2025 Principal Dates
JANUARY | ||
1 | Wednesday | Public Holiday (Fiji, Cook Islands, Niue, RMI, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Nauru) – New Year’s Day |
2 | Thursday | Public Holiday (Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa) –Day after New Year’s Day |
3 | Friday | |
4 | Saturday | |
5 | Sunday | |
6 | Monday | |
7 | Tuesday | |
8 | Wednesday | |
9 | Thursday | |
10 | Friday | PDLP: Deadline for late registration and adding of courses |
11 | Saturday | |
12 | Sunday | |
13 | Monday | PDLP: Orientation and lectures commence & Invoice available on SOLS |
14 | Tuesday | |
15 | Wednesday | PDLP: Orientation and lectures commence & Invoice available on SOLS |
16 | Thursday | |
17 | Friday | |
18 | Saturday | Trimester 1: Orientation (Graduate School of Business Students ONLY) |
19 | Sunday | Trimester 1: Deadline for adding courses |
20 | Monday | Trimester 1: Lectures commence and Invoice available on SOLS |
21 | Tuesday | |
22 | Wednesday | |
23 | Thursday | |
24 | Friday | Trimester 1: Deadline for withdrawal from trimester 1 courses with no financial penalty |
25 | Saturday | PDLP: Deadline for withdrawal of courses with no financial penalty |
26 | Sunday | |
27 | Monday | |
28 | Tuesday | |
29 | Wednesday | |
30 | Thursday | |
31 | Friday | Public Holiday (Nauru) – Independence Day |
FEBRUARY | ||
1 | Saturday | Public Holiday (Nauru) – Day following Independence Day |
2 | Sunday | |
3 | Monday | |
4 | Tuesday | |
5 | Wednesday | |
6 | Thursday | Staff Policy Committee 1/25 |
7 | Friday | PDLP: Deadline for payment of fees
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 alate application fee |
8 | Saturday | |
9 | Sunday | |
10 | Monday | |
11 | Tuesday | Governance and Nominations Committee 1/25 |
12 | Wednesday | |
13 | Thursday | |
14 | Friday | Trimester 1: Deadline for Payment of Trimester 1 fees
Semester 1: Deadline for application to resume studies from student applying within six semesters since they were last registered |
15 | 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.
(15th February – 14th March) |
16 | Sunday | |
17 | Monday | Semester 1: Orientation and Academic Advisory week; Registration continues. (17th – 21st February) |
18 | Tuesday | |
19 | Wednesday | Semester 1: Deadline for late application for admission |
20 | Thursday | Executive Committee 1/25 |
21 | Friday | 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 |
22 | Saturday | |
23 | Sunday | |
24 | Monday | Semester 1: Lectures commence and Invoice available on SOLS |
25 | Tuesday | Medals and Prizes Committee 1/25 |
26 | Wednesday | |
27 | Thursday | |
28 | Friday | Semester 1: Deadline for applications for change of programme
Public Holiday (RMI) Remembrance Day observed |
MARCH | ||
1 | Saturday | |
2 | Sunday | |
3 | Monday | |
4 | Tuesday | Global Engagement Strategy Committee 1/25 |
5 | Wednesday | Pacific TAFE: Semester 1: Application for Admission Closing Date
Public Holiday (Vanuatu) – Customs Chiefs’ Day |
6 | Thursday | University Scholarship Committee 1/25
Tender Board 1/25 |
7 | 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) Public Holiday (Kiribati) – In honour of International Women’s Day Governance and Nominations Committee 2/25 Teaching Quality Committee1/25 |
8 | Saturday | Public Holiday (Nauru) – International Womens Day |
9 | Sunday | |
10 | Monday | Public Holiday (Tuvalu) Commonwealth Day |
11 | Tuesday | Audit & Risk Committee 1/25 |
12 | Wednesday | |
13 | Thursday | University Research Committee 1/25 |
14 | Friday | Semester 1: Deadline for dropping of courses without incurring any tuition fee. Any courses dropped after this date will incur the full tuition fee.
Medals and Prizes Committee 2/25 |
15 | 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 15th March). • $200.00 thereafter. |
16 | Sunday | |
17 | Monday | |
18 | Tuesday | |
19 | Wednesday | |
20 | Thursday | Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee 1/25 |
21 | Friday | Student Discipline Committee 1/25
Semester 1: Deadline for payment of semester 1 fees for all campuses PDLD: Deadline for Late Registration and adding of courses |
22 | Saturday | |
23 | Sunday | |
24 | Monday | PDLD: Lectures commence |
25 | Tuesday | Medals and Prizes Committee 3/25 |
26 | Wednesday | |
27 | Thursday | Academic Programmes Committee 1/25 |
28 | Friday | Medals and Prizes Committee 4/25 |
29 | Saturday | |
30 | Sunday | |
31 | Monday | |
APRIL | ||
1 | Tuesday | Audit & Risk Committee 2/25 |
2 | Wednesday | |
3 | Thursday | University Scholarship Committee 2/25 |
4 | Friday | Campus Life Committee 1/25
Pacific TAFE Semester 1: Deadline for payment of semester 1 fees for all campuses 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. |
5 | Saturday | Trimester 1: Study week and Examination period (5th – 17th April (18th April – Easter Friday) |
6 | Sunday | |
7 | Monday | Space Management Committee 1/25
Public Holiday (Kiribati) – National Health Day |
8 | Tuesday | Finance & Resource Committee 1/25 |
9 | Wednesday | |
10 | Thursday | Laucala Campus Graduation |
11 | Friday | Laucala Campus Graduation |
12 | Saturday | MID-SEMESTER BREAK (12th April – 21st April (Easter Monday) |
13 | Sunday | |
14 | Monday | |
15 | Tuesday | Communication and Information Technology Committee 1/25 |
16 | Wednesday | |
17 | Thursday | Remuneration and People Committee 1/25
Staff Policy Committee 2/25 PDLD: Deadline for Payment of Fees -17th April (18th April – Easter Friday |
18 | Friday | Public Holliday (Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue, RMI, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Tuvalu, Nauru, Vanuatu) Good Friday
TRIMESTER 1 BREAK – 18th April (Easter Friday) – 4th May |
19 | Saturday | Public Holiday (Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tuvalu) – Easter Saturday |
20 | Sunday | |
21 | Monday | Public Holiday (Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Tuvalu, Nauru, Vanuatu) Easter Monday |
22 | Tuesday | PDLP: 1st Intake Placement Commences
Public Holiday (Nauru) – Easter Tuesday |
23 | Wednesday | |
24 | Thursday | Executive Committee 2/25 |
25 | Friday | Public Holiday (Cook Islands, Tonga) ANZAC Day |
26 | Saturday | |
27 | Sunday | |
28 | Monday | |
29 | Tuesday | Senate1/25 |
30 | Wednesday | |
MAY | ||
1 | Thursday | Public Holiday (Vanuatu) Labour Day |
2 | Friday | Emalus Campus Graduation
Public Holiday (Kiribati) – In honour of International Labour Day |
3 | Saturday | |
4 | Sunday | Trimester 2: Deadline for adding courses |
5 | Monday | Trimester 2: Lectures commence and Invoice available on SOLS |
6 | Tuesday | Space Management Committee 2/25 |
7 | Wednesday | |
8 | Thursday | Library Advisory Committee1/25 |
9 | Friday | Trimester 2: Deadline for withdrawal from trimester 2 courses with no financial penalty |
10 | Saturday | |
11 | Sunday | |
12 | Monday | Public Holiday (Samoa) Mother’s Day
Public Holiday (Tuvalu) Aso Ote Tala Lei Public Holiday (Fiji) Girmit Day |
13 | Tuesday | |
14 | Wednesday | |
15 | Thursday | |
16 | Friday | PDLP: Last Day of Placement |
17 | Saturday | Public Holiday (Nauru) – Constitution Day |
18 | Sunday | |
19 | Monday | |
20 | Tuesday | Council C99 |
21 | Wednesday | Council C99 |
22 | Thursday | |
23 | Friday | |
24 | Saturday | |
25 | Sunday | |
26 | Monday | |
27 | Tuesday | |
28 | Wednesday | |
29 | Thursday | Communication and Information Technology Committee 2/25
Public Holiday (Vanuatu) Ascension Day |
30 | Friday | Samoa Campus Graduation
Semester 1: Last day of lectures Trimester 2: Deadline for Payment of trimester 2 fees Public Holiday (Fiji) Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day |
31 | 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.
(31st May – 27th June) Semester 1: Study Week (31st May – 8th June) |
JUNE | ||
1 | Sunday | Public Holiday (Samoa) Independence Day |
2 | Monday | Public Holiday – (Niue) King’s Birthday, (Cook Islands) Sovereign Birthday, (Tonga) – Day off for Emancipation Day, (Samoa) – Independence Day (1st June – Observed) |
3 | Tuesday | University Research Committee 2/25 |
4 | Wednesday | Public Holiday (Tonga) – Emancipation Day |
5 | Thursday | Teaching Quality Committee 2/25
Governance and Nominations Committee 3/25 |
6 | Friday | Campus Life Committee 2/25
Student Discipline Committee 2/25 Semester 1: Deadline for students to withdraw from courses they do not wish to be assessed in. |
7 | Saturday | |
8 | Sunday | |
9 | Monday | Semester 1: Examination Period (9th June – 20th June) |
10 | Tuesday | Academic Programmes Committee 2/25
Tender Board 2/25 |
11 | Wednesday | |
12 | Thursday | Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee 2/25
Remuneration and People Committee 2/25 |
13 | Friday | PDLP: Last Day for Lectures |
14 | Saturday | PDLP: 2nd Intake Application deadline
Public Holiday (Tuvalu, Solomon Is) Kings’ Official Birthday |
15 | Sunday | |
16 | Monday | |
17 | Tuesday | Global Engagement Strategy Committee 2/25
Audit & Risk Committee 3/25 |
18 | Wednesday | |
19 | Thursday | Staff Policy Committee 3/25 |
20 | Friday | |
21 | Saturday | MID YEAR BREAK (21 June – 20 July) |
22 | Sunday | |
23 | Monday | Public Holiday (Kiribati) – In honour of National Police Day |
24 | Tuesday | |
25 | Wednesday | |
26 | Thursday | |
27 | Friday | |
28 | 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 28th June) • $200.00 thereafter |
29 | Sunday | |
30 | Monday | |
JULY | ||
1 | Tuesday | Public Holiday (Nauru) – RONPHOS Handover |
2 | Wednesday | |
3 | Thursday | Senate 2/25 |
4 | Friday | Public Holiday (Cook Islands) Ra O Te Ui Ariki, (Tonga) Birthday of His Majesty King Tupou VI |
5 | Saturday | |
6 | Sunday | |
7 | Monday | Public Holiday (Solomon Is) Independence Day |
8 | Tuesday | Academic Regulations & Policy Review Committee 2/25 |
9 | Wednesday | |
10 | Thursday | Tender Board 3/25
Public Holiday (Kiribati) – Gospel Day |
11 | Friday | PDLP: Deadline for late registration (adding of courses)
Semester 2: Deadline for application for admission from students new to USP, and students applying after alapse of six semesters. Applications received after this date will incur a late application fee Public Holiday (Kiribati) – National Culture and Senior Citizens Day |
12 | Saturday | Public Holiday (Kiribati) –National Day |
13 | Sunday | |
14 | Monday | PDLP: Orientation and Lectures Commence Invoice available on SOLS
Semester 2: Academic Advisory week; Registration continues (14th July – 18th July) Public Holiday (Kiribati) – In honour of National Day |
15 | Tuesday | Finance & Resource Committee 2/25
Public Holiday (Kiribati) – Kiribati Special Day |
16 | Wednesday | Semester 2: Deadline for application to resume studies from student applying within six semesters since they were last registered. |
17 | Thursday | Executive Committee 3/25 |
18 | Friday | Trimester 2: Lecture end, Deadline for students to withdraw from Trimester 2 courses for which they do not want to be assessed in
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 Campus Transfer applications |
19 | Saturday | Trimester 2: Study week and Examination period (19th July – 1st August) |
20 | Sunday | MID YEAR BREAK (21st June – 20th July) |
21 | Monday | Semester 2: Lectures commence and Invoice available on SOLS |
22 | Tuesday | |
23 | Wednesday | |
24 | Thursday | Public Holiday (Vanuatu) Children’s Day |
25 | Friday | Student Discipline Committee 3/25
PDLP: Deadline for withdrawal of courses with no financial penalty Semester 2: Deadline for applications for change of programme |
26 | Saturday | |
27 | Sunday | |
28 | Monday | |
29 | Tuesday | Public Holiday (Vanuatu) Independence Day |
30 | Wednesday | Pacific TAFE Semester 2: Application for Admission Closing Date |
31 | Thursday | |
AUGUST | ||
1 | Friday | Space Management Committee 3/25
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) Public Holiday (Kiribati) – In honour of National Youth & Children’s Day |
2 | Saturday | TRIMESTER 2 BREAK (2nd – 17th August) |
3 | Sunday | |
4 | Monday | Public Holiday (Cook Islands) Constitution Day, (Tuvalu) Children’s Day |
5 | Tuesday | Academic Programmes Committee 3/25
Audit & Risk Committee 4/25 |
6 | Wednesday | |
7 | Thursday | |
8 | Friday | 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 |
9 | Saturday | |
10 | Sunday | |
11 | Monday | Public Holiday (Samoa) Father’s Day |
12 | Tuesday | University Research Committee 3/25
Teaching Quality Committee 3/25 |
13 | Wednesday | Public Holiday (Samoa) – White Sunday (Lotu a Tamaiti) |
14 | Thursday | Governance and Nominations Committee 4/25
Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee 3/25 |
15 | Friday | University Scholarship Committee 3/25
Semester 2: Deadline for payment of semester 2 fees for all campuses Public Holiday (Vanuatu) Assumption of Mary |
16 | Saturday | Trimester 3: Deadline for adding courses |
17 | Sunday | |
18 | Monday | Trimester 3: lectures commence and Invoices available via SOLS |
19 | Tuesday | Communication and Information Technology Committee 3/25
Public Holiday (Nauru) – Ibumin Earoeni Day |
20 | Wednesday | |
21 | Thursday | Staff Policy Committee 4/25 |
22 | Friday | Trimester 3: Last day for withdrawal from trimester 3 courses with no financial penalty |
23 | Saturday | |
24 | Sunday | |
25 | Monday | |
26 | Tuesday | Campus Life Committee 3/25 |
27 | Wednesday | |
28 | Thursday | Global Engagement Strategy Committee 3/25 |
29 | Friday | Pacific TAFE Semester 2: Deadline for payment of semester 2 fees for all campuses
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 28th June) • $200.00 thereafter |
30 | Saturday | |
31 | Sunday | |
SEPTEMBER | ||
1 | Monday | |
2 | Tuesday | Library Advisory Committee 2/25 |
3 | Wednesday | |
4 | Thursday | Laucala Campus Graduation |
5 | Friday | Laucala Campus Graduation |
6 | Saturday | MID-SEMESTER BREAK (6th September – 14th September) |
7 | Sunday | |
8 | Monday | Public Holiday (Fiji) Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday |
9 | Tuesday | University Scholarship Committee 4/25 |
10 | Wednesday | |
11 | Thursday | Senate 3/25 |
12 | Friday | Trimester 3: Deadline for Payment of trimester 3 fees |
13 | Saturday | Trimester 3: 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 (13th September – 10th October (Fiji Day) |
14 | Sunday | |
15 | Monday | |
16 | Tuesday | Academic Regulations & Policy Review Committee 3/25 Tender Board 4/25 |
17 | Wednesday | Public Holiday (Tonga) – Birthday of Crown Prince Tupouto’a-‘Ulukalala |
18 | Thursday | Audit & Risk Committee 5/25 |
19 | Friday | |
20 | Saturday | |
21 | Sunday | |
22 | Monday | |
23 | Tuesday | Academic Programmes Committee 4/25
Finance & Resource Committee 3/25 |
24 | Wednesday | |
25 | Thursday | Public Holiday (Nauru) – Sir Hammer DeRoburt Day |
26 | Friday | Student Discipline Committee 4/25
Solomon Campus Graduation |
27 | Saturday | |
28 | Sunday | |
29 | Monday | |
30 | Tuesday | |
OCTOBER | ||
1 | Wednesday | Public Holiday (Tuvalu) Independence Day |
2 | Thursday | Tender Board 5/25
Public Holiday (Tuvalu) Independence Day |
3 | Friday | Communication and Information Technology Committee 4/25 |
4 | Saturday | |
5 | Sunday | |
6 | Monday | Public Holiday (Kiribati) – In honour of World Teachers Day, (Vanuatu) Constitution Day |
7 | Tuesday | University Research Committee 4/25 |
8 | Wednesday | |
9 | Thursday | Space Management Committee 4/25
Remuneration and People Committee 3/25 |
10 | Friday | Tonga Graduation
Public Holiday (Fiji) Fiji Day |
11 | 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 11th October) • $200.00 thereafter |
12 | Sunday | |
13 | Monday | Public Holiday (Samoa) White Sunday |
14 | Tuesday | Teaching Quality Committee 4/25 |
15 | Wednesday | |
16 | Thursday | Campus Life Committee 4/25
Executive Committee 4/25 |
17 | Friday | Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee 4/25 |
18 | Saturday | PDLD: Last day for Lectures |
19 | Sunday | Public Holiday (Niue) Constitution Day |
20 | Monday | PDLP: 2nd Intake Placement Commences |
21 | Tuesday | Public Holiday (Fiji) Diwali |
22 | Wednesday | |
23 | Thursday | Staff Policy Committee 5/25 |
24 | Friday | Student Discipline Committee 5/25
Semester 2: Last day of classes |
25 | Saturday | Semester 2: Study Week (25th October – 2nd November) |
26 | Sunday | Public Holiday (Cook Islands) Gospel Day, (Nauru) – Angam Day |
27 | Monday | Public Holiday (Cook Islands) Gospel Day (Observed) , (Niue) Peniamina’s Day |
28 | Tuesday | Global Engagement Strategy Committee 4/25 |
29 | Wednesday | |
30 | Thursday | |
31 | Friday | Semester 2: Deadline for students to withdraw from courses they do not wish to be assessed in.
Trimester 3: Lectures end Deadline for students to withdrawal from Trimester 3 courses for which they do not want to be assessed in |
NOVEMBER | ||
1 | Saturday | Trimester 3: Study week and Examination period (1st –14th November) |
2 | Sunday | |
3 | Monday | Semester 2: Examination Period (3rd – 14th November)
Public Holiday (Tonga) – ‘Constitution Day’ day off |
4 | Tuesday | Public Holiday (Tonga) – Constitution Day |
5 | Wednesday | |
6 | Thursday | Senate 4/25 |
7 | Friday | |
8 | Saturday | |
9 | Sunday | |
10 | Monday | Public Holiday (Tuvalu) Heir to The Throne’s Birthday |
11 | Tuesday | |
12 | Wednesday | |
13 | Thursday | |
14 | Friday | PDLP: Last day for Placement |
15 | Saturday | TRIMESTER 3 BREAK |
16 | Sunday | |
17 | Monday | Summer Flexi School Period Begins |
18 | Tuesday | |
19 | Wednesday | |
20 | Thursday | Audit & Risk Committee 6/25 |
21 | Friday | |
22 | Saturday | |
23 | Sunday | |
24 | Monday | Council (C100) |
25 | Tuesday | Council (C100) |
26 | Wednesday | |
27 | Thursday | |
28 | Friday | |
29 | Saturday | Public Holiday (Vanuatu) National Unity Day |
30 | Sunday | |
DECEMBER | ||
1 | Monday | |
2 | Tuesday | |
3 | Wednesday | |
4 | Thursday | Public Holiday (Tonga) – Anniversary of the Coronation of King Tupou I |
5 | Friday | |
6 | Saturday | |
7 | Sunday | |
8 | Monday | Public Holiday (Tonga) – ‘Anniversary of the Coronation of King Tupou I’ day off |
9 | Tuesday | |
10 | Wednesday | |
11 | Thursday | |
12 | Friday | PDLP: Last day for Lectures
Public Holiday (Kiribati) – In honour of Human Rights Day |
13 | Saturday | |
14 | Sunday | |
15 | Monday | |
16 | Tuesday | |
17 | Wednesday | |
18 | Thursday | Tender Board 6/25 |
19 | Friday | |
20 | Saturday | |
21 | Sunday | |
22 | Monday | |
23 | Tuesday | |
24 | Wednesday | |
25 | Thursday | Public Holiday (Fiji, Cook Is, Kiribati, Niue, RMI, Samoa,Solomon Is, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Nauru) Christmas Day |
26 | Friday | Public Holiday (Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Tonga, Tuvalu Samoa) – Boxing Day, (Vanuatu) – Family Day, (Nauru) –Day following Christmas, (Solomon Is) Thanksgiving Day |
27 | Saturday | |
28 | Sunday | |
29 | Monday | |
30 | Tuesday | |
31 | Wednesday |