Academic calendar
| Semester 3 2011 | |||
| Week | Date | Teaching activity | Event |
| 47 | 16 – 20 Jan | Teaching | |
| 48 | 23 — 27 Jan | Teaching | Australia Day (26 January) |
| 49 | 30 Jan — 3 Feb | Exams | Semester 3 examinations commence (30 January) |
| 50 | 6 — 10 Feb | Exams | Semester 3 examinations conclude (10 February) |
| 51 | 13 — 17 Feb | Break | |
| 52 | 20 — 24 Feb | O-Week | Orientation Week |
| Semester 1 2012 | |||
| 1 | 27 Feb — 2 Mar | Teaching | Semester 1 commences (27 February) |
| 2 | 5 — 9 Mar | Teaching | Semester 1 payment due 9 March* |
| 3 | 12 — 16 Mar | Teaching | |
| 4 | 19 — 23 Mar | Teaching | Census date (23 March) |
| 5 | 26 — 30 Mar | Teaching | |
| 6 | 2 — 6 Apr | Break | Good Friday (6 April) QLD school holidays (2 April – 9 April) |
| 7 | 9 — 13 Apr | Break | Easter Monday (9 April) Common Week (9 – 13 April) |
| 8 | 16 — 20 Apr | Teaching | Withdrawal without Academic Penalty only (20 April)^ |
| 9 | 23 — 27 Apr | Teaching | ANZAC Day (25 April) |
| 10 | 30 Apr — 4 May | Teaching | |
| 11 | 7 — 11 May | Teaching | Labour Day (7 May) |
| 12 | 14 — 18 May | Teaching | |
| 13 | 21 — 25 May | Teaching | |
| 14 | 28 May– 1 Jun | Teaching | |
| 15 | 4 — 8 Jun | Teaching | |
| 16 | 11 — 15 Jun | Exams | Queen's Diamond Jubilee (11 June) Semester 1 examinations commence (12 June) |
| 17 | 18 — 22 Jun | Exams | |
| 18 | 25 — 29 Jun | Break | Semester 1 examinations conclude (25 June) QLD School Holidays (25 June - 6 July) |
| 19 | 2 — 6 Jul | Break | Common Week |
| 20 | 9 — 13 Jul | Break | Orientation activities commence (9 July) |
| Semester 2 2012 | |||
| 21 | 16 — 20 Jul | Teaching | Semester 2 commences Orientation activities conclude (20 July) |
| 22 | 23 — 27 Jul | Teaching | Semester 2 payment due (27 July)* |
| 23 | 30 Jul — 3 Aug | Teaching | |
| 24 | 6 — 10 Aug | Teaching | Census date (10 August) |
| 25 | 13 — 17 Aug | Teaching | |
| 26 | 20 — 24 Aug | Teaching | |
| 27 | 27 — 31 Aug | Teaching | |
| 28 | 3 — 7 Sep | Teaching | Withdrawal without Academic Penalty only (7 September)^ |
| 29 | 10 — 14 Sep | Teaching | |
| 30 | 17 — 21 Sep | Break | |
| 31 | 24 — 28 Sep | Break | Common Week QLD School Holidays (24 Sept — 5 Oct) |
| 32 | 1 — 5 Oct | Teaching | Queen's Birthday (1 October) |
| 33 | 8 — 12 Oct | Teaching | |
| 34 | 15 — 19 Oct | Teaching | |
| 35 | 22 — 26 Oct | Teaching | |
| 36 | 29 Oct — 2 Nov | Exams | Semester 2 examinations commence (29 October) |
| 37 | 5 — 9 Nov | Exams | Semester 2 examinations conclude (9 November) |
| Semester 3 2012 | |||
| 38 | 12 — 16 Nov | Teaching | Semester 3 commences (12 November) |
| 39 | 19 — 23 Nov | Teaching | Semester 3 payment due (23 November)* |
| 40 | 26 — 30 Nov | Teaching | Census date (30 November) |
| 41 | 3 — 7 Dec | Teaching | |
| 42 | 10 — 14 Dec | Teaching | QLD School Holidays commence (10 Dec 2012 — 28 Jan 2013) |
| 43 | 17 — 21 Dec | Teaching | Withdrawal without Academic Penalty only (21 December)^ |
| 44 | 24 — 28 Dec | Break | Christmas Day (25 December) Boxing Day (26 December) |
| 45 | 31 Dec — 4 Jan | Teaching | New Year's Day (1 January) |
| 46 | 7 — 11 Jan | Teaching | |
| 47 | 14 — 18 Jan | Teaching | |
| 48 | 21 — 25 Jan | Teaching | Chinese New Year (23 January) |
| 49 | 28 Jan – 1 Feb | Exams | Australia Day (28 January) Semester 3 examinations commence (29 January) |
| 50 | 4 — 8 Feb | Exams | Semester 3 examinations conclude (8 February) |
| 51 | 11 — 15 Feb | Break | |
| 52 | 18 — 22 Feb | O-Week | Orientation Week |
| Footnotes | |
| * | Students who study via an agent or partner and pay their fees to that agent or partner are subject to the fee collection policies of that agent of partner. |
| ^ | Please note that international students studying on a student visa, are required to maintain an enrolment that will allow completion of their program in the time specified on their Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE). Failure to do this may result in the cancellation of their CoE, which can have implications on their visa status. |
Last date to add Courses: S1: 2 March 2012, S2: 20 July 2012, S3: 9 November 2012.
Last date to drop Courses: S1: 23 March 2012, S2: 10 August 2012, S3: 30 December 2012.
| Proposed 2012 public and school holidays | |
| 2 January | New Year's Day |
| 26 January | Australia Day |
| 29 March | Toowoomba Show Holiday |
| 2 – 9 April | Easter Qld School Holidays |
| 6 April | Good Friday |
| 9 April | Easter Monday |
| 25 April | ANZAC Day |
| 7 May | Labour Day |
| 10 May | Ipswich Show Holiday (Springfield campus only) |
| 25 May | Fraser Coast Show Holiday (Fraser Coast campus only) |
| 11 June | Queen's Diamond Jubilee |
| 25 June – 6 July | Winter Qld School Holidays |
| 15 August | Brisbane Show Holiday - Royal National Show (Brisbane Area only) |
| 24 September – 5 October | Spring Qld School Holidays |
| 1 October | Queen's Birthday |
| 17 December 2012 – 28 January 2013 | Summer Qld School Holidays |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Boxing Day |