Important Dates 2026 / 2027

Next Open Day - To be held via Zoom (26 November 2025, 7:00pm Sydney time)
 
 
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  2025
Dec 1 - Dec 31 (2025)

New Students -- Applications are welcome for admission into all courses of study (commencing in Semester 1, 2026). Also welcome during Jan 20-30.

Enquiries for Cross-Institutional Study are welcome.

Dec 12 (2025) Release of Results (for Semester 2, 2025)
Dec 15 (2025) - Jan 30 (2026) Continuing Students -- Enrolment Period (for 2026)
Dec 25 - Dec 26 (2025) NSW Public Holidays (Christmas Day & Boxing Day) -- College Closed
Jan 1 NSW Public Holiday (New Year's Day) -- College Closed
Jan 2 - Jan 16 College Office Open Limited Hours (phone messages and email correspondence may be monitored periodically)
Jan 6 Epiphany -- College Closed
Jan 19 Feast Day of Saint Makarios of Egypt (Patronal Feast of our Archbishop and College Dean) -- College Closed
Jan 20 - Jan 30

New Students -- Applications are welcome for admission into all courses of study (commencing in Semester 1, 2026).

Enquiries for Cross-Institutional Study are welcome.

Jan 26 NSW Public Holiday (Australia Day) -- College Closed

 

 Dates 2026, Semester 1
Feb 18 Doxology for the Commencement of the Academic Year (12:00pm)
Feb 18 - Feb 20 On-Campus 3-Day Orientation Program (compulsory for all new students)
Feb 20 Doxology for Graduating Students of St Andrew's and of the Byzantine Music School of Australia (Sydney campus) (6:30pm)
Feb 23 - Apr 2 Semester Start Date / Teaching Weeks 1-6
Feb 23 Beginning of Great Lent (Clean Monday)
Mar 2 Last Day to Add a Unit or to Swap Units (via email to Registrar by 12:00pm Sydney time)
Mar 14 Australian University College of Divinity (AUCD) Graduation Ceremony (11:00am, Great Hall, University of Sydney)
Mar 20 Last day to sign-up for FEE HELP billing option (for Units in Semester 1)
Mar 25 Annunciation of the Theotokos -- College Closed / No Lectures
Mar 30 (Monday) CENSUS DATE
-  Last day to withdraw from unit(s) in Semester 1 without paying for them or incurring a FEE HELP debt
Apr 3 NSW Public Holiday (Good Friday - Western Christians) -- College Closed / Mid-Semester Recess Begins
Apr 5 Palm Sunday
Apr 6 - Apr 13 Holy Week (incl. Renewal Monday) -- College Office Closed
Apr 12 Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha
Apr 14 - Apr 17 Renewal Week -- College Office Open Limited Hours (phone messages and email correspondence may be monitored periodically)
Apr 17 Last day to withdraw from unit(s) in Semester 1 without academic penalty
Apr 19 Mid-Semester Recess Ends
Apr 20 - May 29 Teaching Weeks 7-12
Jun 1 - Jun 3 Study Recess (3 days)
Jun 4 - Jun 12 Examination Period
Jun 8 NSW Public Holiday (King's Birthday) -- College Closed
Jun 12 Semester End Date
Jun 15 CENSUS DATE
-  Last day to withdraw from unit(s) categorised as 'Year-Long' (e.g. certain CPE units) without paying for them or incurring a FEE HELP debt
Jun 29 - July 10

Mid-Year Intake for Semester 2, 2026 (no new students)

Enrolment enquiries are welcome from (a) Students returning from a leave of absence, (b) prospective Cross-Institutional Students and (c) Audit Students

Continuing Students -- Enrolment Period (for Semester 2, 2026)

Enquiries for Cross-Institutional Study are welcome.

Jul 10 Release of Results (for Semester 1, 2026)

 

 Dates 2026, Semester 2
Jul 20 - Aug 14 Semester Start Date / Teaching Weeks 1-4
Jul 27 Last Day to Add a Unit or to Swap Units (via email to Registrar by 12:00pm Sydney time)
Aug 14 Last day to sign-up for FEE HELP billing option (for Units in Semester 2)
Aug 15 Dormition of the Theotokos
Aug 17 - Aug 21 Non-Teaching Week
Aug 24 - Sep 25 Teaching Weeks 5-9
Aug 24 (Monday) CENSUS DATE 
-  Last day to withdraw from unit(s) in Semester 2 without paying for them or incurring a FEE HELP debt
Sep 16 Last day to withdraw from unit(s) in Semester 2 without academic penalty
Sep 26 - Oct 11 Mid-Semester Recess
Oct 5 NSW Public Holiday (Labour Day) -- College Closed
Oct 12 - Oct 30  Teaching Weeks 10-12
Nov 2 - Nov 4 Study Recess (3 days)
Nov 5 - Nov 13 Examination Period
Nov 13 Semester End Date
Dec 1 - Dec 31

New Students -- Applications are welcome for admission into all courses of study (commencing in Semester 1, 2027). Also welcome during Jan 20-29.

Enquiries for Cross-Institutional Study are welcome.

Dec 11 Release of Results (for Semester 2, 2026)
Dec 14 - Jan 29 (2027) Continuing Students -- Enrolment Period (for 2027)
Dec 25 NSW Public Holiday (Christmas Day) -- College Closed
Dec 28 NSW Public Holiday (Boxing Day - Transferred from Previous Saturday) -- College Closed
Jan 1 (2027) NSW Public Holiday (New Year's Day) -- College Closed
Jan 4 - Jan 22 (2027) College Office Open Limited Hours (phone messages and email correspondence may be monitored periodically)
Jan 6 (2027) Epiphany -- College Closed
Jan 19 (2027) Feast Day of Saint Makarios of Egypt (Patronal Feast of our Archbishop and College Dean) -- College Closed
Jan 20 - Jan 29 (2027)

New Students -- Applications are welcome for admission into all courses of study (commencing in Semester 1, 2027).

Enquiries for Cross-Institutional Study are welcome.

Whilst every effort is made to avoid changes to these published dates, St Andrew’s reserves the right to amend its calendar without notice at any time.

 

Introducing the Master of Greek Philosophy

Greek philosophy remains foundational to the history of ideas in the Western and Eastern traditions. It has shaped disciplines as diverse as theology, ethics, politics, science, and metaphysics. In particular, the writings of Plato, Aristotle, and the later Hellenistic and Byzantine philosophers have exercised enduring influence on Christian theology, especially in the Patristic and medieval Byzantine periods.

The Master of Greek Philosophy cultivates advanced capacity for critical engagement with the key figures, texts, and ideas of the ancient and Byzantine Greek philosophical tradition, preparing graduates to integrate these insights in further scholarly research, higher education, ministry, or other cultural and professional spheres.