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 |
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| 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:
· $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
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 | |