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Vocational Education and Training Calendar

Vocational Education and Training Calendar

The Vocational Education and Foundation academic calendar contains term dates as well as important dates for Melbourne Polytechnic Vocational Education and Foundation students.

Please note that in addition to the dates stipulated in this calendar, students also undertake various activities throughout the year at department level.

VET and Foundation Academic Calendars

Week of Year Week Starting Study Week Events
  28 Dec  

Fri 1 Jan - Public Holiday
1 4 Jan  

Mon 4 Jan - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences
2 11 Jan    
3 18 Jan  

Mon 18 Jan - Auslan PT Evening Program Commences

Wed 20 Jan - VET Census Day

Fri 22 Jan - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
4 25 Jan  

Tue 26 Jan - Public Holiday

Wed 27 Jan:

  • Forensic Disability Services Education Program Commences - Term 1
  • EAL Classes Commences -Term 1
  • OQP Program Commences - Term 1
  • ELICOS EAP Program Commences for Intake 1

Thu 28 Jan - International Students Welcome Day
5 1 Feb 1

Mon 1 Feb:

  • Term 1 Commences
  • Semester 1 Orientation Week Commences
  • VCE VM Program Commences
  • Auslan FT Program Commences

Wed 3 Feb - VET Census Day
6 8 Feb 2  
7 15 Feb 3

Wed 17 Feb - VET Census Day
8 22 Feb 4  
9 1 Mar 5

Wed 3 Mar - VET Census Day
10 8 Mar 6 Mon 8 Mar - Public Holiday
11 15 Mar 7

Wed 17 Mar - VET Census Day
12 22 Mar 8

Thu 25 Mar:

  • Term 1 Concludes
  • EAL Classes Concludes - Term 1
  • Auslan FT Program Concludes - Term 1
  • Work Education Graduation Ceremony

Fri 26 Mar:

  • VCE-VM Program Concludes - Term 1
  • Public Holiday

Sat 27 Mar - Public Holiday

Sun 28 Mar - Public Holiday
13 29 Mar  

Mon 29 Mar - Public Holiday

Tue 30 Mar - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences

Fri 2 Apr:

  • ELICOS EAP Program Concludes for Intake 1
  • Auslan PT Evening Program Concludes - Term 1
  • Auslan PT Day Program Concludes - Term 1
14 5 Apr  

Wed 7 Apr - VET Census Day

Fri 9 Apr - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes 
15 12 Apr 1

Mon 12 Apr - Term 2 Commences

Tue 13 Apr - OQP Program Commences - Term 2
16 19 Apr 2

Mon 19 Apr - ELICOS EAP Program Commences for Intake 2

Wed 21 Apr - VET Census Day

Sun 25 Apr - Public Holiday
17 26 Apr 3  
18 3 May 4 Wed 5 May - VET Census Day
19 10 May 5  
20 17 May 6 Wed 19 May - VET Census Day
21 24 May 7  
22 30 May 8 Wed 2 Jun - VET Census Day
23 7 Jun 9  
24 14 Jun 10

Mon 14 Jun - Public Holiday

Wed 16 Jun - VET Census Day

Fri 18 Jun - Auslan FT Program Concludes - Term 2
25 21 Jun 11 Fri 25 Jun - Term 2 Concludes
26 28 Jun  

Mon 28 Jun - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences
27 5 Jul  

Wed 7 Jul - VET Census Day

Thu 8 Jul - International Students Welcome Day

Fri 9 Jul - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
28 12 Jul 1

Mon 12 Jul - Term 3 Commences

Tue 13 Jul - OQP Program Commences - Term 3
29 19 Jul 2

Mon 19 Jul - Semester 2 Orientation Commences

Wed 21 Jul - VET Census Day
30 26 Jul 3  
31 2 Aug 4

Wed 4 Aug - VET Census Day
32 9 Aug 5  
33 16 Aug 6 Wed 18 Aug - VET Census Day
34 23 Aug 7  
35 30 Aug 8

Wed 1 Sep - VET Census Day
36 6 Sep 9  
37 13 Sep 10

Wed 15 Sep - VET Census Day

Fri 17 Sep - Term 3 Concludes
38 20 Sep  

Mon 20 Sep - Forensic Disability Services Program Commences

TBC - AFL Grand Final Holiday
39 27 Sep  

Fri 1 Oct - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
40 4 Oct 1

Mon 4 Oct - Term 4 Commences

Tue 5 Oct - OQP Program Commences - Term 4

Wed 6 Oct - VET Census Day
41 11 Oct 2  
42 18 Oct 3 Wed 20 Oct - VET Census Day
43 25 Oct 4 Tue 26 Oct - EAL VET Expo Day
44 1 Nov 5

Mon 1 Nov - Construction Non-Teaching Week

Tue 2 Nov - Public Holiday

Wed 3 Nov:

  • Construction Non Teaching Week
  • VET Census Day

Thu 4 Nov - Construction Non-Teaching Week

Fri 5 Nov - Construction Non-Teaching Week

TBC - VCE Vocational Major VASS Results Due
45 8 Nov 6  
46 15 Nov 7

Wed 17 Nov - VET Census Day

Fri 19 Nov - Auslan FT Program Concludes -Term 4
47 22 Nov 8 Fri 26 Nov - VCE-VM Program Concludes - Term 4
48 29 Nov 9 Wed 1 Dec - VET Census Day
49 6 Dec 10

Fri 10 Dec:

  • Term 4 Concludes EAL
  • Term 4 Concludes VET
50 13 Dec  

Wed 15 Dec - VET Census Day

Fri 17 Dec - Forensic Disability Services Education Program Concludes -Term 4
51 20 Dec  

Mon 20 Dec - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences

Sat 25 Dec - Public Holiday

Sun 26 Dec - Public Holiday
52 27 Dec  

Mon 27 Dec - Public Holiday

Tue 28 Dec - Public Holiday

Fri 31 Dec - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes

 

Week of Year Week Starting Study Week Events
1 29 Dec  

Thu 1 Jan - Public Holiday
2 5 Jan  

Mon 5 Jan - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences
3 12 Jan  

 
4 19 Jan  

Wed 21 Jan - VET Census Day

Fri 23 Jan - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
5 26 Jan  

Mon 26 Jan - Public Holiday

Tues 27 Jan - EAL students commence Term 1, 2026 

Thu 29 Jan - International Students Welcome Day
6 2 Feb 1

Mon 2 Feb - Term 1 Commences

Wed 4 Feb - VET Census Day
7 9 Feb 2  
8 16 Feb 3

Wed 18 Feb - VET Census Day
9 23 Feb 4 Mon 23 Feb - Semester 1 Orientation Week Commences
10 2 Mar 5

Wed 4 Mar - VET Census Date

Thu 5 Mar - Semester 1 Orientation Week Concludes
11 9 Mar 6 Mon 9 Mar - Public Holiday
12 16 Mar 7

Wed 18 Mar - VET Census Date
13 23 Mar 8  
14 30 Mar 9

Wed 1 Apr - VET Census Day

Thu 2 Apr - Term 1 Concludes, Work Education Graduation Ceremony

Fri 3 Apr - Public Holiday
15 6 Apr  

Mon 6 Apr - Public Holiday

Tue 7 Apr - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences
16 13 Apr  

Wed 15 Apr - VET Census Date

Fri 17 Apr - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
17 20 Apr 1

Mon 20 Apr - Term 2 Commences
18 27 Apr 2  
19 4 May 3 Wed 6 May - VET Census Day
20 11 May 4  
21 18 May 5 Wed 20 May - VET Census Day
22 25 May 6  
23 1 Jun 7 Wed 3 Jun - VET Census Date
24 8 Jun 8 Mon 8 Jun - Public Holiday
25 15 Jun 9 Wed 17 Jun - VET Census Day
26 22 Jun 10 Fri 26 Jun - Term 2 Concludes
27 29 Jun  

Mon 29 Jun - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program  Commences

Wed 1 Jul - VET Census Day
28 6 Jul  

Thu 9 Jul - International Students Welcome Day

Fri 10 Jul - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
29 13 Jul 1

Mon 13 Jul - Term 3 Commences

Wed 15 Jul - VET Census Day
30 20 Jul 2 Mon 20 Jul - Semester 2 Orientation Week Commences
31 27 Jul 3 Thu 30 Jul - Semester 2 Orientation Week Concludes
32 3 Aug 4

Wed 5 Aug - VET Census Day
33 10 Aug 5  
34 17 Aug 6 Wed 19 Aug - VET Census Day
35 24 Aug 7  
36 31 Aug 8

Wed 2 Sep - VET Census Day
37 7 Sep 9  
38 14 Sep 10

Wed 16 Sep - VET Census Day

Fri 18 Sep - Term 3 Concludes
39 21 Sep  

Mon 21 Sep - Forensic Disability Services Program Commences

Fri 25 Sep - Public Holiday
40 28 Sep  

AFL Grand Final Holiday - TBC

Fri 2 Oct - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
41 5 Oct 1

Mon 5 Oct - Term 4 Commences

Wed 7 Oct - VET Census Day
42 12 Oct 2  
43 19 Oct 3 Wed 21 Oct - VET Census Day
44 26 Oct 4  
45 2 Nov 5

Mon 2 Nov - Construction Non-Teaching Week

Tue 3 Nov - Public Holiday

                    VET Census Day

Wed 4 Nov - Construction Non-Teaching Week

Thu 5 Nov - Construction Non-Teaching Week

Fri 6 Nov - Construction Non-Teaching Week
46 9 Nov 6  
47 16 Nov 7

Mon 16 Nov - VCE Vocational Major VASS Results Due (TBC)

Wed 18 Nov - VET Census Day
48 23 Nov 8  
49 30 Nov 9 Wed 2 Dec - VET Census Day
50 7 Dec 10  
51 14 Dec 11

Wed 16 Dec - VET Census Day

Fri 18 Dec - Term 4 Concludes
52 21 Dec  

Fri 25 Dec - Public Holiday

Mon 28 Dec - Public Holiday

 

Week of Year Week Starting Study Week Events
1 30 Dec  

Wed 1 Jan - Public Holiday
2 6 Jan  

Mon 6 Jan - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences
3 13 Jan  

Wed 15 Jan - VET Census Date
4 20 Jan  

Fri 24 Jan - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
5 27 Jan 1

Mon 27 Jan - Public Holiday

Tue 28 Jan - Term 1 Commences

Thu 30 Jan - International Student Orientation Day
6 3 Feb 2

Wed 5 Feb - VET Census Date
7 10 Feb 3  
8 17 Feb 4

Wed 19 Feb - VET Census Date
9 26 Feb 5  
10 3 Mar 6

Wed 5 Mar - VET Census Date
11 10 Mar 7 Mon 10 Mar - Public Holiday
12 17 Mar 8

Wed 19 Mar - VET Census Date
13 24 Mar 9  
14 31 Mar 10

Wed 2 Apr - VET Census Date

Fri 4 Apr - Work Education 2025 Graduation Ceremony, Term 1 Concludes
15 7 Apr   Mon 7 Apr - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences
16 14 Apr  

Wed 16 Apr - VET Census Date

Thu 17 Apr - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes

Fri 18 Apr - Public Holiday
17 21 Apr 1

Mon 21 Apr - Public Holiday

Tue 22 Apr - Term 2 Commences

Fri 25 Apr - Public Holiday
18 28 Apr 2  
19 5 May 3 Wed 7 May - VET Census Date
20 12 May 4  
20 14 May 4 Wed 14 May - Melbourne Polytechnic Graduation Ceremony
20 15 May 4 Thurs 15 May - Melbourne Polytechnic Graduation Ceremony
21 19 May 5 Wed 21 May - VET Census Date
22 26 May 6  
23 2 Jun 7 Wed 4 Jun - VET Census Date
24 9 Jun 8 Mon 9 Jun - Public Holiday
25 16 Jun 9 Wed 18 Jun - VET Census Date
26 23 Jun 10  
27 30 Jun 11

Wed 2 Jul - VET Census Date

Fri 4 Jul - Term 2 Concludes
28 7 Jul   Mon 7 Jul - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences
29 14 Jul  

Wed 16 Jul - VET Census Date

Thu 17 Jul - International Student Orientation Day

Fri 18 Jul - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
30 21 Jul 1 Mon 21 Jul - Term 3 Commences
31 28 Jul 2  
32 4 Aug 3 Wed 6 Aug - VET Census Date
33 11 Aug 4  
34 18 Aug 5 Wed 20 Aug - VET Census Date
35 25 Aug 6  
36 1 Sep 7 Wed 3 Sep - VET Census Date
37 8 Sep 8  
38 15 Sep 9

Wed 17 Sep - VET Census Date

Fri 19 Sep - Term 3 Concludes
39 22 Sep  

Mon 22 Sep - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences

Fri 26 Sep - Public Holiday
40 29 Sep  

Wed 1 Oct - VET Census Date

Fri 3 Oct - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
41 6 Oct 1 Mon 6 Oct - Term 4 Commences
42 13 Oct 2 Wed 15 Oct - VET Census Date
43 20 Oct 3  
44 27 Oct 4  
45 3 Nov 5

Tue 4 Nov - Public Holiday

Wed 4 Nov - VET Census Date
46 10 Nov 6  
47 17 Nov 7

Mon 17 Nov - VCE Vocational Major - VASS Results Due

Wed 19 Nov - VET Census Date
48 24 Nov 8  
49 1 Dec 9 Wed 3 Dec - VET Census Date
50 8 Dec 10  
51 15 Dec 11

Mon 15 Dec - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences

Wed 17 Dec - VET Census Date

Fri 19 Dec - Term 4 Concludes
52 22 Dec  

Thu 25 Dec - Public Holiday

Fri 26 Dec - Public Holiday
Week of Year Week Starting Study Week Events
1 1 Jan  

Mon 1 Jan - Public Holiday

Wed 3 Jan - VET Census Date
2 8 Jan  

Mon 8 Jan - English as an Additional Language - Skills for Education and Employment Summer Classes Commence
3 15 Jan  

Wed 17 Jan - VET Census Date

 
4 22 Jan  

Thu 25 Jan - International Student Orientation Day

Thu 25 Jan - International Student Welcome Day

Fri 26 Jan - Public Holiday
5 29 Jan 1

Tue 30 Jan - Term 1 Commences
6 5 Feb 2

Mon 5 Feb - Term 1 Commences for VCE-Vocational Major; Auslan Full-Time and Part-Time Day Classes.

Wed 7 Feb - VET Census Date

Fri 9 Feb - Overseas Qualified Professionals  Program - Enrolments Close
7 12 Feb 3  
8 19 Feb 4

Wed 21 Feb - VET Census Date

Thu 22 Feb - International Student Welcome Day (mini)
9 26 Feb 5 Mon 26 Feb - O FEST (Orientation) starts 
10 4 Mar 6

Wed 6 Mar - VET Census Date

Thu 7 Mar - O FEST (Orientation) ends 
11 11 Mar 7 Mon 11 Mar - Public Holiday
12 18 Mar 8

Mon 18 Mar - Harmony Week starts

Wed 20 Mar - VET Census Date

Thu 21 Mar - Harmony Week ends
13 25 Mar 9

Mon 25 Mar - Trans Day of Visibility

Thu 28 Mar - Work Education Graduation

Thu 28 Mar - Term 1 Concludes 

Fri 29 Mar - Public Holiday
14 1 Apr  

Mon 1 Apr - Public Holiday

Tue 2 Apr - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences

Wed 3 Apr - VET Census Date

Fri 5 Apr - Term 1 Concludes for Skills for Education and Employment; Overseas Qualificed Professionals and Auslan Part-Time Evening Classes

 

 
15 8 Apr   Fri 12 Apr - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
16 15 Apr 1

Mon 15 Apr - Term 2 Commences

Wed 17 Apr - VET Census Date

 
17 22 Apr 2

Tue 23 Apr - Term 2 Commences for Overseas Qualified Professionals Classes

Thu 25 Apr - Public Holiday
18 29 Apr 3

Wed 1 May - VET Census Date

Fri 3 May - Overseas Qualified Professionals Enrolments Close

 
19 6 May 4  
20 13 May 5

Wed 15 May - VET Census Date

Wed 15 May - Melbourne Polytechnic Graduation Ceremony

Thu 16 May - Melbourne Polytechnic Graduation Ceremony

Fri 17 May - IDAHOBIT

 
21 20 May 6  
22 27 May 7

Mon 27 May - Reconciliation Week starts

Thu 30 May - Reconciliation Week ends
23 3 Jun 8

Mon 3 Jun - Enviro Week starts

Wed 5 Jun - VET Census Date

Thu 6 Jun - Enviro Week ends
24 10 Jun 9 Mon 10 Jun - King's Birthday
25 17 Jun 10

Wed 19 Jun - VET Census Date

Thu 20 Jun - Term 2 Concludes for VCE - Vocational Major

Fri 21 Jun - Term 2 Concludes for Auslan Full-Time & Part-Time Day Classes
26 24 Jun 11 Fri 28 Jun - Term 2 Concludes
27 1 Jul  

Mon 1 Jul - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences

Wed 3 Jul - VET Census Date

Fri 5 Jul - Term 2 Concludes for Skills for Education and Employment Classes
28 8 Jul  

Thu 11 Jul - International Student Orientation Day

Thu 11 Jul - International Student Welcome Day

Fri 12 Jul - Forensic Disability Services  Holiday Program Concludes

 
29 15 Jul 1

Mon 15 Jul - Term 3 Commences

Wed 17 Jul - VET Census Date

Fri 19 Jul - Work Education Alumni

 

 
30 22 Jul 2

Mon 22 Jul - O FEST (Orientation)  starts

Fri 26 Jul - Overseas Qualified Professionals Enrolments Close
31 29 Jul 3 Thu 1 Aug - O FEST (Orientation) ends
32 5 Aug 4

Mon 5 Aug - Work Education Taster Day 

Wed 7 Aug - VET Census Date
33 12 Aug 5  
34 19 Aug 6 Wed 21 Aug - VET Census Date
35 26 Aug 7 Fri 30 Aug - Wear It Purple Day
36 2 Sep 8

Mon 2 Sep - Belonging Fest starts

Wed 4 Sep - VET Census Date
37 9 Sep 9

Wed 11 Sep - Belonging Fest ends

Thu 12 Sep - R U OK Day
38 16 Sep 10

Wed 18 Sep - VET Census Date

Thu 19 Sep - Term 3 Concludes for VCE - Vocational Major

Fri 20 Sep - Term 3 Concludes
39 23 Sep  

Mon 23 Sep - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Commences

Thu 26 Sep - Term 3 Concludes for English as an Additional Language

Fri 27 Sep - Term 3 Concludes for Auslan Part-Time Evening Classes

Fri 27 Sep - Public Holiday

 
40 30 Sep  

Wed 2 Oct - VET Census Date

Fri 4 Oct - Forensic Disability Services Holiday Program Concludes
41 7 Oct 1

Mon 7 Oct - Term 4 Commences

 
42 14 Oct 2

Mon 14 Oct - Moodji Day

Wed 16 Oct - VET Census Date

Wed 16 Oct - International Pronouns Day

Fri 18 Oct - Overseas Qualified Professionals Enrolments Close
43 21 Oct 3  
44 28 Oct 4  
45 4 Nov 5

Tue 5 Nov - Public Holiday

Wed 6 Nov - VET Census Date
46 11 Nov 6 Mon 11 Nov - Term 4 concludes for VCE - Vocational Major
47 18 Nov 7 Wed 20 Nov - VET Census Date
48 25 Nov 8 Fri 29 Nov - Term 4 Concludes for Auslan Full-Time & Part-Time Day Classes
49 2 Dec 9 Wed 4 Dec - VET Census Date
50 9 Dec 10 Fri 13 Dec - Term 4 Concludes for Auslan Part-Time Evening Classes; Overseas Qualified Professionals Classes; Adult Migrant English Program Classes; and Skills for Education and Employment classes.
51 16 Dec 11

Wed 18 Dec - VET Census Date

Fri 20 Dec - Term 4 Concludes

 
52 23 Dec  

Wed 25 Dec - Public Holiday

Thu 26 Dec - Public Holiday