Academic calendar
| Semester 3 2012 | |||
| Week | Date | Teaching activity | Event |
| 47 | 14 – 18 Jan | Teaching | |
| 48 | 21 — 25 Jan | Teaching | Australia Day (26 January) |
| 49 | 28 Jan — 1 Feb | Exams | 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 |
| Semester 1 2013 | |||
| 1 | 25 Feb — 1 Mar | Teaching | Semester 1 commences (25 February) |
| 2 | 4 — 8 Mar | Teaching | Semester 1 payment due (8 March)* |
| 3 | 11 — 15 Mar | Teaching | |
| 4 | 18 — 22 Mar | Teaching | Census date (22 March)^ |
| 5 | 25 — 29 Mar | Teaching | Good Friday (29 March) |
| 6 | 1 — 5 Apr | Break | Easter Monday (1 April) Common Week (1 – 5 April) QLD school holidays (1 April – 12 April) |
| 7 | 8 — 12 Apr | Break | |
| 8 | 15 — 19 Apr | Teaching | Withdrawal without Academic Penalty only (19 April)^ |
| 9 | 22 — 26 Apr | Teaching | ANZAC Day (25 April) |
| 10 | 29 Apr — 3 May | Teaching | |
| 11 | 6 — 10 May | Teaching | |
| 12 | 13 — 17 May | Teaching | Ipswich Show Holiday (17 May) |
| 13 | 20 — 24 May | Teaching | Fraser Coast Show Holiday (24 May) |
| 14 | 27 – 31 May | Teaching | |
| 15 | 3 — 7 Jun | Teaching | |
| 16 | 10 — 14 Jun | Exams | Semester 1 examinations commence (11 June) Queen's Birthday (10 June) |
| 17 | 17 — 21 Jun | Exams | Semester 1 examinations conclude (24 June) |
| 18 | 24 — 28 Jun | Break | QLD School Holidays (24 Jun — 5 Jul) |
| 19 | 1 — 5 Jul | Break | |
| 20 | 8 — 12 Jul | Break | Orientation activities commence (8 July) Common Week (8–12 July) |
| Semester 2 2013 | |||
| 21 | 15 — 19 Jul | Teaching | Semester 2 commences |
| 22 | 22 — 26 Jul | Teaching | Semester 2 payment due (26 July)* |
| 23 | 29 Jul — 2 Aug | Teaching | |
| 24 | 5 — 9 Aug | Teaching | Census date (9 August)^ |
| 25 | 12 — 16 Aug | Teaching | |
| 26 | 19 — 23 Aug | Teaching | |
| 27 | 26 — 30 Aug | Teaching | |
| 28 | 2 — 6 Sep | Teaching | Withdrawal without Academic Penalty only (6 September)^ |
| 29 | 9 — 13 Sep | Teaching | |
| 30 | 16 — 20 Sep | Teaching | |
| 31 | 23 — 27 Sep | Break | QLD School Holidays (23 Sept — 4 Oct) |
| 32 | 30 Sep — 4 Oct | Break | Common Week |
| 33 | 7 — 11 Oct | Teaching | Labour Day (7 October) |
| 34 | 14 — 18 Oct | Teaching | |
| 35 | 21 — 25 Oct | Teaching | |
| 36 | 28 Oct — 1 Nov | Exams | Semester 2 examinations commence (28 October) |
| 37 | 4 — 8 Nov | Exams | Semester 2 examinations conclude (8 November) |
| Semester 3 2013 | |||
| 38 | 11 — 15 Nov | Teaching | Semester 3 commences (11 November) |
| 39 | 18 — 22 Nov | Teaching | Semester 3 payment due (22 November)* |
| 40 | 25 — 29 Nov | Teaching | Census date (29 November)^ |
| 41 | 2 — 6 Dec | Teaching | |
| 42 | 9 — 13 Dec | Teaching | |
| 43 | 16 — 20 Dec | Teaching | Withdrawal without Academic Penalty only (20 December)^ QLD School Holidays commence (16 Dec 2012 — 24 Jan 2013) |
| 44 | 23 — 27 Dec | Break | Christmas Day (25 December) Boxing Day (26 December) |
| 45 | 30 Dec — 3 Jan | Teaching | New Year's Day (1 January) |
| 46 | 6 — 10 Jan | Teaching | |
| 47 | 13 — 17 Jan | Teaching | |
| 48 | 20 — 24 Jan | Teaching | Australia Day (26 January) |
| 49 | 27 — 31 Jan | Exams | Australia Day Holiday (27 January) Semester 3 examinations commence (28 January) |
| 50 | 3 — 7 Feb | Exams | Semester 3 examinations conclude (7 February) |
| 51 | 10 — 14 Feb | Break | |
| 52 | 17 — 21 Feb | Break | |
| 24 — 28 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: 1 March 2013, S2: 19 July 2013, S3: 8 November 2013.
Last date to drop Courses: S1: 22 March 2013, S2: 9 August 2013, S3: 29 November 2013.
| Proposed 2013 public and school holidays | |
| 1 January | New Year's Day |
| 28 January | Australia Day Holiday |
| 11 April | Toowoomba Show Holiday |
| 1 – 12 April | Easter Qld School Holidays |
| 29 March | Good Friday |
| 1 April | Easter Monday |
| 25 April | ANZAC Day |
| 17 May | Ipswich Show Holiday (Springfield campus only) |
| 24 May | Fraser Coast Show Holiday (Fraser Coast campus only) |
| 10 June | Queen's Birthday |
| 24 June – 5 July | Winter Qld School Holidays |
| 14 August | Brisbane Show Holiday - Royal National Show (Brisbane Area only) |
| 23 September – 4 October | Spring Qld School Holidays |
| 7 October | Labour Day |
| 16 December 2013 – 24 January 2014 | Summer Qld School Holidays |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Boxing Day |