Changes for 2016
From 2016:
- there will be no make-up classes to replace classes lost through public holidays (classes in lieu of public holidays)
- SWOTVAC will be three days
- the exam period will start on the Thursday of the SWOTVAC week.
- Labour Day celebrations will revert back to the first Monday in May and the Queen's Birthday public holiday on the first Monday in October.
Semester 1
Semester dates
- 22 February to 3 June
Orientation
- 22 February to 26 February
Teaching periods
- 29 February to 25 March
- 4 April to 3 June
Examination
- 9 June to 24 June
Public holidays
- 25 March - Good Friday
- 28 March - Easter Monday
- 25 April - Anzac Day
- 2 May - Labour Day
Semester 2
Semester dates
- 18 July to 28 October
Orientation
- 18 July to 22 July
Teaching periods
- 25 July to 23 September
- 3 October to 28 October
Examination
- 3 November to 18 November
Public holidays
- 8 August - Royal Queensland show (for Caboolture campus only)
- 10 August - Royal Queensland show (for Brisbane campuses only)
- 3 October - Queen's Birthday
Summer program
Semester dates
- 21 November to 17 February 2017
Examination
- 13 February 2017 to 24 February 2017
Public holidays
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December - Boxing Day
- 27 December - Christmas Day Holiday (substitute public holiday)
- 1 January 2017 - New Year's Day
- 2 January 2017 - New Year's Day Holiday (substitute public holiday)
- 26 January 2017 - Australia Day