Academic calendar 2025

Your academic calendar can help you plan and keep track of your studies at TAFE NSW. 

Below you’ll find important dates for:

• Higher Education
• Vocational and Educational Training (VET) 
• short courses.

If you need help with dates, our staff are always available to assist students.

You can determine if you are enrolled in a Higher Education course by checking your course code. If it starts with 'HE' or 'MHE' (e.g., HE20534V01 Bachelor of Creative Practices, or MHE20502B Wind Energy Conversion Systems), then the dates below apply to your study schedule.

TAFE NSW courses can start at any time of the year, with flexible ways to learn. While courses don’t have to follow a semester schedule, Semester 1 and Semester 2 each run for 18 weeks, and term dates match up with these semesters. 

Note that the census date for VET and short courses vary. 
To find out your courses census date, you can:

• check your enrolment confirmation letter
• speak to a student services staff member on 131 601, or
• contact your teacher.