 29 June | 21 September |
| Orientation | 5-9 January | 8-10 April | 29 June - 3 July | 21-24 September |
| Classes begin | 12 January | 13 April | 6 July | 28 September |
| Last day to add classes | 12 January | 13 April | 6 July | 28 September |
| Census date | 27 January | 28 April | 21 July | 13 October |
| Mid-term break | 16-20 February | 18-22 May | 10-14 August | 2-6 November |
| Last day to drop classes without academic penalty | 2 March | 1 June | 24 August | 16 November |
| Classes end | 27 March | 26 June | 18 September | 11 December |
| Results release | 8 April | 3 July | 28 September | 18 December |
Accelerated postgraduate program important dates
Dates apply to the following programs:
Graduate Certificate
- Graduate Certificate in Business Administration
- Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics
- Graduate Certificate in Data Science
- Graduate Certificate in Digital Marketing Leadership
- Graduate Certificate in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management
- Graduate Certificate in Leadership
- Graduate Certificate in Marketing
- Graduate Certificate in People Analytics
- Graduate Certificate in Project Management
- Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain and Logistics Management
- Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Enterprise
- Graduate Certificate in Workforce Transformation
Graduate Diploma
- Graduate Diploma in Project Management
Master
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Business Analytics and AI Strategy
- Master of Human Resource Management
- Master of Marketing
- Master of Supply Chain and Logistics Management
Teaching period dates
| Teaching period | Start and end dates |
|---|---|
| TP1 | 12 January - 27 February |
| TP2 | 10 March - 24 April |
| TP3 | 4 May - 19 June |
| TP4 | 6 July - 21 August |
| TP5 | 31 August - 16 October |
| TP6 | 26 October - 11 December |
Please note
If you are graduating and want to attend the Melbourne Graduation Ceremony in December, you need to complete all required courses by the end of Teaching Period 5. Please consider this when planning your enrolment. Refer to Melbourne Graduation Ceremony for the ceremony key dates and deadlines.
Important dates
| RMIT Online January - June 2026 | RMIT Online July - December 2026 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event or deadline | Teaching period 1 | Teaching period 2 | Teaching period 3 | Teaching period 4 | Teaching period 5 | Teaching period 6 |
| Last day to apply | 2 January |
2 March |
27 April | 29 June | 24 August | 19 October |
Canvas opens |
5 January |
2 March |
27 April |
29 June |
24 August |
19 October |
Orientation |
5-9 January | 2-6 March | 27 April - 1 May | 29 June - 3 July | 24-28 August | 19-23 October |
| Last day to accept | 11 January | 8 March | 3 May | 5 July | 30 August | 25 October |
| Classes begin | 12 January |
10 March |
4 May |
6 July |
31 August | 26 October |
| Last day to add classes | 12 January | 10 March | 4 May | 6 July | 31 August | 26 October |
22 January |
19 March |
14 May |
16 July |
10 September |
5 November |
|
| Last day to drop classes without academic penalty | 12 February |
9 April |
4 June |
6 August |
1 October | 26 November |
| Classes end | 27 February |
24 April |
19 June |
21 August |
16 October |
11 December |
| Result release | 6 March |
1 May |
26 June |
28 August |
23 October |
18 December |
Juris Doctor postgraduate important dates
Teaching period dates
| Online term | Start and end dates |
|---|---|
| Online term 1 | 2 March - 26 June |
| Online term 2 | 20 July - 13 November |
| Online term 3 | 16 November - 19 February 2027 |
Please note
Melbourne Graduation Ceremony
If you are graduating and want to attend the Melbourne Graduation Ceremony in December, you need to complete all required courses by Online Term 2. Please consider this when planning your enrolment. Refer to Melbourne Graduation Ceremony for the ceremony key dates and deadlines.
Online Term 3
Online Term 3 is for continuing students only. New students can start the Juris Doctor in Online Terms 1 or 2.
Important dates
| Event or deadline | Online Term 1 | Online Term 2 |
Online Term 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last day to apply | 4 March | TBA |
Not available for new students |
| Last day to accept | 6 March | 8 July | Not available for new students |
| Canvas opens | 23 February | 13 July | 9 November |
| Orientation | 23-27 February | 13-17 July | 9-13 November |
| Classes begin | 2 March | 20 July | 16 November |
| Last day to add classes | 15 March | 2 August | 23 November |
| Census date | 31 March | 31 August | 7 December |
| Mid-term break | 3-10 April |
31 August - 4 September |
No mid-term break |
| Last day to drop classes without academic penalty | 1 May | 18 September | 22 January 2027 |
| Classes end | 29 May | 16 October | 12 February 2027 |
| Study break | 1-5 June |
19-23 October | No study break |
| Assessment period begins | 9 June | 26 October | 15 February 2027 |
| Assessment period ends | 26 June | 13 November | 19 February 2027 |
| Results release | 13 July | 30 November | 26 February 2027 |
