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. |
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 |