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Important Dates

Semester Dates

Semester 1
2023

Orientation
On Campus orientation and commencement service
Wednesday 22 February 2023

Online orientation 
Thursday 23 February 2023

Unit Guides Available
20 February 2023

Teaching Weeks
27 February – 2 June 2023

Census Dates
Check Here

Reading & Research Weeks
10 April – 21 April 2023

Semester Results Released
14 July 2023

Semester 2
2023

Orientation
On Campus
Tuesday 18 July 2023

Online
Wednesday 19 July 2023

Unit Guides Available
17 July 2023

Teaching Weeks
24 July – 27 October 2023

Census Dates
Check Here

Reading & Research Weeks
18 September – 29 September 2023

Semester Results Released
15 December 2023

  • If you are a student who starts your studies in Semester 1, 2023 you will be a New Student in Semester 1 and a Returning Student in Semester 2 & Summer 2023/2024.
  • If you are a student who starts your studies in Semester 2, 2023 you will be a New Student in Semester 2 and a Returning Student in Summer 2023/2024.
  • All other students are returning students expected to enrol in both Semester 1 and Semester 2, 2023 and optionally in Summer 2023/2024.
  • Enrolments into unit(s) received after the deadlines may be charged the late enrolment fee per unit. Each semester’s enrolments can be varied up to the census date for the unit.
  • Material for classes on the online environment are usually available 1 week before the classes commence.

Application & Enrolment Closing Dates

Semester 1 - 2023

Master of Transformational Development
Overseas students

Application Due Date
1 November 2022

Enrolment Deadline
25 January 2023

Classes Commence
30 January 2023

Master of Transformational Development
Domestic students

Application Due Date
1 December 2022

Enrolment Deadline
25 January 2023

Classes Commence
30 January 2023

All other courses

Application Due Date
3 February 2023

Enrolment Deadline
17 February 2023

Classes Commence
27 February 2023

Semester 2 - 2023

Master of Transformational Development
Overseas students

Application Due Date
30 April 2023

Enrolment Deadline
12 July 2023

Classes Commence
17 July 2023

Master of Transformational Development
Domestic students

Application Due Date
30 May 2023

Enrolment Deadline
12 July 2023

Classes Commence
17 July 2023

All other courses

Application Due Date
3 July 2023

Enrolment Deadline
14 July 2023

Classes Commence
24 July 2023

Census Dates

Summer 2022/2023
Semester 1 - 2023
Semester 2 - 2023

About Census Dates

What is the Census date and why is it important?

The census date for a unit of study is the closing date for requesting HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP assistance.

The census date is important because it is the deadline for:

  • Completing and submitting a Request for FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP assistance form.
  • Providing your Tax File Number or Certificate of application for a TFN, if you request a FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP loan.
Your responsibilities & Census dates

You are responsible for meeting your provider’s census deadline. You must be aware of your provider’s census dates. Eastern College Australia usually publishes the dates by 1 December of the year prior to the commencement of that unit. You should check the census dates for your units with your provider.

You may be enrolling in units of study which have different census dates. You will need to ensure that you meet the requirements for each unit of study by the census date for that unit.

You should check that all your enrolment and payment details are correct prior to the census date.

Missing the Census date

The following scenarios outlines the impact of missing the census deadline.

If, by the census date, you fail to complete and submit your Request for FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP Assistance Form then you will not receive a FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP loan.

OR

If, by the census date, you fail to submit your:

  • Tax File Number (TFN), or
  • Certificate of application for TFN

then you will not receive a FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP loan.

Census date and your FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP debt

If you have requested a FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP loan for your units of study then you will incur a debt for any unpaid tuition fees for those units on the census date.

You will not incur a FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP debt for your units of study if, before the census date, you withdraw.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri People as the traditional custodians of God’s land on which Eastern College Australia stands, and pay our respects to their elders past and present, and our support for the emerging leaders of the future.

Eastern College Australia provides teaching, training and research from a Christian worldview that contributes to the church and the flourishing of humanity through the lives of its graduates.

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