2023 Principal Dates


JANUARY
1           Sunday Public Holiday (Tonga) – New year’s Day
2          Monday Public Holiday  (Fiji, Cook Islands, Niue, RMI, Samoa, Solomon Is) -New Year’s Day
3          Tuesday
4          Wednesday
5          Thursday
6          Friday
7          Saturday
8          Sunday
9          Monday Trimester 1: Orientation (Graduate School of Business Students ONLY) Specific orientation dates will be communicated to students for different GSB Cohorts: 9 – 21 January
10        Tuesday
11        Wednesday
12        Thursday
13        Friday PDLP: Deadline for late registration and adding of courses
14        Saturday
15        Sunday
16        Monday PDLP: Orientation and lectures commence & Invoice available on SOLS
17        Tuesday
18        Wednesday
19        Thursday
20        Friday PDLP:  Deadline for late registration and adding of courses

Semester 1: Deadline for application for admission from students new to USP, and students applying after a lapse of six semesters. Applications received after this date will incur a late application fee

21        Saturday
22         Sunday Trimester 1: Deadline for adding courses
23        Monday Trimester 1: Lectures commence and Invoice available on SOLS
24        Tuesday
25         Wednesday
26        Thursday Review Committee 1/23
27        Friday  Semester 1: Deadline for application for admission from students new to USP, and students applying after a lapse of six semesters. Applications received after this date will incur a late application fee
28        Saturday Trimester 1: Deadline for withdrawal from trimester 1 courses with no financial penalty

PDLP: Deadline for withdrawal of courses with no financial penalty

29        Sunday
30        Monday  

 

31        Tuesday
FEBRUARY
1          Wednesday
2          Thursday Tender Board 1/23
3          Friday Semester 1: Deadline for application to resume studies from student applying within six semesters since they were last registered.
4          Saturday  
5          Sunday
6          Monday Semester 1: Orientation and Academic Advisory week; Registration continues
7          Tuesday  
8          Wednesday Semester1: Deadline for late application for admission.
9          Thursday Governance and Nominations Committee1/23

Staff Policy Committee 1/23

10           Friday PDLP: Deadline for payment of fees

Semester 1: Deadline for registration for all campuses. Students who register for courses after this date will be charged a late registration fee. Deadline for Campus Transfer applications

11           Saturday
12          Sunday
13          Monday Semester 1: Lectures commence and Invoice available on SOLS
14          Tuesday Finance & Resource Committee 1/23

Medals and Prizes Committee 1/23

15          Wednesday
16          Thursday Executive Committee 1/23

Academic Regulations & Policy Review Committee 1/23

17          Friday Semester 1: Deadline for applications for change of programme.
18         Saturday Trimester 1: Late Payment of Fee Period Start: Students who have not paid their fees in full will be required to clear all outstanding fees and a Late Payment fee of FJ$125.00 within the 1st four (4) weeks. (18th February – 17th March)
19         Sunday
20         Monday
21         Tuesday Medals and Prizes Committee 2/23
22         Wednesday Pacific TAFE: Semester 1: Application for Admission Closing Date
23         Thursday
24         Friday Semester 1: Deadline for late registration; Deadline for adding of courses for those who registered within the registration period (no fee charged for this cohort).

Pacific TAFE: Semester 1: Last Day of Registration (No late Registrations)

25         Saturday  
26         Sunday
27         Monday
28         Tuesday Medals and Prizes Committee 3/23
MARCH
1          Wednesday Public Holiday (RMI) Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day
2           Thursday Academic Programmes Committee 1/23
3           Friday University Research Committee 1/23

Semester 1: Deadline for dropping of courses without incurring any tuition fee. Any courses dropped after this date will incur the full tuition fee.

4           Saturday
5           Sunday
6           Monday Space Management Committee 1/23
7          Tuesday Teaching Quality Committee 1/23
8          Wednesday  
9          Thursday Review Committee 2/23
10        Friday Governance and Nominations Committee2/23

Semester 1: Deadline for payment of semester 1 fees for all campuses

11        Saturday  
12        Sunday
13        Monday
14        Tuesday Communication and Information Technology Committee 1/23
15        Wednesday  
16        Thursday Tender Board 2/23
17        Friday
18        Saturday Trimester 1: Late Payment of Fee Period continue: Students who have not paid their fees in full by this date will be liable for Late Payment fee as follows:

  • $150.00 (next 4 weeks after 24th March).

·       $200.00 thereafter.

19         Sunday
20       Monday
21       Tuesday Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee 1/23
22       Wednesday
23       Thursday Audit & Risk Committee 1/23
24        Friday PDLD: Deadline for Late Registration and adding of courses

Pacific TAFE Semester 1: Deadline for payment of semester 1 fees for all campuses

Student Discipline Committee 1/23

Global Engagement Strategy Committee 1/23

25       Saturday
26       Sunday
27       Monday PDLD: Lectures commence
28       Tuesday Campus Life Committee 1/23
29       Wednesday
30       Thursday Laucala Campus Graduation: 30 March 2023 
31        Friday Laucala Campus Graduation: 31 March 2023 
APRIL
1          Saturday MID-SEMESTER BREAK  (1st April – 9th April)
2          Sunday
3          Monday
4          Tuesday
5          Wednesday
6          Thursday Audit & Risk Committee 2/23
7          Friday Public Holiday (Fiji, Cook Islands, Niue,  RMI, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga)  –Good Friday

PDLD: Deadline for withdrawal of courses with no financial penalty

Trimester 1: Lectures end.

Deadline for students to withdraw from courses they do not wish to be assessed in.

8          Saturday Trimester 1: Study week and Examination period:( 8 – 21 April)
9          Sunday
10        Monday Public Holiday( Fiji, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga) – Easter Monday
11        Tuesday Finance & Resources Committee 2/23
12        Wednesday
13        Thursday Senate 1/23
14         Friday
15         Saturday
16         Sunday
17         Monday University Scholarships Committee 1/23
18         Tuesday Remuneration and People Committee 1/23
19        Wednesday
20        Thursday Executive Committee 2/23
21        Friday Samoa Campus Graduation: 21 April 2023

Staff Policy Committee 2/23

PDLD: Deadline for Payment of Fees

22        Saturday TRIMESTER 1 BREAK: 22 April – 7 May
23        Sunday
24        Monday PDLP: 1st Intake Placement Commences
25        Tuesday Public Holiday ANZAC Day (Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga)
26        Wednesday
27        Thursday
28        Friday
29        Saturday
30        Sunday
MAY
1           Monday Public Holiday (RMI) Constitution Day
2           Tuesday Library Advisory Committee 1/23
3           Wednesday  
4           Thursday Space Management Committee 2/23
5           Friday Emalus Campus Graduation: 5 May 2023 
6           Saturday
7           Sunday Trimester 2: Deadline for adding courses
8           Monday Trimester 2: Lectures commence and Invoice available on SOLS
9           Tuesday
10         Wednesday
11         Thursday University Scholarships Committee 2/23
12         Friday Trimester 2: Deadline for withdrawal from trimester 2 courses with no financial penalty
13         Saturday
14         Sunday
15         Monday
16          Tuesday Campus Life Committee 2/23
17          Wednesday  
18          Thursday Council C95
19          Friday Council C95

PDLP: Last Day of Placement

 

20          Saturday  
21          Sunday
22          Monday
23          Tuesday
24          Wednesday  
25          Thursday
26          Friday Semester 1: Last day of lectures
27          Saturday Semester 1: Study Week  (27th May – 4th June)
28          Sunday
29          Monday Public Holiday (Solomon Is) Whit Monday
30         Tuesday Communication and Information Technology Committee 2/23
31         Wednesday  
JUNE
1            Thursday Tender Board 3/23

Public Holiday (Samoa) Independence Day

2            Friday Trimester 2: Deadline for Payment of trimester 2 fees

Semester 1:  Deadline for students to withdraw from   courses   they do not wish to be assessed in.

Student Discipline Committee 2/23

3            Saturday Trimester 2: Late Payment of Fee Period start: Students who have not paid their fees in full will be required to clear all outstanding fees and a Late Payment fee of FJ$125.00 within the 1st four (4) weeks

3 June – 30 June

4            Sunday
5            Monday Public Holiday (Niue) Sovereign’s Birthday, (Tonga) Emancipation Day

Semester 1: Examination Period (5th June – 16th June)

6            Tuesday Academic Programmes Committee 2/23
7            Wednesday  
8            Thursday University Research Committee 2/23
9            Friday Public Holiday (Solomon Is) Queens Birthday
10          Saturday PDLP: 2nd Intake Application deadline
11          Sunday
12          Monday Governance and Nominations Committee3/23
13          Tuesday Teaching Quality Committee 2/23
14          Wednesday Remuneration & People Committee 2/23
15          Thursday Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee 2/23

Audit & Risk Committee 3/23

16          Friday Global Engagement Strategy Committee 2/23

PDLP: Last Day for Lectures

17          Saturday MID YEAR BREAK  (17th June – 16th July)
18          Sunday
19          Monday
20          Tuesday
21          Wednesday
22          Thursday Staff Policy Committee 3/23
23           Friday
24           Saturday
25           Sunday
26           Monday
27           Tuesday
28           Wednesday
29           Thursday
30           Friday
JULY
1           Saturday Trimester 2: Late Payment of Fee Period continue: Students who have not paid their fees in full by this date will be liable for Late Payment fee as follows:

 $150.00 (next 4 weeks after 4 July)

 $200.00 thereafter.

2            Sunday
3            Monday
4            Tuesday Public Holiday (Tonga) –Official Birthday of His Majesty King Tupou VI
5            Wednesday
6            Thursday Senate 2/23
7            Friday Public Holiday (Cook Islands) Ra o te Ui Ariki, (RMI) Fisherman’s Day (Solomon Is)  Independence Day

PDLP: Deadline for late registration (adding of courses)

Semester 2: Deadline for application to resume studies from student applying within six semesters since they were last registered.

8            Saturday
9            Sunday
10          Monday PDLP: Orientation and Lectures Commence

Invoice available on SOLS

Semester 2: Academic Advisory week; Registration continues (10th – 14th July)

Semester 2:   Deadline for application for admission from students new to USP, and students applying after a lapse of six semesters.  Applications received after this date will incur a late application fee

11          Tuesday Academic Regulations & Policy Review Committee 2/23
12          Wednesday  
13          Thursday Tender Board 4/23
14           Friday  Semester 2: Deadline for registration for all campuses. Students who register for courses after this date will be charged a late registration fee. Deadline for applications for change of programme. Deadline for Campus Transfer applications
15          Saturday
16          Sunday
17          Monday Semester 2: Lectures commence and Invoice available on SOLS
18          Tuesday Finance & Resources Committee 3/23
19          Wednesday  
20          Thursday Executive Committee 3/23
21          Friday Trimester 2: Lecture end

Deadline for students to withdraw from courses for which they do not want to be assessed in.

Semester 2: Deadline for applications for change of programme.

 

22           Saturday PDLP: Deadline for withdrawal of courses with no financial penalty

Trimester 2: Study week and Examination period (22nd July – 4th August)

23           Sunday
24           Monday
25           Tuesday  
26           Wednesday  
27           Thursday  
28           Friday Student Discipline Committee 3/23
29          Saturday
30          Sunday
31         Monday
AUGUST
1           Tuesday Academic Programmes Committee 3/23
2           Wednesday  
3           Thursday Campus Life Committee 3/23
4           Friday Space Management Committee 3/23

PDLP: Deadline for Payment of fees

Semester 2:  Deadline for dropping courses without incurring any tuition fee. Any courses dropped after this date will incur the full tuition fee

Public Holiday (Cook Islands) Constitution Day

5           Saturday TRIMESTER 2 BREAK: 5– 20 August
6           Sunday
7           Monday
8           Tuesday Teaching Quality Committee 3/23
9           Wednesday  
10         Thursday Audit & Risk Committee 4/23

 

11         Friday Semester 2: Deadline for payment of semester 2 fees for all campuses
12         Saturday
13         Sunday
14         Monday Governance and Nominations Committee 4/23

Father’s Day (Samoa)

15         Tuesday
16         Wednesday  
17         Thursday Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee 3/23
18         Friday University Research Committee 3/23

Pacific TAFE Semester 2: Deadline for payment of semester 2 fees for all campuses

19          Saturday Trimester 3: Deadline for adding courses
20          Sunday
21          Monday Trimester 3: Lectures commence and Invoices available via SOLS
22          Tuesday University Scholarship Committee 3/23

 

23          Wednesday
24          Thursday Staff Policy Committee 4/23
25          Friday Trimester 3: Last day for withdrawal from trimester 3 courses with no financial penalty

Pacific TAFE Semester 2: Deadline for payment of semester 2 fees for all campuses

26          Saturday  
27          Sunday
28          Monday Semester 2: Deadline for late registration; Deadline for adding of courses for those who registered within the registration period (no fee charged for this cohort).

Pacific TAFE: Semester 1: Last Day of Registration (No late Registrations)

29          Tuesday Communication and Information Technology Committee 3/23
30          Wednesday  
31          Thursday Laucala Campus Graduation: 31 August – 1 Sep 2023
SEPTEMBER
1            Friday Laucala Campus Graduation: 31 August – 1 Sep 2023

Public Holiday (RMI) Dri-Jerbal Day

2           Saturday MID-SEMESTER BREAK (2nd September – 10th September)
3           Sunday
4           Monday Library Advisory Committee 2/23

 

5          Tuesday Senate 3/23

University Scholarship Committee 4/23

6           Wednesday
7           Thursday Public Holiday (Fiji ) – Constitution Day
8           Friday Remuneration and People Committee 3/23
9           Saturday  
10         Sunday  
11         Monday
12         Tuesday Academic Regulations & Policy Review Committee 3/23
13         Wednesday
14         Thursday Tender Board 5/23

 

15         Friday
16         Saturday
17         Sunday
18         Monday Public Holiday (Tonga)

Ulukalala (Birthday of the Heir to the Crown).

19         Tuesday
20         Wednesday
21         Thursday Audit & Risk Committee 5/23
22          Friday Solomon Islands Campus Graduation: 22 September 2023

Global Engagement Strategy Committee 3/23

23          Saturday  
24          Sunday  
25          Monday  
26         Tuesday Finance & Resources Committee 4/23
27         Wednesday  
28         Thursday Executive Committee 4/23

Academic Programmes Committee 4/23

29         Friday Student Discipline Committee 4/23

Public Holiday (RMI) Manit Day

30         Saturday  
OCTOBER
1          Sunday
2          Monday Public Holiday (Fiji ) –Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday
3          Tuesday
4          Wednesday
5          Thursday Tonga Campus Graduation: 5 October 2023
6           Friday
7           Saturday
8           Sunday
9           Monday  Public Holiday(Samoa) White Sunday
10         Tuesday Public Holiday (Fiji ) –Fiji Day
11         Wednesday
12         Thursday University Research Committee 4/23

 Teaching Quality Committee 4/23

13         Friday Space Management Committee 4/23

 

14         Saturday Trimester 3: Late Payment of Fee Period continue: Students who have not paid their fees in full by this date will be liable for Late Payment fee as follows:

·       $150.00 (next 4 weeks after 17 October)

·       $200.00 thereafter.

15        Sunday
16        Monday PDLP: 2nd Intake Placement Commences
17        Tuesday Communications and Information Technology Committee 4/23
18        Wednesday
19        Thursday Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee 4/23

Public Holiday (Niue) Constitution Day

20        Friday
21        Saturday PDLD: Last day for Lectures
22        Sunday
23        Monday
24       Tuesday Campus Life Committee 4/23
25        Wednesday
26       Thursday  Public Holiday (Cook Islands) Gospel Day
27        Friday Student Discipline Committee 5/23

Semester 2: Last day of classes

28       Saturday Semester 2:  Study Week   (28th October – 5th November)
29       Sunday  
30       Monday Public Holiday (Niue) Gospel Day

 

31       Tuesday
NOVEMBER
1           Wednesday Staff Policy Committee 5/23
2           Thursday Senate 4/23
3           Friday Review Committee 3/23

Semester 2: Deadline for students to withdraw from courses they do not wish to be assessed in.

4           Saturday
5           Sunday Trimester 3: Lectures end

Deadline for students to withdrawal from Trimester 3 courses for which they do not want to be assessed in

6           Monday Trimester 3: Study week and Examination period

Semester 2: Examination period (6th -17th November)

Public Holiday (Tonga) – Constitution Day

7           Tuesday  
8           Wednesday  
9           Thursday Council C96
10          Friday Council C96

PDLP: Last day for Placement

11          Saturday  
12          Sunday  
13          Monday Public Holiday (Fiji ) –Diwali
14          Tuesday  
15          Wednesday  
16          Thursday Global Engagement Strategy Committee 4/23
17           Friday Library Advisory Committee 3/23

Public Holiday (RMI) President’s Day

18           Saturday TRIMESTER 3 BREAK
19           Sunday  
20           Monday Tender Board 6/23

Summer Flexi School Period Begins

21           Tuesday  
22           Wednesday  
23           Thursday Audit & Risk Committee 6/23
24            Friday
25            Saturday  
26           Sunday  
27           Monday
28          Tuesday  
29          Wednesday  
30          Thursday  
DECEMBER
1            Friday Public Holiday (RMI) Gospel Day
2            Saturday  
3            Sunday  
4            Monday Public Holiday (Tonga) – King Tupou 1 Day
5           Tuesday  
6           Wednesday  
7           Thursday  
8           Friday PDLP: Last day for Lectures
9           Saturday  
10         Sunday  
11         Monday  
12         Tuesday  
13         Wednesday  
14         Thursday  
15         Friday  
16         Saturday  
17         Sunday  
18        Monday  
19       Tuesday  
20        Wednesday  
21        Thursday  
22        Friday  
23        Saturday  
24        Sunday  
25        Monday Public Holiday (Fiji, Cook Islands, Niue, RMI, Samoa, Solomon Is) –Christmas Day
26        Tuesday Public Holiday (Fiji (Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa)–Boxing Day

(Solomon Is) National Day of Thanksgiving

27        Wednesday  
28        Thursday  
29        Friday  
30        Saturday  
31        Sunday  

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